Ranaghat 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 on the
Sealdah–Ranaghat line, the
Lalgola branch line, the
Gede branch line and the
Ranaghat–Bangaon link line. It is located in
Nadia district in the Indian state of
West Bengal. It serves
Ranaghat and the surrounding areas.
History
The Calcutta (Sealdah)–Kusthia line of
Eastern Bengal Railway
The Eastern Bengal Railway (full name: "Eastern Bengal Railway Company"; shortened EBR) was one of the pioneering railway companies that operated from 1857 to 1942, in Bengal and Assam provinces of British India.
History
Formation
The Eastern ...
was opened to traffic in 1862. Eastern Bengal Railway worked on the eastern side of the
Hooghly River
The Bhagirathi Hooghly River (Anglicized alternatively spelled ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli'') or the 'Bhāgirathi-Hooghly', called the Ganga or the Kati-Ganga in mythological texts, is the eastern distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal, Indi ...
, which in those days was unbridged.
The Ranaghat–Bangaon link was constructed in 1882–84 by the Bengal Central Railway Company
The Ranaghat–Lalgola branch line was opened in 1905.
Electrification
The Sealdah–Ranaghat sector was electrified in 1963–64. The Ranaghat–Shantipur sector was electrified in 1963–64. The Kalinarayanpur-Krishnanagar City sector was electrified in 1964–65. The Ranaghat–Gede line was electrified in 1999–2000.The Ranaghat–Lalgola section has been electrified on the 2010s.
Carriage and wagon depot
It can handle the turn around maintenance of three trains.
Gallery
File:Birds eye-view, Ranaghat Station.jpg, Birds eye-view, Ranaghat Station
File:Ranaghat Junction Railway Station.jpeg, The name board at Ranaghat station
File:Ranaghat railway station 09.jpg, Ranaghat railway station platform
File:Ranaghat railway station 04.jpg, Top view of Ranaghat railway station
References
External links
Trains from Sealdah to Ranaghat Trains from Ranaghat to Sealdah Trains from Ranaghat to Lalgola Trains from Ranaghat to Gede Trains from Ranaghat to Bangaon
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Railway stations in Nadia district
Sealdah railway division
Kolkata Suburban Railway stations
Railway junction stations in West Bengal