Masagram 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 ...

station on the

Howrah–Bardhaman chord The Howrah–Bardhaman chord is a broad-gauge rail line connecting Howrah and Bardhaman. The railway line operates in Howrah, Hooghly and Purba Bardhaman districts in the state of West Bengal. It is part of the Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line, How ...

and 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

Masagram Masagram is a village in Ajhapur gram panchayat of Jamalpur CD block in Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Masagram is located at . It is located near the ban ...

and surrounding villages. The construction of the Bankura–Masagram line made Masagram a junction station. The Damodar flows nearby.

History

The

, a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the Howrah–Bardhaman main line, was constructed in 1917.

Electrification

Howrah–Bardhaman chord was electrified in 1964–66.

Passengers

Around 3,000 passengers use Masagram railway station every day.

Bankura Masagram line

The Bankura–Masagram line will connect to the Howrah–Bardhaman chord near Masagram. The bridge over the Damodar has already been constructed, and work on the last sector, the Mathnasipur-Masagram new line project, was inaugurated on 16 April 2013.

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Trains at Masagram
{{Purba Bardhaman topics Railway stations in India opened in 1917 Railway stations in Purba Bardhaman district Howrah railway division Kolkata Suburban Railway stations