Angul railway station

Angul railway station is a railway station which is about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Angul. Satellite stations is Talcher road. Angul railway station has an electric loco shed of East Coast Railway.

Angul
Indian Railway Station
LocationAngul, Odisha
India
Coordinates20°50′N 85°06′E
Owned byEast Coast Railway
Line(s)Cuttack-Sambalpur line
Platforms3
Tracks6, Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
ParkingAvailable
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeANGL
Zone(s) East Coast Railway
Division(s) Khurda Road
History
Opened1992 (1992)
ElectrifiedYes
Traffic
Passengers (Daily)Above 3000
Location
Angul
Location in Odisha
Angul
Location in India

History

Angul railway station developed during the expansion of industrial carriageway and corridor of NALCO Aluminium Plant, FCI and NTPC. A double track was already present up to Talcher Town for facilitation of movement of coal. The Talcher-Sambalpur rail line constituted in year 1987 ended its final works in 1996 became operational in 1998. The station came up in 1992 and henceforth gained a lot of importance. An electric loco shed of East Coast Railway was opened in 2005.[1]

Services

Angul railway station has over 5000 passengers traffic daily and more than 10 trains UP/DOWN pass through the station. Angul Puri Fast Passenger originates here.

It is situated on the Barang Sambalpur section of East Coast railway line which is a major route connecting Mumbai to Bhubaneswar of India. Angul is connected to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Surat, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur, Vishakhapatnam, Amritsar, Raipur, Cuttack, Puri, Sambalpur.[2]

Electric Loco Shed

Angul railway station houses the Electric Locomotive Shed (ELS) of East Coast Railway. This shed was developed in 2005 and presently holding 196 WAG-7 Locomotives only. Initially Diesel Loco Shed (DLS) was commissioned in Angul in 1999. In 2002 Indian railways decided to convert DLS to ELS for homing capacity of 50 Locos. In 2005 Angul DLS/ELS 50 Locos was converted to Electric Loco Shed Angul. Augmentation work from 105 Locos to 150 Locos is under progress.[3]

Ongoing Projects
  • Angul Sukinda rail tracks
  • Talcher Bimlagarh
  • Talcher Road -Sambalpur Rail tracks Doubling.

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/angul-angl/241
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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