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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Railway station in Odisha, India}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=June 2023}}<br /> {{Infobox station<br /> | name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]&lt;br /&gt;{{font color|blue|BHUBANESWAR}}<br /> | type = [[Indian Railways]] station<br /> | style = Indian Railways<br /> | image = Bhubaneswar railway station.jpg<br /> | image_size = <br /> | image_caption = Bhubaneswar Railway Station<br /> | address = Master Canteen, [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha]]<br /> | country = India<br /> | coordinates = {{Coord|20.2656|N|85.8431|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br /> | elevation = {{convert|33.22|m|ft}}<br /> | other = <br /> | structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br /> | platform = 6<br /> | tracks = 8 (5ft 6in) [[broad gauge]]<br /> | line = [[Khurda Road railway division]]&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Khurda Road Division - The Sunrise Division on the East Coast |url=https://eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1536225599999-history%20kur.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703005854/https://eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1536225599999-history%20kur.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2024 |website=Indian Railways}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[[Howrah–Chennai main line]], &lt;br /&gt; [[Kharagpur–Puri line]]<br /> | parking = Available<br /> | opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1896}}<br /> | closed = <br /> | rebuilt = <br /> | electrified = {{start date and age|2001}}<br /> | accessible = Yes<br /> | code = {{Indian railway code<br /> | code = BBS<br /> | zone = [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]]<br /> | division = {{rwd|Khurda Road}}<br /> }}<br /> | owned = <br /> | operator = [[Indian Railways]]<br /> | status = {{color|green|Functioning}}<br /> | passengers = 35603+<br /> | pass_year = Daily<br /> | pass_percent = <br /> | pass_system = <br /> | map_type = India Odisha#India<br /> | map_dot_label = &#039;&#039;&#039;Bhubaneswar&#039;&#039;&#039; railway station<br /> | map_caption = Location in [[Odisha]]##Location in India<br /> | mapframe = yes<br /> | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Bhubaneswar<br /> | mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=14|type=point|marker=rail}}<br /> | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Indian Railways|line=East Coast Railway zone|left=Vani Vihar|right=Lingaraj Temple Road|to-left=Howrah Junction|to-right=Chennai Central|type=[[Howrah–Chennai main line]]}}<br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Bhubaneswar Railway Station (BBS)&#039;&#039;&#039; serves [[Bhubaneswar]], the capital of the Indian state of [[Odisha]] and it is the headquarters of the [[East Coast Railway zone]] of the [[Indian Railways]]. It comes under (NSG2) railway stations category of India.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> {{stack|<br /> [[File:Bhubaneswar station entrance pf6.jpg|thumb|right|Second entrance to Bhubaneswar railway station towards platform no.6]]<br /> [[File:Trilingual Signboard at Bhubaneswar Railway Station Ticket Counter.jpg|thumb|Bhubaneswar railway station Unreserved ticket counter]]<br /> }}<br /> During the period 1893 to 1896, 800 miles of [[East Coast State Railway]] was built and opened to traffic. It necessitated construction of some of the largest bridges across rivers like [[Brahmani River|Brahmani]], [[Kathajodi River|Kathajodi]], [[Kuakhai]] and [[Birupa]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=HISTORY |url=https://ser.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1427346652869-BNR%20history.pdf |access-date=2024-04-19 |archive-date=17 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517093031/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1427346652869-BNR%20history.pdf |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Those days [[Cuttack]] was the capital of Orissa and Bhubaneswar was a village, a tehsil under Puri district. Since it was a tehsil a station was built. Later when Bhubaneswar became state capital in 1970, the previously existing station was improved. In 2001 it was electrified and platform no. 3 &amp; 4 were opened.<br /> <br /> == Major trains ==<br /> Major trains available from Bhubaneswar are as follows:<br /> <br /> ● [[Bhubaneswar–Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express]] (20841/20842)<br /> <br /> ● [[Howrah–Puri Vande Bharat Express]] (22895/22896)<br /> <br /> ● [[Puri–Rourkela Vande Bharat Express]] (20835/20836)<br /> <br /> ● [[Tatanagar–Brahmapur Vande Bharat Express]] (20891/20892)<br /> <br /> ● [[Howrah–Puri Shatabdi Express]] (12277/12278)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bhubaneswar–New Delhi Duronto Express]] (12281/12282)<br /> <br /> ● [[Howrah – SMVT Bengaluru Duronto Express|Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Howrah Duronto Express]] (12245/12246)<br /> <br /> ● [[Sealdah–Puri Duronto Express]] (22201/22202)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express|Bhubaneswar Tejas Rajdhani Express (Via Sambalpur City)]] (20817/20818)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express|Bhubaneswar Tejas Rajdhani Express (Via Adra)]] (22811/22812)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express|Bhubaneswar Tejas Rajdhani Express (Via Tatanagar)]] (22823/22824)<br /> <br /> ● [[Santragachi–Chennai Central AC Express|Santragachi–Chennai Central AC Superfast Express]] (22807/22808)<br /> <br /> ● [[Shalimar–Secunderabad AC Superfast Express]] (12773/12774)<br /> <br /> ● [[Howrah–Tirupati Humsafar Express]] (20889/20890)<br /> <br /> ● [[Indore–Puri Humsafar Express]] (20917/20918)<br /> <br /> ● [[Kamakhya–SMVT Bengaluru AC Superfast Express|Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Kamakhya AC Superfast Express]] (12551/12552)<br /> <br /> ● [[Howrah–SMVT Bengaluru AC Superfast Express|Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Howrah AC Superfast Express]] (22863/22864)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bhubaneswar–SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express|Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Bhubaneswar Humsafar Express]] (22833/22834)<br /> <br /> ● [[Agartala–SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express|Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Agartala Humsafar Express]] (12503/12504)<br /> <br /> ● [[Howrah–SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express|Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Howrah Humsafar Express]] (22887/22888)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bhubaneswar–SMVT Bengaluru Weekly Superfast Express|Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Bhubaneswar Superfast Express]] (12845/12846)<br /> <br /> ● [[Howrah–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express|Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Howrah Superfast Express]] (12863/12864)<br /> <br /> ● [[SMVT Bengaluru–Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express|Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express]] (16597/16598)<br /> <br /> ● [[Malda Town–SMVT Bengaluru Amrit Bharat Express|Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Malda Town Amrit Bharat Express]] (13433/13434)<br /> <br /> ● [[Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express|Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Guwahati Kaziranga Superfast Express]] (12509/12510)<br /> <br /> ● [[New Tinsukia–Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Weekly Express|Sir M.Visvesvaraya Terminal - New Tinsukia Express]] (22501/22502)<br /> <br /> ● [[SMVT Bengaluru–Balurghat Weekly Express|Sir M.Visvesvaraya Terminal - Balurghat Express]] (16523/16524)<br /> <br /> ● [[SMVT Bengaluru–Radhikapur Express|Sir M.Visvesvaraya Terminal - Radhikapur Express]] (16223/16224)<br /> <br /> ● [[Anga Express|Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Bhagalpur Anga Express]] (12253/12254)<br /> <br /> ● [[Yesvantpur–Muzaffarpur Weekly Express|Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Muzaffarpur Express]] (15227/15228)<br /> <br /> ● [[Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal|Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Jasidih Express]] (22305/22306)<br /> <br /> ● [[Prashanti Express|KSR Bangalore - Bhubaneswar Prashanti Express]] (18463/18464)<br /> <br /> ● [[Konark Express|Bhubaneswar - Secunderabad Konark Express]] (11019/11020)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bhubaneswar–Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express]] (12073/12074)<br /> <br /> ● [[Odisha Sampark Kranti Express|Bhubaneswar - Anand Vihar Terminal Odisha Sampark Kranti Express]] (12819/12820)<br /> <br /> ● [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Bhubaneswar Superfast Express]] (12879/12880)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bhubaneswar–Bolangir Intercity Superfast Express]] (12893/12894)<br /> <br /> ● [[Visakha Express|Bhubaneswar - Secunderabad Visakha Express]] (17015/17016)<br /> <br /> ● [[Hirakhand Express|Bhubaneswar - Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express]] (18447/18448)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bhubaneswar–Junagarh Express]] (20837/20838)<br /> <br /> ● [[Rameswaram–Bhubaneswar Express]] (20849/20850)<br /> <br /> ● [[Puducherry–Bhubaneswar Superfast Express]] (20851/20852)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bhubaneswar–Chennai Central Express]] (20853/20854)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bhubaneswar–Anand Vihar Weekly Superfast Express]] (22805/22806)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bhubaneshwar–Visakhapatnam Intercity Express]] (22819/22820)<br /> <br /> ● [[Rourkela–Bhubaneswar Intercity Express]] (22839/22840)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bhubaneswar–Tirupati Superfast Express]] (22871/22872)<br /> <br /> ● [[Pune–Bhubaneswar Express]] (22881/22882)<br /> <br /> ● [[Tiruchchirappalli–New Jalpaiguri Amrit Bharat Express]] (20609/20610)<br /> <br /> ● [[Nagercoil–New Jalpaiguri Amrit Bharat Express]] (20603/20604)<br /> <br /> ● [[Charlapalli–Kamakhya Amrit Bharat Express]] (15673/15674)<br /> <br /> ● [[MGR Chennai Central – New Jalpaiguri Superfast Express]] (22611/22612)<br /> <br /> ● [[Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Superfast Express|Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express]] (12507/12508)<br /> <br /> ● [[Silchar-Coimbatore Express|Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express]] (12515/12516)<br /> <br /> ● [[Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express]] (22503/22504)<br /> <br /> ● [[Guwahati–Secunderabad Express|Silchar–Secunderabad Express]] (12513/12514)<br /> <br /> ● [[Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Howrah)]] (15643/15644)<br /> <br /> ● [[Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Adra)]] (15639/15640)<br /> <br /> ● [[Nagaon Express|Chennai Tambaram - Silghat Town Nagaon Express]] (15629/15630)<br /> <br /> ● [[New Tinsukia–Tambaram Express|Chennai Tambaram - New Tinsukia Express]] (15929/15930)<br /> <br /> ● [[Sri Jagannath Express|Shalimar - Puri Sri Jagannath Express]] (18409/18410)<br /> <br /> ● [[Howrah–Vasco da Gama Amaravati Express]] (18047/18048)<br /> <br /> ● [[Howrah–Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam Express]] (22831/22832)<br /> <br /> ● [[Howrah–Mysore Express]] (22817/22818)<br /> <br /> ● [[Falaknuma Express|Howrah - Secunderabad Falaknuma Express]] (12703/12704)<br /> <br /> ● [[Dhauli Express|Howrah - Puri Dhauli Express]] (12821/12822)<br /> <br /> ● [[East Coast Express|Shalimar - Charlapalli East Coast Express]] (18045/18046)<br /> <br /> ● [[Shalimar–Chennai Central Weekly Superfast Express]] (22825/22826)<br /> <br /> ● [[Santragachi–Tirupati Express]] (22855/22856)<br /> <br /> ● [[Santragachi–Mangaluru Central Vivek Express]] (22851/22852)<br /> <br /> ● [[Coromandel Express|Howrah - MGR Chennai Central Coromandel Express]] (12841/12842)<br /> <br /> ● [[Howrah–Kanyakumari Express]] (12665/12666)<br /> <br /> ● [[Tiruchirappalli–Howrah Superfast Express]] (12663/12664)<br /> <br /> ● [[Puri–Howrah Express]] (12837/12838)<br /> <br /> ● [[Shalimar–Puri Express]] (22835/22836)<br /> <br /> ● [[Charlapalli–Shalimar Amrit Bharat Express]] (17065/17066)<br /> <br /> ● [[Howrah–Puducherry Express]] (12867/12868)<br /> <br /> ● [[Gurudev Express|Howrah - Nagercoil Gurudev Express]] (12659/12660)<br /> <br /> ● [[Howrah–Chennai Mail]] (12839/12840)<br /> <br /> ● [[Thiruvananthpuram–Shalimar Express]] (22641/22642)<br /> <br /> ● [[Tambaram–Santragachi Amrit Bharat Express]] (16107/16108)<br /> <br /> ● [[Puri–Shalimar Garib Rath Express]] (12881/12882)<br /> <br /> ● [[Paradeep–Visakhapatnam Express]] (22809/22810)<br /> <br /> ● [[Baidyanathdham Express|Puri - Patna Baidyanath dham Express]] (18449/18450)<br /> <br /> ● [[Puri–Jaynagar Express]] (18419/18420)<br /> <br /> ● [[Kalinga Utkal Express|Puri - Rishikesh Kalinga Utkal Express]] (18477/18478)<br /> <br /> ● [[Purushottam Express|Puri - New Delhi Purushottam Express]] (12801/12802)<br /> <br /> ● [[Digha–Visakhapatnam Express]] (22873/22874)<br /> <br /> ● [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Puri Superfast Express (via Titlagarh)]] (12145/12146)<br /> <br /> ● [[Tapaswini Express|Puri - Hatia Tapaswini Express]] (18451/18452)<br /> <br /> ● [[Nandan Kanan Express|Puri - Anand Vihar Terminal Nandan Kanan Express]] (12815/12816)<br /> <br /> ● [[Neelachal Express|Puri - Anand Vihar Terminal Neelachal Express]] (12875/12876)<br /> <br /> ● [[Konark Express|Puri - Mumbai CSMT Konark Express]] (11019/11020)<br /> <br /> ● [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Puri Superfast Express]] (22865/21866)<br /> <br /> ● [[Puri–Durg Express]] (18425/18426)<br /> <br /> ● [[Puri–Surat Express]] (22827/22828)<br /> <br /> ● [[Puri–Sainagar Shirdi Express]] (20857/20858)<br /> <br /> ● [[Puri–Ahmedabad Weekly Express]] (20861/20862)<br /> <br /> ● [[Rourkela–Gunupur Rajya Rani Express]] (18117/18118)<br /> <br /> ● [[Ernakulam–Patna Superfast Express (via Asansol)]] (22643/22644)<br /> <br /> ● [[Visakhapatnam–Tatanagar Weekly Superfast Express]] (20815/20816)<br /> <br /> ● [[Gandhidham–Puri Weekly Superfast Express]] (12993/12994)<br /> <br /> ● [[Kharagpur–Villupuram Superfast Express]] (22603/22604)<br /> <br /> ● [[Purulia–Villupuram Superfast Express]] (22605/22606)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bikaner–Puri Express]] (20471/20472)<br /> <br /> ● [[Valsad–Puri Superfast Express]] (22909/22910)<br /> <br /> ● [[Puri–Barbil Express]] (18415/18416)<br /> <br /> ● [[Paradeep–Puri Intercity Express]] (18413/18414)<br /> <br /> ● [[Jodhpur railway station|Jodhpur-Puri Superfast Express]] (20814/20815)<br /> <br /> ● [[Bangriposi railway station|Bangriposi - Puri Intercity Express]] (12891/12892)<br /> <br /> ● [[Rourkela Junction railway station|Rourkela - Puri Express]] (18125/18126)<br /> <br /> ● [[Anand Vihar Terminal railway station|Anand Vihar - Puri Superfast Express]] (18428/18429)<br /> <br /> ● [[Ajmer Junction railway station|Puri - Ajmer Express]] (20823/20824)<br /> <br /> ● [[Khurda Road Junction railway station|Kharagpur - Khurda Road Express]] (18021/18022)<br /> <br /> ● [[Sonpur Junction railway station|Puri - Sonepur Express]] (18421/18422)<br /> <br /> ● [[Howrah–Ernakulam Antyodaya Express]] (22877/22878)<br /> <br /> ● [[Santragachi–Tambaram Antyodaya Express]] (22841/22842)<br /> <br /> ● [[Samudra Kanya Express|Puri - Digha Samudra Kanya Express]] (22889/22890)<br /> <br /> ● [[Sambalpur–Puri Intercity Express]] (18303/18304)<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Portal bar|India|Railways|Transport}}<br /> {{Wikivoyage inline|Bhubaneswar}}<br /> <br /> {{Railway stations in Odisha}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1896]]<br /> [[Category:Railway stations in Bhubaneswar]]<br /> [[Category:Railway stations in Khorda district]]<br /> [[Category:East Coast Railway zone]]<br /> [[Category:Indian Railway A1 Category Stations]]</div>

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