Angul railway station (station code:- ANGL) 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 | |||||
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| Indian Railways station | |||||
 Indian Railways logo | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Angul, Odisha India | ||||
| Coordinates | 20°50′N 85°06′E / 20.83°N 85.10°E | ||||
| Elevation | 195 metres (640 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | East Coast Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | Cuttack–Sambalpur line | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Tracks | 6 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
| Accessible |  Available | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | ANGL | ||||
| Zone(s) | East Coast Railway zone | ||||
| Division(s) | Khurda Road | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1992 | ||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| Daily | Above 3000 | ||||
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History
editAngul 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
editAngul 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
editAngul Loco Shed was developed in 2005 and presently holding 236 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
edit- Angul–Sukinda rail tracks
- Talcher–Bimlagarh
- Talcher Road–Sambalpur rail tracks doubling.
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "38 COVID-19 Special Departures from Angul ECoR/East Coast Zone - Railway Enquiry".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
edit- http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/angul-angl/241
- http://Gaurangacademy.org.in
- http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/
- http://angul.nic.in/
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