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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Railway station in Odisha}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}<br /> {{Infobox station<br /> | name = Koraput Junction<br /> | type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]<br /> | style = Indian Railways<br /> | image = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|80px]]<br /> | image_caption = Koraput station name board<br /> | address = Koraput, Odisha<br /> | country = India<br /> | coordinates = {{Coord|18.7921|N|82.7191|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br /> | elevation = {{convert|870|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br /> | line = [[Kothavalasa–Kirandul line]]&lt;br/&gt;[[Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line|Koraput–Rayagada link line]]<br /> | other = <br /> | structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br /> | platform = 6<br /> | tracks = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]<br /> | parking = Available<br /> | opened = 1963<br /> | closed = <br /> | rebuilt = <br /> | electrified = <br /> | ADA = <br /> | code = {{Indian railway code<br /> | code = KRPU<br /> | zone = [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]]<br /> | division = Rayagada<br /> }}<br /> | owned = <br /> | operator = <br /> | status = Functioning<br /> | former = <br /> | passengers = <br /> | pass_year = <br /> | pass_percent = <br /> | pass_system = <br /> | map_type = India Odisha#India<br /> | map_caption = Location in Odisha##Location in India<br /> | map_dot_label = <br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Koraput Junction railway station&#039;&#039;&#039;, located in the Indian state of [[Odisha]], serves [[Koraput]] town in [[Koraput district]].<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> In 1960, Indian Railway took up three projects: the Kottavalasa–Koraput–Jeypore–Kirandaul line ( [[Dandakaranya Project]] ), the Titlagarh–Bolangir–Jharsuguda Project and the Rourkela–Kiriburu Project. All the three projects taken together were popularly known as the DBK Project or the Dandakaranya Bolangir Kiriburu Project.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url = http://www.baral.us/Orissa-rail-history.pdf |title =History of Indian Railways in Orissa |last=Baral |first=Chitta | access-date = 2012-11-27 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The Koraput–Rayagada Rail Link Project was completed on 31 December 1998.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url = http://www.processregister.com/Koraput-Rayagada_Rail_Link/Project/pid14848.htm |title = Koraput–Rayagada Rail Link Project| publisher= Process Register| access-date = 2012-11-27 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Trains==<br /> [[File:Koraput Intercity express arrives at Visakhapatnam.jpg|thumb|Koraput–Visakhapatnam Intercity express]]<br /> The Visakhapatnam–Kirandul Passenger passes through Koraput. The Hirakhand Express connects Koraput to Bhubaneswar via {{stnlnk|Rayagada}} and {{stnlnk|Vizianagaram}}. Howrah–Koraput Samaleshwari Express travels via {{stnlnk|Jharsuguda}}, [[Sambalpur]] and Rayagada. The Durg–Jagdalpur Tri-Weekly Express travels via {{stnlnk|Titlagarh}}, Rayagada and Koraput.<br /> <br /> ==Passenger movement==<br /> Koraput railway station serves around 27,000 passengers every day.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * {{Wikivoyage-inline|Koraput}}<br /> <br /> {{s-rail-start|noclear=yes}}<br /> {{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}<br /> {{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Suku|next= Manabar|line=East Coast Railway zone|branch= [[Kothavalasa–Kirandul line]]}}<br /> {{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= |next= Dumuriput|line=East Coast Railway zone|branch= [[Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line|Koraput–Rayagada link line]]}}<br /> {{end}}<br /> <br /> {{Railway stations in Odisha}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Railway stations in Koraput district]]<br /> [[Category:Railway junction stations in Odisha]]<br /> [[Category:Railway stations in Waltair railway division]]</div>

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