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Katwa 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 Howrah–Bandel–Katwa line, Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa and the

Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line The Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line is a railway line connecting with in North Bengal in the Indian state of West Bengal. The line continues through North Bengal and western part of Assam to connect with Guwahati. The – link allows trains from ...

. It is located in

Purba Bardhaman district Purba Bardhaman district is in West Bengal. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born in village Subaldaha in the district ...

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

Katwa Katwa is a sub-divisional town and railway junction in Purba Bardhaman district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Katwa subdivision. The town was built at the confluence of Ganga and Ajay. Katwa is a border cit ...

and the surrounding areas.

History

In 1913, the Hooghly–Katwa Railway constructed a

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

line from Bandel to Katwa, and the Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa Railway constructed the

Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop The Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop is a railway line connecting Barharwa Junction railway station, Barharwa on the Sahibganj loop and Katwa railway station, Katwa. Together with the Bandel–Katwa line, which connects this line to Bandel Junct ...

. The -long -wide

narrow-gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structur ...

Burdwan–Katwa Railway McLeod's Light Railways (MLR) consisted of following four narrow-gauge lines in West Bengal in India. The railways were built and owned by McLeod & Company, which was the subsidiary of a London company of managing agents, McLeod Russell & Co. L ...

was opened in 1915 as part of

McLeod's Light Railways McLeod's Light Railways (MLR) consisted of following four narrow-gauge lines in West Bengal in India. The railways were built and owned by McLeod & Company, which was the subsidiary of a London company of managing agents, McLeod Russell & Co. L ...

, taken over by Eastern Railway in 1966 and closed in 2010. The -long -wide narrow-gauge

Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway McLeod's Light Railways (MLR) consisted of following four narrow-gauge lines in West Bengal in India. The railways were built and owned by McLeod & Company, which was the subsidiary of a London company of managing agents, McLeod Russell & Co. L ...

was opened in 1917 as part of McLeod's Light Railways and taken over by Eastern Railway in 1966. It was closed in 2013 for conversion to

and electrification.

Gauge conversion

The

Bardhaman–Katwa line The Bardhaman–Katwa line is a broad gauge branch line connecting Bardhaman and Katwa in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal. It is under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway. The line was a narrow gauge line, before its gauge conversion ...

, after conversion from narrow gauge to electrified broad gauge, was opened to the public on 12 January 2018. The track from Katwa to Ahmedpur line after conversion from narrow gauge to broad gauge, was opened to the public on 24 May 2018.

Electrification

Electrification of the Bandel–Katwa line was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1994–96.

Narrow-gauge travel

Here is a description of narrow-gauge travel (now closed):

References

External links

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{{Purba Bardhaman topics Railway stations in Purba Bardhaman district Howrah railway division Railway junction stations in West Bengal 1913 establishments in India Kolkata Suburban Railway stations