Kolaghat railway station

The Kolaghat railway station in the Indian state of West Bengal, serves Kolaghat, India in Purba Medinipur district. It is on the Howrah–Kharagpur line. It is 55 km (34 mi) from Howrah Station.

Kolaghat
Kolkata Suburban Railway station
Kolaghat railway station, Platform No 1&2 Kolaghat railway station Platform No 3
General information
Location	Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal India
Coordinates	22°26′06″N 87°52′51″E
Elevation	10 metres (33 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Howrah–Kharagpur line
Platforms	3
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	KIG
Fare zone	South Eastern Railway
History
Opened	1900
Electrified	1967–69
Previous names	East Indian Railway Company
Passengers
0.4 million/day
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station Mecheda towards Midnapore South Eastern Line Howrah–Kharagpur line Deulti towards Howrah Junction
Route map km Asansol–Tatanagar– Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Puri line Kharagpur–Bankura– Adra line Kalaikunda Kharagpur–Bankura –Adra line Nimpura Nimpura Through Yard Nimpura Goods Yard Girimaidan Hijli Kharagpur-Puri line 0 Kharagpur NH 60 7 Jakpur 13 Madpur 19 Shyam Chak 24 Balichak 27 Duan 30 Radhamohanpur 35 Haur 39 Khirai km Kangsabati River 44 Panskura Raghunathbari 20 to Ghatal (planned) Rajgoda 28 48 Narayan Pakuria Murail Saheed Matangini 33 51 Bhogpur Tamluk 36 00 54 Nandaigajan Nandakumar 10 57 Mecheda Nandakumar-Balaipanda new line (planned) 43 Keshabpur Chak Simulia 49 Satish Samanta Halt Bargoda 51 Mahishadal Moyna 60 Barda Balaipanda 66 Basulya Sutahata NH 41 Haldia Energy Power Station Haldi River 71 Durgachak Lavan Satyagrah Smarak 21 HPCL Siding Deshapran 33 Indorama Checmicals Siding Deshapran-Kendamari new line (planned) Gholpukur 74 Durgachak Town New Krishnanagar 77 Silpaprabesh Hampigram Haldia Industrial Belt Nandigram Kendamari Henria 39 Haldia Dock Complex Nachinda 52 Kanthi 63 79 Bandar ICF Haldia Sitalpur 69 81 Haldia Sujalpur 71 Ashapurna Devi 76 Kolaghat Thermal Power Station Badalpur 78 60 Kolaghat Kanthi-Egra new line (planned) Rupnarayan River Raipur 64 Deulti Satmile 67 Ghoraghata Paschimbatya 70 Bagnan Balighai Bagnan–Amta line (planned) Egra Damodar River Bhatda 78 Kulgachia Dubda 79 Bir Shibpur Paniparul Road Pujali–Uluberia line (planned) Depal 83 Uluberia Champa River 85 Phuleswar Ramnagar (Bengal) 86 88 Chengel Egra-Digha new line (planned) Fort Gloster Jute Mill Tikra 88 91 Bauria Digha–Jaleswar line (planned) 95 Nalpur Digha 94 Ambuja Cement 97 Abada Sankrail Goods yard 99 Sankrail Delta Jute Mill 103 Andul 105 Mourigram Santragachi–Amta branch line Hindustan Industries and Engineering 108 Santragachi Padmapukur NH 12 (Kona Expressway) Guest Keen Williams 109 Ramrajatala 111 Dasnagar Shalimar │ Shalimar rail yard 112 Tikiapara Howrah–Bardhaman main line & Howrah–Bardhaman chord 115 Howrah km Sources:
Location Kolaghat Location in West Bengal

Main article: Howrah–Kharagpur line

History

The Howrah–Kharagpur line was opened in 1900.

Tracks

The Howrah–Panskura stretch has three lines. Platform No 1 and 2 are attached but Platform No 3 is detached from the other two Platforms. Usually down trains (towards Howrah) are available on Platform no 1. Up trains (towards Kharagpur, Medinipur) are available on platform no 2 & 3. To reaching both platforms (1 & 2,3) one have to climb a hill like slope. The distance between two platforms are more than 150 meter and the slope is more than 15 meter high from the Kolaghat locality.

Electrification

The Howrah–Kharagpur line was electrified in 1967–69.

External links

• Trains at Kolaghat