Adra railway division

Adra railway division is one of the four railway divisions under South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 14 April 1961 and its headquarter is located at Adra town in Purulia district in the state of West Bengal of India. The Divisional Railway Managers building was established in the year of 1913 which has completed its 100 years in 2013. It was earlier the headquarter of Adra district in BNR.

Bokaro Steel City station in 2008

Kharagpur railway division, Chakradharpur railway division and Ranchi railway division are the other three railway divisions under SER Zone headquartered at Garden Reach, Kolkata.[1][2]

List of railway stations and towns

The list includes the stations under the Adra railway division and their station category.[3][4]

Category of station No. of stations Names of stations
A-1 Category 0 -
A Category 1 Bokaro Steel City
B Category 4 Adra Junction, Purulia, Bankura Junction, Bishnupur
C Category
(Suburban station)		 - -
D Category - -
E Category - -
F Category
Halt Station		 - -
Total - -

Stations closed for Passengers -

References
  1. "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  2. "Adra Railway Division" (PDF). Railway Board. North Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. "Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  4. "PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation of Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.


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