Adra Junction railway station

Adra Junction
Indian Railways junction station
Adra Junction rail station building
General information
Location	Adra Town, station road, Raghunathpur and Kashipur block area, Purulia district, West Bengal India
Coordinates	23°29′46″N 86°40′26″E / 23.496°N 86.674°E / 23.496; 86.674
Elevation	185 metres (607 ft)
Operated by	South Eastern Railways
Line(s)	Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line, Adra–Gomoh line, Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line
Platforms	4
Tracks	8 (excluding Yard)
Connections	Raghunathpur , Kashipur , Purulia
Construction
Structure type	At ground
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Functional
Station code	ADRA
Zone(s)	South Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Adra
History
Opened	1887
Rebuilt	1904
Electrified	1961–62 [First electrified functional line in Adra division]
Previous names	Bengal Nagpur Railway
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Garhdhrubeswar towards Terminus South Eastern Railway zone Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line Metyal Sahar towards Kharagpur Junction
Location Adra Junction Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Adra Junction Location in India Show map of India

v t e Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line
Legend
km   to Gomoh & Bokaro Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line to Tatanagar │ to Asansol Junction 0 Adra Junction 8 Metyal Sahar 14 Indrabil 21 Sirjam 30 Jhantipahari to Purulia (planned) Hura Kalabati 39 Chhatna 42 Anchuri 53 Bankura Junction Bankura–Masagram line Chhatna-Mukutmanipur new line (planned) Madhuban Indpur New Bheduasol Supur Dwarakeswar River 60 Bheduasole 64 Kalisen 69 Ondagram 78 Ramsagar 83 Bishnupur Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line Uparsol Khatra Mukutmanipur Jhilmili 96 Piardoba 104 Bogri Road Shilabati River 108 Garbeta 120 Chandrakona Road 132 Salboni BRBNMPL Siding JSW Cement Plant Siding 144 Godapiasal Konark Cement Plant Siding 149 Jangalmahal Bhadutala Lalgarh Bhadutala-Jhargram new line (planned) 156 Midnapore Kangsabati River 159 Cossye Halt Tata Metaliks Siding 162 Gokulpur 166 Girimaidan Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Puri line 169 Kharagpur Junction Howrah–Kharagpur line
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Adra Junction railway station serves Adra town, and also serves the industrial towns of Raghunathpur and Kashipur in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a gateway to the famous tourist spots of Purulia district. It also servers as the divisional headquarters of the Adra Division of the South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. Adra (ADRA) station is categorized as NSG 4 on the basis of yearly window sale. The station has also been declared as 'Model' as well as 'Adarsh' station. The station serves the Divisional Head Quarters.

It is an important junction station, with railway tracks from four different directions meeting there and is the busiest station in the entire division handling a huge amount of passenger and freight train traffic in a day. Many important and long distance trains like Rajdhani, Duronto, NandanKanan, Vivek Express, Samarsatha Express etc. having stoppages at Adra and patronization of these trains are good.