Bangaon railway station
Bangaon | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kolkata Suburban Railway Junction Station | ||||||||||||||||
 Bangaon Railway Station | ||||||||||||||||
| Location |
Station Road, Bangaon, West Bengal India | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°01′50″N 88°49′58″E / 23.0305°N 88.8329°ECoordinates: 23°01′50″N 88°49′58″E / 23.0305°N 88.8329°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 11 metres (36 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Eastern Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |
Sealdah-Bangaon line Ranaghat-Bangaon line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Freight line to Petrapole border | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | Functioning | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | BNJ | |||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Sealdah | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1882–84 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1963–64 with 25 kV overhead line | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | ||||||||||||||||
  Location of Bangaon railway station in West Bengal | ||||||||||||||||
Bangaon is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Junction Station on the Sealdah-Bangaon line and Ranaghat-Bangaon line. It is located in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves Bangaon and the surrounding areas.
History
In 1882–84 the Bengal Central Railway Company constructed two lines: one from Dum Dum to Khulna, now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon and the other linking Ranaghat and Bangaon.[1]
The Bengal Central Railway was formed in 1881 to construct and operate a line to Khulna. It was merged with Eastern Bengal Railway in 1903.[2]
Electrification
Dum Dum-Barasat-Ashok Nagar-Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64.[3]
Border
Bangaon is the last station on the line, but the line goes up to the India-Bangladesh border and beyond.[4][5]
Petrapole, the Indian side of the international border, with a land customs station, handles more than half of the 4 billion dollar trade between India and Bangladesh. With the remote possibility of improvements in the narrow roads leading to the border, because of land acquisition problems, the focus is now on improving the rail transportation system.[6]
References
- ↑ "The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian". railindia. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ "Bengal Central Railway". fibis. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ "Bongaon a green fresh border". Travel template. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ "Capexil plea to convert Petrapole LCS into port". The Hindu Business Line, 26 March 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ Pratim Ranjan Bose and Abhisek Law. "Customs wants better rail link through Petrapole". The Hindu Business Line, 3 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
