Bidhannagar Road (

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: বিধাননগর রোড) is a

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on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line. It is linked to the

Sealdah South lines Sealdah South section consists of a set of four lines which connect the station in Kolkata with its southern suburbs and with the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India. It is a part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway and is under the ...

via

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. It is located in

Ultadanga Ultadanga is one of the most crowded junctions in Kolkata. The place is located at the north-eastern fringe of the city and marks the limit of Kolkata district. Prominent places in Ultadanga are Telenga Bagan and Muchi Bazar. Etymology Ultad ...

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. It serves

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Bidhannagar Bidhannagar is a planned urban agglomeration and city and a municipal corporation of the North 24 Parganas in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is in Greater Kolkata region and also a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Dev ...

and other surrounding areas.

Naming

Under the initiative of

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Dr. Bidhanchandra Roy, the town was built by pumping the

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containing the Ganges'

saline water Saline water (more commonly known as salt water) is water that contains a high concentration of dissolved salts (mainly sodium chloride). On the United States Geological Survey (USGS) salinity scale, saline water is saltier than brackish water, ...

to fill the low-lying areas, hence the name was made 'Saline Lake' or 'Salt Lake'. In 1972, under the

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, the Calcutta Session of the

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was to be held in this 'Salt Lake'.

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s from all over India kept coming through

station of

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. Incidentally, at that time, i.e. in 1972 AD, the name of 'Salt Lake' town was changed to 'Bidhanagar' and 'Ultadanga railway station' was renamed to 'Bidhanagar Road railway station'.

Design

The station is rather uniquely designed. Platform no. 2 and 3 share the same

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. However, the platform is very long (double the length of a normal platform) and is half the width of an island platform serving trains of both sides. The

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ern half of the platform is used as

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2 and the

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ern half is used as

3. The section of track which is not being used by the platforms has been fenced to provide safety from the

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trains.

History

The

Sealdah Sealdah is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Etymology Jackals (''sheal'' in Bengali) howled around Sealdah. Antiquarians identify it as Shrigaldwipa (Jackal Island). Nearby Beliaghata wa ...

– Kusthia line of

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was opened to traffic in 1862.

worked on the eastern side of the

Hooghly River The Bhagirathi Hooghly River (Anglicized alternatively spelled ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli'') or the 'Bhāgirathi-Hooghly', called the Ganga or the Kati-Ganga in mythological texts, is the eastern distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal, Indi ...

Electrification

The Sealdah–Ranaghat sector was electrified in 1963–64.

Handling Capacity

Bidhannagar Road railway station handles 975,000

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s every day, with about 325 trains in both directions.

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 12C/2, 30C/1, 32A, 43/1, 44, 44A, 45, 46, 46A, 46B, 47/1, 79D, 91C, 201, 206, 211, 211B, 215, 215A, 215A/1, 217, 217A, 217B, 221, 223, 237, L238, 253, 260, DN8, DN16/1, DN17, KB16, KB17, KB21, KB22, JM2, JM4, 007, K1, 5 (Mini), 20 (Mini), 20A (Mini), 29 (Mini), S138 (Mini), S151 (Mini), S152 (Mini), S171 (Mini), S172 (Mini), S175 (Mini), S184 (Mini), C14/1, C41, C42, C48, D7/1, D11A, D20, D22, E17, E25, E25A, E36, E39, E46, E47, MX1, MX3, S12C, S14C, S16, S19, S21, S30A, S30D, S37, S37A, S58, T11, 15, AC2, AC10, AC30, AC30S, AC35, AC37, AC37C, AC39, AC49A, AC50, AC50A, ACT5, ACT7, ACT9, M4, M10, MN5, MN10, MN20, MW7, V1, VS1, VS2, VS14, ST7, ST15, ST21 serve the station.

Metro

Shyambazar metro station Shyambazar is a station of the Kolkata Metro located in the Shyambazar area. It is the sixth metro station of Line 1 of Kolkata Metro from the north. History Construction The station Structure Shyambazar is underground metro station, situat ...

Shobhabazar Sutanuti metro station Shobhabazar Sutanuti is a station of the Kolkata Metro. It is located near Shobhabazar. History Construction The station Structure Shobhabazar Sutanuti is underground metro station, situated on the Kolkata Metro Line 1 of Kolkata Metro. ...

Bengal Chemical metro station Bengal Chemical (or Wow Momo Bengal Chemical for sponsorship reason) is a station of Kolkata Metro. It is on Line 2 or the East-West Metro. It serves the Duttabad, Kankurgachi and Kadapara area. The structure is situated over EM Bypass, in front ...

and

Phoolbagan metro station Phoolbagan metro station (or LIC Phoolbagan metro station for sponsorship reasons) is a station of the Kolkata Metro in Phoolbagan, a north neighbourhood of Kolkata, India. The underground station is at the Phoolbagan crossing on the Narkeldang ...

are located nearby.

Tram

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route number 18 serves the station.

Air

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is an international airport located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, serving the Kolkata Metropolitan Area and is the aviation hub for eastern and northeastern India. It is located approximatel ...

is about 9 km at the distance via

VIP Road VIP Road (officially Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue) is a major thoroughfare connecting the city of Kolkata with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Dumdum/Kolkata Airport. Located in the North-Eastern outskirts of the city, it was buil ...

References

External links

Long distance trains at Bidhannagar Road
* {{North 24 Parganas topics Sealdah railway division Railway stations in North 24 Parganas district Kolkata Suburban Railway stations Kolkata Circular Railway