Titlagarh Junction railway station


Titlagarh railway station is a major railway junction located in the Indian state of Odisha, and serves Titlagarh in Balangir district.
People from nearby villages are mostly dependent on Titlagarh railway station for their travel.

History

The Vizianagaram-Parvatipuram line was opened in 1908–09. The Parvatipuram-Raipur line was completed in 1931. In 1960, Indian Railway took up three projects: the Kottavalasa-Koraput-Jeypore-Kirandaul line, 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. The Sambalpur-Titlagarh line was opened to traffic in 1963.

Railway reorganisation

The Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalised in 1944.Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway. In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier. Amongst the new zones started in April 2003 were East Coast Railway and South East Central Railway. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway.

Electrification

Electrification of the Titilagarh–Sambalpur-Jharsuguda was completed in 2018. Till December 2019 Titlagarh Junction is connected with Raipur, Visakhapatnam, Sambalpur via Electrified line and the Titlagarh-Sambalpur double line is on construction. Double line working started in BLSN-MSMD and MSMD-ARN section of this line. As reported on daily news paper Titlagarh-Rayagada full electrification and doubling work is completed till date.

Amenities

Titlagarh railway station has a six-bedded dormitory. Other amenities at the railway station include computerised reservation offices, telephone booth, cloak room, waiting room, vegetarian refreshment room and book stall.
Parking area for Bikes & Car is available here.

Passenger movement

Titlagarh railway station serves around 84,000 passengers daily.