Dubrajpur Railway Station
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Dubrajpur railway station is a railway station of Andal–Sainthia branch line of the
Asansol railway division Asansol railway division is one of the four railway divisions under Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 1925 and its headquarter is located at Asansol in the state of West Bengal of India. Currently it is ...
connecting from to
Sainthia Sainthia (formerly Nandipur) is a city and a municipality in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The city is known as business city of Birbhum district. The city is under the jurisdiction of Sainthia po ...
on the
Sahibganj loop The Sahibganj loop is a railway line connecting Khana Junction and Kiul Junction. Originally a part of the Howrah–Delhi main line, it was opened to traffic in 1866. With the construction of a shorter railway line for a part of the route, the ...
line. This is under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway zone of
Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tota ...
. It is situated beside State Highway 7 at
Dubrajpur Dubrajpur is a city and a municipality in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Dubrajpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 77 metres (252 feet). Connectiv ...
,
Birbhum district Birbhum district () is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is in Suri. Other imp ...
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 fou ...
. A number of Express and Passenger trains stop at Dubrajpur railway station.


History

The Andal–Sainthia branch line was built in 1913. Electrification of Andal–Pandabeshwar section was completed in 2010–11 and Pandabeshwar-Saithia route including Dubrajpur railway station was completed in 2016.


References

Railway stations in Birbhum district Asansol railway division {{WestBengal-railstation-stub