Sambalpur Junction railway station

Sambalpur Railway Station, located in the Indian state of Odisha, serves Sambalpur in Sambalpur district. There are four other railway stations serving Sambalpur – Sambalpur Road Railway Station(SBPD), Sambalpur City Railway Station(SBPY), Hirakud (HKG), across the Mahanadi and Maneswar Railway Station(MANE). Locally this station is called Khetrajpur Railway Station since it is located in that area of the city.HistoryIn 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.The Sambalpur-Talcher line was sanctioned in 1983 and was completed in 1998.Railway OrganizationSambalpur Railway station is functioning under Sambalpur Division of East Coast Railway.DoublingDoubling of Talcher-Sambalpur, Sambalpur-Jharsuguda and Sambalpur-Titlagarh has been sanctioned and work is in progress.ElectrificationElectrification of the Titlagarh–Sambalpur-Jharsuguda and Angul-Sambalpur sections were sanctioned in the Railway Budget for 2012-13.Work of doubling and electrification between Sambalpur and Angul is in progress. In September 2015, the route has been electrified from Angul to Kerejanga and the work is expected to be completed in the upcoming 5 years. Sambalpur - jharsuguda railway track electrification over and electric loco now been operating in sambalpur jharsuguda section.