Sambalpur 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

In 1960, Indian Railway took up three projects: the Kottavalasa-Koraput-Jeypore-Kirandaul line (Dandakaranya Project), 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

Notification For Sambalpur Railway Station

The Sambalpur-Talcher line was sanctioned in 1983 and was completed in 1998

Electrification 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.

How to Apply to Sambalpur Railway Station

Sambalpur Railway station is functioning under Sambalpur Division of East Coast Railway.
Sambalpur railway station has a four-bedded dormitory.  Other amenities at the railway station include computerized reservation offices, telephone booth, cloak room, waiting room and book stall.

With current infrastructure attaining full utilization, there is requirement of additional 3 platforms to decongest the station. With this the station shall have 7 platforms. There is need to start local train service between Sambalpur and Rourkela and also between Sambalpur and Angul Section of East Coast Railway within a gap of 30 minutes in each direction. Following trains are demanded by Western Odisha Passengers Association. Sambalpur – Visakhapatnam Intercity daily, Sambalpur – Chennai Tri-Weekly Superfast Express, Sambalpur – Jeypore Express Daily and Rajdhani Express to Delhi.

Vacancy Notification Sambalpur Railway Station

Doubling of Talcher-Sambalpur, Sambalpur-Jharsuguda and Sambalpur-Titlagarh has been sanctioned and work is in progress

Some Trains are Originate and passes through Sambalpur Junction:
18417: Rourkela – Bhubaneshwar Rajya Rani Express
18426: Durg – Puri Express
12879: Mumbai LTT – Bhubaneshwar Super Fast Express
12832: Dhanbad Garib Rath
13352: Dhanbad Express
12831: Bhubaneshwar Garib Rath
12994: Puri Gandhidham Express
18405: Puri – Ahmedabad Express
22827: Puri – Surat Express
18425: Puri – Durg Express
22909: Valsad Puri Super Fast Express
14709: Bikaner – Puri Express
18474: Jodhpur – Puri Express
18108: Rourkela Express