Rajchandrapur railway station

Railway station in West Bengal, India

22°39′10″N 88°19′15″E / 22.652908°N 88.320868°E / 22.652908; 88.320868Elevation10 metres (33 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated byEastern RailwayPlatforms2 (Side platforms)Tracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeParkingNot availableBicycle facilitiesNot availableAccessibleNot availableOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeRCD[1][2][3] Zone(s) Eastern Railway Division(s) HowrahHistoryOpened1932; 92 years ago (1932)Electrified1964–65Previous namesEastern Bengal RailwayServices
Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station
Bally Halt
towards Sealdah
Chord link Line Bhattanagar
towards Andul
Dankuni Junction
Terminus
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Calcutta Chord link line (C.C link line)
(including A.C.C. link branch line)
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Andul
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Maurigram
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Kona
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Bankranayabaz
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Baltikuri
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A.C.C. Link
branch line
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Dankuni
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Bhattanagar
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Rajchandrapur
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Belanagar
Bally Halt
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Bally
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PWD Road
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Bally Ghat
PWD Road
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Dakshineswar
Baranagar jute
mill siding
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 KM Line 5 (planned) 
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Baranagar Road
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Noapara
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Noapara Metro Depot
Kestopur Canal
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 KM Line 4 (u/c) 
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Dum Dum Junction
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Belgachia
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Patipukur
Ultadanga Road
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Lansdown mill siding
Kolkata
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Brown Blanket mill siding
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Kestopur Canal
 KM Line 1 
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Bidhan Nagar Road
5
Bidhannagar Road
Press House siding
Kankurgachi Road
2
Kankurgachi Road Junction
Narkeldanga
EMU Carshed
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Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt
Circular Canal
Kankurgachi
Chord line
Sealdah North
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Sealdah Main
Sealdah
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Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed
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Kamardanga Halt
Beruck & Comens Siding
3│7
Park Circus
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Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm)
Kolkata Metro (KM) broad gauge (1676 mm)
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Location
Rajchandrapur is located in Kolkata
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Rajchandrapur is located in West Bengal
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Rajchandrapur railway station is a station of Eastern Railway. It is 17 km away from Sealdah and 5 km from Dankuni Junction on the Sealdah–Dankuni line of Eastern Railway. It is a part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. Dankuni and Bardhaman local train connects this place to Sealdah Station and other stations of the Sealdah main line. It is an important railway station between Dum Dum and Dankuni railway stations.

History

Sealdah–Dankuni line was opened in 1932 by the Eastern Bengal Railway.[4][5] The line was electrified on 1965.[6]

The station

Station layout

Platform layout

G Street level Exit/Entrance
P1 Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left Disabled access
Towards →Dankuni→ →
Towards ←Sealdah← ←
P2 Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left Disabled access

Track layout

Rajchandrapur track layout
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Station with two tracks
and two side platforms

References

  1. ^ "Indian railway codes". Indian Railways. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  2. ^ http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1540989334194-ER2.png [bare URL image file]
  3. ^ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/datameet/railways/master/stations.json [bare URL plain text file]
  4. ^ "HOWRAH DIVISION : HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE - THE FIRST JOURNEY". Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  5. ^ "US Archive .org pdf download of 'History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress', 31 March 1937 by 'The Government of India - Railway Department' page 70 pdf 95" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  6. ^ "History of Electrification". Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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