Junagarh railway station

Junagarh जूनागड्
Indian Railway Terminal Station
Location	Khuruguda road, Junagarh, Odisha India
Coordinates
Elevation	217 m (712 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Coast Railway
Line(s)	Lanjigarh-Junagarh section
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	JNRD
Zone(s)	East Coast Railway
Division(s)	Sambalpur Railway Division
History
Opened	3 March 2014
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station Bhawanipatna East Coast Railway zone Lanjigarh-Junagarh section Terminus
Location
Junagarh railway station Location in Orissa

Junagarh railway station was located in Kalhandi district of Odisha State. In 2014, it had a 24km line.

History

The proposal for Lanjigarh-Junagarh line came in 1991, when Bhakta charan das was the state railway minister. This line was announced in rail 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. On the same day, the first train Bhawanipatna-Bhubaneshwar link express started from Bhawanipatna.

Opened

Lanjigarh-Junagarh section was completed by 2 March 2014 and Bhubaneshwar-Bhawanipatna Express was extended to Junagarh. Junagarh railway station was inaugurated by Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chaudhury in presence of Kalahandi MP Bhakta Charan Das on 3 March 2014.

External links

• Trains at Junagarh