Jharsuguda Junction railway station

Location
	Jharsuguda junction Location in Odisha Jharsuguda junction Location in India

Jharsuguda junction
Jharsuguda junction
Indian Railways junction station
General information
Location	Jharsuguda, Odisha; India
Coordinates	21°51′47″N 84°01′05″E / 21.863°N 84.018°E
Elevation	218 m (715 ft)
Line(s)	Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line and Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line
Platforms	5
Tracks	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	JSG
Zone(s)	South Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Chakradharpur
History
Opened	1891
Electrified	1969–70
Previous names	Bengal Nagpur Railway
Services
Location
Location
	Jharsuguda junction Location in Odisha Jharsuguda junction Location in India

Jharsuguda railway station is a major railway junction located in the north-eastern part of the Indian state of Odisha and serves the Jharsuguda district.

History

Jharsuguda railway station came with the opening of the Nagpur–Asansol main line of Bengal Nagpur Railway in 1891. It became a station on the crosscountry Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line in 1900.^[1] 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.^[2] It was electrified in 1969–70.^[3]