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{{Short description|Railway station in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br />{{font color|blue|ADRA JUNCTION}}
| native_name =
| system = [[Indian Railways]]
| image = Adra Junction station.jpg
| image_caption = Adra Junction rail station building
| style = Indian Railways
| address = Adra Town, station road, Raghunathpur and Kashipur block area, Purulia district, West Bengal
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.496|86.674|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|185|m|ft}}
| line = * [[Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line]]
* [[Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line]]
* [[Railways in Jharia Coalfield]]
| other = Raghunathpur, Kashipur, Purulia
| structure = [[Intersection (road)#At grade railways|At grade]]
| platform = 4
| tracks = 8 (excluding Yard)
| parking = Available
| opened = 1887
| closed =
| rebuilt = 1904
| electrified = 1961–62 [First electrified functional line in Adra division]
| accessible = Yes
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = ADRA
| zone = [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Adra}}
}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search}}
| owned =
| operator = South Eastern Railways
| status = Functional
| former = [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
| passengers = More than 2.5 million
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India#India West Bengal#India
| map_dot_label = Adra Junction
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location with Adra
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Adra Junction
| mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=14|type=point|marker=rail}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Indian Railways|line=South Eastern Railway zone|left=Garhdhrubeswar|right=Metyal Sahar|to-left=Garhdhrubeswar|to-right=Kharagpur Junction|type=[[Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line]]}}
| route_map = {{switcher
|{{Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line|inline=y}}
| Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line
|{{Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line|inline=y}}
| Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line
|{{Railways in Jharia Coalfield|inline=y}}
| Railways in Jharia Coalfield
}}
| services_collapsible = yes
}}

'''Adra Junction railway station''' serves '''[[Adra, Purulia|Adra]] town''', and also serves the industrial towns of [[Raghunathpur, Purulia|Raghunathpur]] and [[Kashipur, West Bengal|Kashipur]] in [[Purulia district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It is a gateway to the famous tourist spots of [[Purulia district]]. It also servers as the divisional headquarters of the [[Adra railway division|Adra Division]] of the [[South Eastern Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]]. Adra (ADRA) station is categorized as NSG 4 on the basis of yearly window sale. The station has also been declared as 'Model' as well as 'Adarsh' station. The station serves the Divisional Head Quarters.

It is an important junction station, with railway tracks from four different directions meeting there and is the busiest station in the entire division handling a huge amount of passenger and freight train traffic in a day. Many important and long distance trains like Rajdhani, Duronto, NandanKanan, Vivek Express, Samarsatha Express etc. having stoppages at Adra and patronization of these trains are good.

==Trains==

* [[Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express|New Delhi Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express]]
* [[Bhubaneswar–New Delhi Duronto Express]]
* [[Yesvantpur–Kamakhya AC Superfast Express]]
* [[Chennai–New Jalpaiguri Superfast Express|MGR Chennai Central–New Jalpaiguri Superfast Express]]
* [[Purulia–Villupuram Superfast Express]]
* [[Samarsata Express|Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak-Howrah]]
* [[Puri–Jaynagar Express]]
* [[Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Adra)|Puri–Kamakhya Express]]
* [[Nandan Kanan Express|Puri-Anand Vihar Nandan Kanan Express]]
* [[Howrah–Purulia Express]]
* [[Digha–Malda Town Express]]
* [[Haldia–Asansol Express]]
* [[Digha–Asansol Express]]
* [[Howrah–Ranchi Intercity Express]]
* [[Rupashi Bangla Express|Santragachi-Parulia Rupasi Bangla Express]]
* [[Ernakulam–Patna Express (via Chennai)|Ernakulam-Patna Express]]
* [[Aranyak Express|Kolkata Shalimar- Bhojudih Aranyak Express]]

==History==
The [[Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line]], a joint effort of [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] and [[East Indian Railway Company]] came up in 1870.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html | title = IR History: Early Days – II | work = Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870–1899)| access-date = 2012-10-27 }}</ref> The [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway]] and then extending it via {{stnlnk|Bilaspur}} to {{stnlnk|Asansol}}, in order to develop a shorter Howrah–Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://railwaysofraj.blogspot.in/2011/08/number-1-down-mail.html |title = Number 1 Down Mail| publisher= Railways of the Raj| access-date = 2012-02-19 }}</ref> The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to {{stnlnk|Asansol}}, on the [[Howrah–Delhi main line]], was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.<ref name=ser>{{cite web|url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1|title=Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway|publisher=South Eastern Railway|access-date=2012-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1|archive-date=1 April 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, it was only after [[Kharagpur Junction|Kharagpur]] was linked from the west and the south that it was connected to Howrah in 1900.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web| url = http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| title = Indian Railway History timeline|first=R. P.|last=Saxena| access-date = 2012-02-19| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| archive-date = 29 February 2012| url-status = dead| df = dmy-all}}</ref>

BNR lines were extended to Gomoh, on EIR's main line, in 1907. The Mohuda–Chandrapura branch line was opened in 1913.<ref name=ser/>

==Electrification==
The Asansol–Purulia section was electrified in 1961–62.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2012-12-29}}</ref>
The first MEMU train services in SER were started in between Adra and Asansol. Later these services started between Adra–Purulia, Adra–Tatanagar and Adra–Medinipur.
{{Adra–Asansol line}}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="140">
File:Adra Rail Station (South Side) আদ্রা রেলওয়ে স্টেশন.jpg|Adra Junction
File:New building of adra.jpg|Adra Jn new station building
File:Adra JN.jpg|Adra Jn at night
File:New station building of adra.jpg|Adra Jn
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/adra-junction-adra/956 Trains at Adra]

{{external media
| float=right
| video1= [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28L4Ah4MyuE Train leaving Adra railway station]
}}
{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system=Indian Railways
|line=South Eastern Railway zone|left=Joychandi Pahar|right=Garhdhrubeshwar|type=[[Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line]]
|line2=South Eastern Railway zone|left2=|right2=Sanka|type2=[[Adra–Gomoh line]]
|line3=South Eastern Railway zone|left3=|right3=Metyal Sahar|type3=Adra–Bankura–Kharagpur line}}

{{Purulia topics}}
{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1891]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Purulia district]]
[[Category:Adra railway division]]

Adra Junction railway station - Revision history

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