It serves Balasore, Remuna, Chandipur and Bhograi in Balasore district and other districts like Mayurbhanj, Kendujhargarh and Bhadrak for boarding major trains like Duronto, Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Humsafar Express and many more trains that do not stop at Bhadrak railway station.

[3] Balasore railway station has a double-bedded air-conditioned retiring room, 6 double bedded non-air-conditioned retiring rooms and a six-bedded dormitory, many small shops are available at all the platforms, water vending machine is also available in all platforms.

It is a major station in the state of Odisha where all the trains going from Howrah to Chennai make a scheduled stop.

[5] During the period 1893 to 1896, 1,287 km (800 mi) of East Coast State Railway was built and opened to traffic.

[6] The 514 km (319 mi) long northern section of the East Coast State Railway was merged with BNR in 1902.