Domjur Road railway station is a railway station on
Santragachi–Amta branch line
This line is a part of South Eastern Railway zone, on which the Kolkata Suburban local train runs from Howrah to Amta. Its total distance is about 35 km, which takes about one hour from Santragachi to Amta.South Eastern Railway section of the
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 ...
. It is situated beside Domjur-Jagadishpur Road at Baghpara, Domjur Bazar in Howrah District in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
to Amta narrow-gauge track was built in 1897 in British India. This route was the part of the
Martin's Light Railways
Martin's Light Railways (MLR) consisted of seven narrow-gauge railway lines in the states of West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India. The railways were built and owned by Martin & Co., which was a British company. Later, it was being op ...
which was closed in 1971. Howrah–Amta new broad-gauge line, including the Bargachia–Champadanga branch line was re constructed and opened in 2002–2004.