Durgapur is a model railway station on the

Bardhaman–Asansol section The Bardhaman–Asansol section is a railway line connecting and . This track is part of the Howrah–Delhi main line, Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line and Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line. It is under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway, and is ...

. It is located in

Paschim Bardhaman district Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd district o ...

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 ...

. It serves

Durgapur Durgapur () is a planned tier-II urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the fourth largest urban agglomeration after Kolkata, Asansol and Siliguri in West Bengal ...

, the third most populous city in West Bengal, and the surrounding industrial areas. It was ranked the third-cleanest railway station in India in 2019.

Overview

Mining-Industry Zone "The entire belt between Durgapur (171 km ia Main Lineand 158 km

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from Howrah), and all the way up to

Dhanbad Dhanbad is the second-most populated city in the Indian state of Jharkhand after Jamshedpur. It ranks as the 42nd largest city in India and is the 33rd largest million-plus urban agglomeration in India. Dhanbad shares its land borders with Pa ...

and beyond is industrialized. Apart from factories, there are many coalmines, some closed now, and some with fires burning deep in the mineshafts. The mining area extends for a large area, mostly to the south of the tracks. Quite a portion of the track passes through cuttings, where the surrounding area is higher than the track level, resulting in the profusion of characteristic small masonry bridges crossing the tracks." This description is from "Gomoh loco shed and CLW trip record" by Samit Roychoudhury.

History

The first passenger train in eastern India run from Howrah to Hooghly on 15 August 1854. The track was extended to Raniganj by 1855.

Electrification

The Mankar–Waria sector was electrified in 1965–66.

Gallery

File:Durgapur railway station nameplate.JPG, Durgapur railway station nameplate File:Durgapur railway station of Asansol railway division 05.jpg, Durgapur station platform File:Durgapur Railway Station, Durgapur, WB, 16.10.11 - panoramio.jpg, Durgapur railway station, Durgapur, WB

References

External links

Trains at Durgapur
* {{Paschim Bardhaman topics Transport in Durgapur Railway stations in Paschim Bardhaman district Asansol railway division Buildings and structures in Durgapur, West Bengal