Krishnapur railway station is an important Indian railway station of the Lalgola - Sealdah branch lines in the Eastern Railway zone of

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. The station is situated at Krishnapur or Kestopur near

Lalgola Lalgola is a census town in the Lalgola CD block in the Lalbag subdivision of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. It is situated about north of Kolkata, near the head of the Ganges delta. It is a terminal railway station on the Ranaghat-Lal ...

in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of

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. Total 12 trains including Lalgola Passengers and few

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trains halt in the station.

Electrification

The

Krishnanagar Krishna Nagar or Krishnanagar may refer to: Places India * Krishna Nagar, Delhi ** Krishna Nagar metro station (Delhi) ** Krishna Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency) * Krishna Nagar, Hyderabad * Krishna Nagar, Lucknow ** Krishna Nagar metro s ...

– section, including Krishnapur railway station was electrified in 2004. In 2010 the line became double tracked.

Incident

On 15 December 2019, a protest was going on nearby area against amended Citizenship Act. Protesters vandalized Krishnapur railway station and at this station set several trains on fire.

References

Railway stations in Murshidabad district Sealdah railway division Kolkata Suburban Railway stations {{WestBengal-railstation-stub