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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Railway Station in Odisha, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Bhawanipatna<br />
| native_name = <!-- Please do not add any Indic script in this infobox, per WP:INDICSCRIPT policy. --><br />
| native_name_lang = <br />
| type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Regional rail]] and [[Light rail]] station<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = Train at Bhawani Patna railway station, India.jpg<br />
| address = SH-16, Parmanandapur, [[Bhawanipatna]], [[Odisha]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|19.5524|N|83.914|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|241|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br />
| line = [[Lanjigarh–Junagarh section]]<br />
| other = <br />
| platform = 1<br />
| tracks = 2<br />
| parking = Available<br />
| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|2012|8|11}}<br />
| electrified = No<br />
| code = {{Indian railway code| code = BWIP| zone = [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]]| division = Sambalpur Railway Division}}<br />
| owned = Indian Railways<br />
| operator = East Coast Railway<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = <br />
| services = {{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Depur P.H|next= Junagarh|line= East Coast Railway zone|branch= [[Lanjigarh–Junagarh section]] }}<br />
| map_type = India Odisha#India<br />
| map_dot_label = <br />
| map_caption = Location in Odisha##Location in India<br />
}}<br />
'''Bhawanipatna railway station''' was located in [[Kalahandi district]] of [[Odisha]] State.<br />
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==History==<br />
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The proposal for Lanjigarh–Junagarh line came in 1991, when Bhakta Charan Das was the state railway minister. This line was announced in Railway Budget 1992. After nearly twenty years later this line was completed in 2011. After then Bhawanipatna railway station was opened by former State railway minister Bhakta charan das on 11 August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article587845.ece| title= Bhawanipatna railway station opens| access-date = 9 December 2013}}</ref> On the same day, the first train Bhawanipatna–Bhubaneshwar link express started from Bhawanipatna.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=709&id=0,4,268| title= Bhawanipatna-bhubaneshwar link exp inaugural| access-date = 9 December 2013}}</ref> A Passenger train was extended to Bhawanipatna from [[Kesinga]] on 12 August 2012.<br />
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==Important trains==<br />
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* 18437 / 18438 – [[Bhubaneswar–Junagarh Express]]<br />
* 58207 / 58208 – Raipur–Bhawanipatna Passenger<br />
* 58303 / 58304 – SAMBALPUR–JUNAGARH ROAD Passenger<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Railway stations in Orissa}}<br />
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[[Category:Sambalpur railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Kalhandi district]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 2012]]<br />
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