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<div>{{Infobox station<br />
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Belanagar}}<br />
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]<br />
| other_name = <br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| image = Belanagar railway station in Howrah district IMG 20200306 202018.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Belanagar railway station<br />
| address = [[Bally Jagachha]] Block, Belanagar, [[Howrah district]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.661205|88.317647|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|8|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| tracks = 3<br />
| entrances = <br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = <br />
| opened = 1958<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1964<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = BZL<br />
| zone =<br />
| division = {{rwd|Howrah}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = [[East Indian Railway Company]]<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = India<br />
| map_type = India Kolkata#India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in Kolkata##Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = Belanagar<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Bally|next= Dankuni Junction|line= Eastern |branch= [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]]|type= Howrah Junction|type2= Barddhaman Junction}}<br />
| route_map = {{Howrah–Bardhaman chord}}<br />
| mapframe = <br />
| map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
'''Belanagar railway station''' is a [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station on the [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]] line operated by [[Eastern Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]]. It is situated at [[Bally Jagachha]] Block, Belanagar in [[Howrah district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/belanagar-bzl/7904|title=BZL/Belanagar|access-date=13 May 2019}}</ref> Number of [[Electric multiple unit|EMU]] trains stop at Belanagar railway station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/indian-railway/belanagar-bzl-station|title=BELANAGAR (BZL) Railway Station|publisher=NDTV|access-date=13 May 2019}}</ref> This railway station is named after [[Bela Mitra]], a freedom fighter and social activist. This was the first Railway station in India named after any Indian woman.<ref name="Sengupta 2002">{{Cite book|title=Sansab Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|authors=Subodh C. Sengupta and Anjali Basu|volume= I|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|date=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=367}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/From-corporate-boardrooms-to-Writers-Buildings/article20245360.ece|title=From corporate boardrooms to Writers' Buildings|access-date=13 May 2019}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The Howrah–Bardhaman chord, the 95 kilometers railway line was constructed in 1917. It was connected with {{stnlnk|Sealdah}} through [[Dankuni Junction railway station|Dankuni]] after construction of [[Vivekananda Setu]] in 1932.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/print_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,441,737|title=HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE – THE FIRST JOURNEY|access-date=13 May 2019}}</ref> {{stnlnk|Howrah}} to [[Barddhaman Junction railway station|Bardhaman]] chord line including Belanagar railway station was electrified in 1964–66.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title=History of Electrification|access-date=13 May 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Eastern}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Howrah district]]<br />
[[Category:Howrah railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
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