Cuttack Junction railway station, (station code CTC), is a railway junction and serves

Cuttack Cuttack (, or officially Kataka in Odia language, Odia ), is the former capital, deputy capital and the 2nd largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. It is also the headquarters of the Cuttack district. The name of the city is an anglicised f ...

in the Indian state of

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

. Cuttack Junction railway station is one of the busiest railway station in Odisha.

History

During the period 1893 to 1896, of

East Coast State Railway The East Coast State Railway was a railway company operating in India. It was a guaranteed company formed in 1890. It had a brief existence. The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras ...

was built and opened to traffic. It necessitated construction of some of the largest bridges across rivers like Brahmani,

Kathajodi Kathajodi River is an arm of the Mahanadi River in Odisha, India. It branches off at Naraj, then immediately is bifurcated. The southern branch, known as Kuakhai, which means ''Crow's pool'', flows into the Puri district. Its mouth is closed ...

, Kuakhai, Mahanadi (longest river of odisha) and Birupa. Cuttack station was connected to the Indian railway network in 1899.

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(Prime Minister of India) will also lay of foundation of redevelopment work of Cuttack railway station.

Railway Organisation

The Cuttack station is operating under

Khurda Road railway division Khurda Road railway division is one of the three railway divisions under the jurisdiction of East Coast Railway Zone of the Indian Railways Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of th ...

East Coast Railway zone The East Coast Railway (abbreviated as ECoR) is one of the 19 railway zones of Indian Railways. It came into existence on 01-April-2003. It headquarters are located at . History Consequent upon the parliament's approval, East Coast Railway wa ...

. Cuttack railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of

Indian Railways Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fou ...

. File:Train passing through a bridge in cuttack.JPG, Train Passing through Mahanadi Bridge in Cuttack.

References

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* Railway stations in Cuttack district Railway stations in Cuttack Khurda Road railway division Railway stations in India opened in 1899 Railway junction stations in Odisha {{Odisha-railstation-stub