Malatipur is a
Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the
Barasat–Hasnabad line. It is located in
North 24 Parganas 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 fou ...
.
History
Barasat Basirhat Railway
Martin's Light Railways (MLR) consisted of seven narrow-gauge railway lines in the states of West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India. The railways were built and owned by Martin & Co., which was a British company. Later, it was being ...
constructed a
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 structu ...
line in 1914 as a part of
Martin's Light Railways. The line was closed in 1955.
The long -wide
broad gauge Barasat–Hasnabad branch line was constructed between 1957 and 1962.
Layout
See also
References
External links
Malatipur Station Map*
Railway stations in North 24 Parganas district
Kolkata Suburban Railway stations
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