One might have come across many railway station names in our country, but not have known much about the shortest and largest railway station names. Well, ‘Ib’ situated in Odisha is the shortest railway station name, and ‘Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta’ in Andhra Pradesh is the longest railway station name in India. ‘Od’ is another shortest railway station name that is situated in Gujarat.

Ib: Shortest Railway Station Name (Dopeshopes)

Let’s get to know more about the shortest and longest stations here!

Shortest Station Name: Ib

‘Ib’ railway station is exactly situated near Jharsuguda in Odisha, comprising of two letters. Ib is a station on Tatanagar-Bilaspur section of Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line, including 2 platforms. The station building of ‘Ib’ is very small and it has also a smaller ticket counter and waiting room. Hardly few trains pass through this station, and very fewer trains make a stop for 2 minutes at Ib station. That’s the reason couple of passengers wait for the train at Ib station.

Ib Railway Station in Odisha (TechBreezy)

Ib is a rural railway station, and only half-an-hour before the train is scheduled to arrive, the ticket counter gets opened and passengers can buy their tickets. There are two or three benches on Ib platform for the people to sit for train’s arrival. The sightseeing around the Ib station is nice, and several meters away from the station is the foot-over-bridge.

Trains pass over the 2 bridges of Ib river (India Mike)

In the left of the station are few brick cottages, and to the right of the station runs a small river flowing. On the banks of the river is a shabby pump house. The view is beautiful where two bridges connect the river Ib. When any train passes over Ib River, they can see few people bathing in that river, one or two boats can also be seen, and few rural people might be seen walking alongside the bridge. The preceding station of ‘Ib’ is Jharsuguda and the following station of ‘Ib’ is Brajarajnagar.

Ib Railway Station located in Odisha (Sankara Yatra)

Longest Railway Station Name: Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta

Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta stands for the longest railway station name in India which has 28 letters. It is also known as Venkatanarasimha Rajuvaripet. This station is situated in Andhra Pradesh [Chittoor district] on the borderline with Tamil Nadu state. This station falls on Renigunta-Arakkonam line segment of Southern Railway.

Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta, the longest railway station name (www.travelweekly.com.au)

Among all the stations that are present in Indian railways station, Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta is the longest name ‘railway station’. Being a flag station, only 7 passenger trains make a halt on this station, and number of platforms is two. These 7 trains arrive and depart at Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta. Nearly 85 railway stations are connected directly from Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta station. Its nearby stations are Putturu, Mangalam, and Tirupathi.

Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta railway station located in Andhra Pradesh (TechBreezy)

So now if somebody asks you which is the shortest railway station name, you can quickly say ‘Ib’ station of Odisha, and ‘Od‘ station of Gujarat, and if asked which is the longest railway station name in India, you can say ‘Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta’ station of Andhra Pradesh. If you get a chance to visit these stations, then it would be just so great!




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