Saota railway station is a railway station in

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 ...

under

Howrah railway division Howrah railway division is one of the four railway divisions under Eastern Railway zone and South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 1854 and its headquarter is located at Howrah in the state of West Beng ...

Eastern Railway zone The Eastern Railway (abbreviated ER) is among the 19 zones of the Indian Railways. Its headquarters is at Fairley Place, Kolkata and comprises four divisions: , , , and . Each division is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM). The name o ...

. It is situated at Jagadishpur, Saota of

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 ...

History

On 1 December 1915,

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 ...

(MLR) set up narrow-gauge lines in the Burdwan-Katwa Railway route. This railway section was handed over to the Eastern Railway in 1966. In 2010 the work started for conversion of 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge. Bardhaman to Balogna railway station was reopened in 2014 and Balgona to Katwa section was completed on 12 January 2018 for the public.

References

Railway stations in India opened in 1915 Railway stations in Purba Bardhaman district Howrah railway division Kolkata Suburban Railway stations Railway stations closed in 2010 {{WestBengal-railstation-stub