[1] It is situated at Asimila, Bahanaga in Balasore district in the Indian state of Odisha.

[2] The station serves 14 trains daily, more than half of which remain within the state of Odisha.

[3] In between 1893 and 1896 the East Coast State Railway constructed Howrah–Chennai main line.

[5] On 2 June 2023, 288 people were killed and 1,175 were injured after trains collided near the station and it is India's deadliest railway crash in over 20 years.

[6][7] The Chennai-bound Coromandel Express was incorrectly shunted into the loop line and hit a stationary freight train at the speed of 128 km/h, and the derailed coaches fell on the down line where the Howrah-bound SMVT Bengaluru–Howrah Superfast Express side dashed the General & Sleeper Coaches of Coromandel Express.