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| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Bagila}}<br />
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]<br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| image = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| address = [[National Highway 2 (India, old numbering)|National Highway 2]], Kalshi, Bagila, [[Purba Bardhaman district]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.158413|88.125937|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|22|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard (on ground station)<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| tracks = 2<br />
| entrances = <br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = <br />
| opened = 1855<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1958<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = BGF<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_locator = <br />
| map_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in [[West Bengal]]##Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = Bagila<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Debipur|next= Memari|line= Eastern |branch= [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]]|type= Howrah Junction|type2= Barddhaman Junction}}<br />
|route_map = {{Howrah–Bardhaman main line}}<br />
|map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
'''Bagila railway station''' is a [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station on the [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]] operated by [[Eastern Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]]. It is situated beside [[National Highway 2 (India, old numbering)|National Highway 2]] at Kalshi, Bagila, [[Purba Bardhaman district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/bagila-bgf/7740|title=BGF/Bagila|access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref> Number of [[EMU (train)|EMU]] trains stop at Bagila railway station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/indian-railway/bagila-bgf-station|title=BAGILA (BGF) Railway Station|publisher=NDTV|access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The [[East Indian Railway Company]] was formed on 1 June 1845, The first passenger train in the eastern section was operated up to {{stnlnk|Hooghly}}, on 15 August 1854. On 1 February 1855 the first train ran from {{stnlnk|Howrah}} to {{stnlnk|Raniganj}} through [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]]. [[Bandel Junction railway station|Bandel]] to [[Barddhaman Junction railway station|Bardhaman]] rout was opened for traffic on 1 January 1885. Electrification of the Howrah–Bardhaman main line was initiated up to Bandel in 1957, with the 3000V DC system, and the entire Howrah–Bardhaman route including Bagila railway station completed with AC system, along with conversion of earlier DC portions to 25 kV AC, in 1958.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,441,737|title=HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE – THE FIRST JOURNEY|website=er.indianrailways.gov.in|access-date=May 10, 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 Purba Bardhaman district]]<br />
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
[[Category:Howrah railway division]]<br />
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