Durgachak Town railway station is a railway station on the Panskura–Haldia branch line in

South Eastern Railway zone The South Eastern Railway (abbreviated SER) is one of the 19 railway zones in India and Part of Eastern Railways. It is headquartered at Garden Reach, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It comprises Adra railway division, Chakradharpur railway divis ...

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 tot ...

. The railway station is situated at

Durgachak Durgachak is a town in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. Geography Location It is located at an elevation of 1 m from MSL. Police station Durgachak police station has jurisdiction over Haldia Haldia is an industrial port cit ...

Purba Medinipur district Purba Medinipur (English: ''East Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative d ...

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 fourt ...

History

The Howrah–Kharagpur line was opened in 1865 and

Panskura Panskura is a town and a municipality in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the banks of the Kangsabati River (variously known as Kasai and Cossye). Etymology 1. According to many references, the ...

-Durgachak line was opened in 1968, at a time when

Haldia Port Haldia port or Haldia Dock Complex has been built at the meeting place of the Haldi River and Hooghly river. Kolkata Port Trust has been created in this port as the port's partner. So it is not a port. It is an official dock complex. It has ...

was being constructed. It was subsequently extended to . The Panskura–Haldia line including Durgachak Town railway station was electrified in 1974–76.

References

Railway stations in Purba Medinipur district Kharagpur railway division Kolkata Suburban Railway stations {{WestBengal-railstation-stub