Dum Dum 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 ...

junction station ''Junction station'' usually refers to a railway station situated on or close to a junction where lines to several destinations diverge. The usual minimum is three incoming lines. At a station with platforms running from left to right, the minimum ...

on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line. Two lines branch out after Dum Dum – the Calcutta chord line to and the Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line to and . The

Dum Dum metro station Dum Dum is a station of the Kolkata Metro. The metro station adjoins the platforms of the Dum Dum railway station where connections can be made with Indian Railways services. History Construction The station Structure Dum Dum elevated metr ...

is adjacent to Dum Dum railway station. It is located in

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in the Indian state of

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. It serves

Dum Dum Dum Dum is a city and a municipality of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata urban area and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Etymology During the 19th ...

and the surrounding areas. The popular

Sealdah Rajdhani Express ''Sealdah Rajdhani Express'' is a Rajdhani class train of Indian Railways which connects the capital of West Bengal, Kolkata to the National Capital of India, New Delhi through Sealdah. It is the third Rajdhani Express class train connecting ...

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, and Sealdah-Bikaner Duronto Express pass through DDJ (despite not being a stoppage to such trains).

History

The Calcutta (Sealdah)–Kusthia line of

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was opened to traffic in 1862. Eastern Bengal Railway worked on the eastern side of the

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, which in those days was unbridged. In 1882–84 the Bengal Central Railway Company constructed two lines: one from Dum Dum to

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, now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon and the other linking Ranaghat and Bangaon. The

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was formed in 1881 to construct and operate a line to

. It was merged with

in 1903. The long

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line from

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to was constructed between 1957 and 1962. In 1932, the Calcutta Chord line was built over the Willingdon Bridge joining

and .

Electrification

The Sealdah–Ranaghat sector and the Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon sector were electrified in 1963–64. The Dum Dum–Dankuni sector was electrified in 1964–65.

Platforms

Platform 1

Platform 1 mostly handles trains in the Up Sealdah Main Line sections. It also handles a few trains in the Up Sealdah-Dankuni chord line, Sealdah-Baruipara local, Sealdah-Bangaon section.

Platform 2

Platform 2 only handles Down Sealdah bound trains in the Sealdah-Main Line section and almost all trains from Dankuni and Baruipara and a few from the Bangaon-Sealdah section.

Platform 3

Platform 3 mostly handles Up train in the Sealdah-Dankuni chord line section, Sealdah-Baruipara local, the Sealdah-Bangaon section, Kolkata-Lalgola MEMU and Sealdah-Lalgola Passenger and MEMU trains. It also handles a few trains in the Up Sealdah-Main Line section and trains coming from Budge Budge, Majerhat through Ballygunge Junction.

Platform 4

Platform 4 mostly handles trains in the Sealdah bound trains in the Bangaon-Sealdah section. It also handles a few Dankuni-Sealdah trains and also handles trains from Majerhat and Ballygunge through Princep Ghat joining the Sealdah-Main Line section(and sometimes the reverse route too) and down passengers trains coming from Lalgola.

Platform 5

It mostly handles trains coming from or going to Princep Ghat, although Princep Ghat is not the terminus for trains passing through this platform. The Bangaon-Canning local also stops by this platform.

Passengers

Dum Dum railway station handles 576,000 passengers daily.

Connections

Train

Being an important railway junction station in the Sealdah Division of the Eastern Railways, Dum Dum Junction serves as an important halt to many long-distance trains like- *

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–

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(Up 53131 / Dn 53132) * Sealdah–Lalgola Passenger (Up 53171, 53175, 53179,53181, 63105 / Dn 53172, 53176, 53180, 53182, 53186, 63106) * Sealdah–Jangipur DEMU (Up 73151/ Dn 73152) * Sealdah–Rampurhat MEMU (Up 63141 / Dn 63142) etc.

Metro

It is connected with

Kolkata Metro Line 1 The Line 1, Blue Line, also known as North–South Metro of the Kolkata Metro, is a rapid transit system serving South 24 Parganas, Kolkata and North 24 Parganas in Indian state of West Bengal. It consists of 26 operational stations from Dakshi ...

. The metro station is connected through subways.

Auto

Dumdum station-Nagerbazar, Dumdum station-Chiriamore, Dumdum Station- RG Kar Hospital, Dumdum station-30A bus-stand and Dumdum Station-Sinthee More autos ply on this route.

Buses

Bus route number 30B, 30B/1, 202, 219/1, DN9/1, S168 (Mini), E19D, S10, 11A, AC38 by Dum Dum Road serve 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 connected via Dum Dum Rd and Jessore Rd; distance between Dumdum junction and the airport is 5.6 km.

References

External links

Long distance trains at Dum DumSealdah-Dum Dum trainsDum Dum-Sealdah trainsDum Dum-Lalgola trainsDum Dum-Bangaon trainsDum Dum-Dankuni trains
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