Belanagar railway station is a

Kolkata Suburban Railway The Kolkata Suburban Railway is a suburban rail system serving the Kolkata metropolitan area and its surroundings in India. It is the largest suburban railway network in the country with the highest number of stations. It is also the 7th larg ...

station on 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 ...

line operated by

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. It is situated at

Bally Jagachha Bally Jagachha is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Howrah Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Ghoshpara is located at . Bally Jagachha CD Block is bo ...

Block, Belanagar in Howrah 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 ...

. Number of

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trains stop at Belanagar railway station. This railway station is named after

Bela Mitra Bela Mitra, née Bose (1920 – 31 July 1952) was a Bengali revolutionary involved with the Jhansi Rani Regiment, the Women's Regiment of the Indian National Army, and a social worker. Family Mitra was born as Amita or Bela Bose in Kolkata in Br ...

, a freedom fighter and social activist. This was the first Railway station in India named after any Indian woman.

History

The Howrah–Bardhaman chord, the 95 kilometers railway line was constructed in 1917. It was connected with through

Dankuni Dankuni is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is now part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is considered posh area in Hooghly. Geography Location Da ...

after construction of Vivekananda Setu in 1932. to Bardhaman chord line including Belanagar railway station was electrified in 1964–66.

References

Railway stations in Howrah district Howrah railway division Kolkata Suburban Railway stations {{WestBengal-railstation-stub