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Bardhaman Junction Railway Station (Station code: BWN) is a railway junction station on the
Howrah–Delhi main line The Howrah–Delhi main line is a railway line connecting Delhi and Kolkata cutting across northern India. The railway line was opened to traffic in 1866 with the introduction of the "1 Down/2 Up Mail" train. Sections The long trunk line, ha ...
and is located in
Purba Bardhaman District Purba Bardhaman district is in West Bengal. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born in village Subaldaha in the district ...
in the Indian state of
West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
.
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services from along Howrah–Bardhaman main line and
Howrah–Bardhaman chord The Howrah–Bardhaman chord is a broad-gauge rail line connecting Howrah and Bardhaman. The railway line operates in Howrah, Hooghly and Purba Bardhaman districts in the state of West Bengal. It is part of the Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line, How ...
terminate at
Bardhaman Bardhaman (, ) is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of Purba Bardhaman district, having become a district capital during the period of British rule. Burdwan, an alternative name for the city, ...
. Everyday 300+ express/mail/SF trains hault here making it one of the most busiest and important junction railway station in Eastern India. It serves Bardhaman, the third most populous city in
West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
.


History

Barddhaman Junction is an important station in the
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. Trains from , , towards
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(currently named as Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay, DDU), Gaya etc. go through the station. The station consists of 8 platforms. The first passenger train ran from to on 15 August 1855. The track was extended to by 1855. The
Howrah–Bardhaman chord The Howrah–Bardhaman chord is a broad-gauge rail line connecting Howrah and Bardhaman. The railway line operates in Howrah, Hooghly and Purba Bardhaman districts in the state of West Bengal. It is part of the Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line, How ...
, a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the Howrah–Bardhaman main line, was constructed in 1917. Burdwan–Katwa line was upgraded from NG to BG in 2014 (up to ) and extended up to
Katwa Katwa is a sub-divisional town and railway junction in Purba Bardhaman district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Katwa subdivision. The town was built at the confluence of Ganga and Ajay. Katwa is a border ci ...
in 2018.


Barddhaman RRI

It has
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interlocking and it was commissioned on 2014. New
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(RRI) has considerably increased train punctuality.


Electrification

Electrification of Howrah–Burdwan main line was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1958. Earlier, electrification started (on the Howrah–Bandel sector) with 3 kV DC overhead system in 1953. The
Howrah–Bardhaman chord The Howrah–Bardhaman chord is a broad-gauge rail line connecting Howrah and Bardhaman. The railway line operates in Howrah, Hooghly and Purba Bardhaman districts in the state of West Bengal. It is part of the Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line, How ...
was electrified in 1964–66.
Bardhaman–Katwa line The Bardhaman–Katwa line is a broad gauge branch line connecting Bardhaman and Katwa in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal. It is under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway. The line was a narrow gauge line, before its gauge conversion ...
was electrified in 2014 (up to ) and 2018 (up to Katwa jn)


Amenities

Barddhaman railway station has two-bedded non-AC retiring rooms and four bedded non-AC dormitory. The station platforms are equipped with high speed
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and RailWire. All platforms are equipped with escalators (1-8) with Lift facility in platform number 6-7. Automated ticket vending machines are there at both side of the station where tickets can be got both by giving cash, using card, UTS mobile system etc. IRCTC Vendors are available with various types of food at the station platforms. Purified and cold water is available at platforms.


Bardhaman Coaching & Wagon Depot

Bardhaman Coaching & Wagon Depot can maintain passenger trains
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and
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, including one
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rake. It has a capacity of holding 71 coaches.


Diesel & Electric Loco Shed

Bardhaman has a diesel loco shed with
WDG-3A The Indian locomotive class WDG-3A is a class of diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in 1994 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW),Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad-gauge (W), Diesel (D), Goods traffic (G) engin ...
, WDM-6,
WDM-2 The Indian locomotive class WDM-2 is a class of diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in 1962 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M) engine, ...
and
WDM-3A The Indian locomotive class WDM-3A is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 1993 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M) ...
locos. Recently BWN DLS has been electrified. A 15
WAG-9 The Indian locomotive class WAG-9 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1995 by ABB Group (ABB) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Goods traffic (G), 9th generation (9 ...
locomotive from Kalyan Loco Shed and 10
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locomotive from Gomoh Loco Shed are transferred to BWN. It has parking slots for
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Incidents

On two different dates, April 6 and 13 of 2003, employees of a private security agency fired at fleeing coal thieves, injuring a passerby and on the later date, a hawker. Following these incidents, a large mob comprising the station's hawkers and residents of the area, clashed with police forces leading to a baton charge and arrests, on April 14, 2003. On Friday, 9 November 2019, several people were injured in a stampede over a footbridge at the station. On Saturday, 4 January 2020, a major portion of the main entrance gate of the railway station collapsed, injuring several people. Construction activities were taking place at the site of the accident.


Gallery

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Trains at Bardhaman
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