Parlakhemundi railway station

Parlakhemundi railway station belongs to East Coast Railway of Waltair division. It is located in Orissa of Gajapati district.

Parlakhemundi
Indian Railway Station
LocationParlakhemundi, Odisha
India
Coordinates18°47′09″N 84°04′46″E
Elevation60 m (197 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byEast Coast Railway
Line(s)Naupada-Gunupur section
Platforms1
Tracks2
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codePLH
Zone(s) East Coast Railway
Division(s) Waltair railway division
History
Opened1900
ElectrifiedNo
Location
Parlakhemundi
Location in Odisha
Parlakhemundi
Location in India

History

Parlakimedi Light Railway was a two-foot six-inch gauge railway. The Raja of Parlakimedi decided to connect his capital with Naupada which was only 40 km away. With the government giving its sanction in 1898, work began in fully. The line was opened to traffic in 1900. This railway line was built at a cost of Rs 700,000. In the starting years, the Parlakhimidi Railway had incurred losses but after 1910, it started making marginal profits and after 1924-25, the profitsincreased. This motivated the Raja to extend the line to Gunupur in two phases in 1929 and 1931. It was later merged with Bengal Nagpur Railway.[1]

Railway reorganization

After Indian Independence it was merged with North Eastern Railway. surveys were undertaken for broad gauge conversion in 1950 and again in 1964 and 1967. The foundation stone was finally laid for the Naupada-Gunupur gauge conversion work at Naupada on 27 September 2002. With effect from 1 April 2003 it became a part of the newly formed East Coast Railway. The line was finally closed for gauge conversion on 9 June 2004.[2] Services were restarted on 22 August 2011 with the introduction of Puri-Gunupur Passenger.[3]

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References
  1. "Parlakhimidi railway history".
  2. "Gauge conversion".
  3. "Gunupur-Puri train service starts, Rayagada elated".
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