Belda railway station is a railway station on
Kharagpur–Puri line
The Kharagpur–Puri Line is a railway line connecting in the Indian state of West Bengal and in Odisha. The total line can be divided into sections. The Kharagpur–Khurda Road portion of this line, which is a part of the Howrah–Chennai ma ...
, part of the
Howrah–Chennai main line under
Kharagpur railway division
Kharagpur railway division is one of the four railway divisions under South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 14 April 1952 and its headquarters are located at Kharagpur in the state of West Bengal of In ...
of
South Eastern Railway zone. Earlier this station was known as Contai Road. It is situated beside Shahid Khudiram Sarani at
Belda in
Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of
West Bengal.
History
In between 1893 and 1896 the
East Coast State Railway constructed Howrah–Chennai main line. Kharagpur–Puri branch was finally opened for public in 1901. The route was electrified in several phases. In 2005, Howrah–Chennai route was completely electrified.
References
Railway stations in Paschim Medinipur district
Kharagpur railway division
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