Koraput railway station


Koraput Junction railway station, located in the Indian state of Odisha, serves Koraput town in Koraput district.

History

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 Koraput-Rayagada Rail Link Project was completed on 31 December 1998.

Trains

The Visakhapatnam-Kirandul Passenger passes through Koraput. The Hirakhand Express connects Koraput to Bhubaneswar via Rayagada and Vizianagaram. Howrah-Koraput Samaleshwari Express travels via Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Rayagada. The Durg-Jagdalpur Tri-Weekly Express travels via Titlagarh, Rayagada and Koraput.

Passenger movement

Koraput railway station serves around 27,000 passengers every day.