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{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Bandar}}
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway
| image =
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| address = Ranichak More, [[Haldia]], [[Purba Medinipur district]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.052948|88.088476|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|8|m|ft}}
| line = [[Panskura–Haldia branch line]]
| other =
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 1
| tracks = 1
| entrances =
| parking = No
| bicycle =
| opened = 1968
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1974–76
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = BAAR
| zone =
| division = {{rwd|Kharagpur}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[South Eastern Railway zone]]
| status = Functioning
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in [[West Bengal]]##Location in India
| map_dot_label = Bandar
| map_size = 300
| services =
{{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Haldia|next=Silpaprabesh|line= South Eastern |branch= [[Panskura–Haldia line]]|type=Haldia}}
|route_map = {{Howrah–Kharagpur line}}
|map_state = collapsed
}}
'''Bandar railway station''' is a railway station on the [[Panskura–Haldia branch line]] in [[South Eastern Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]]. The railway station is situated at Ranichak More, [[Haldia]] in [[Purba Medinipur district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. Bandar railway station serves Haldia Port areas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/bandar-p-h-baar/9567|title=BAAR/Bandar P.H.|access-date=May 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/indian-railway/bandar-ph-baar-station|title=BANDAR PH (BAAR) Railway Station|publisher=NDTV|access-date=May 29, 2019}}</ref>

==History==
The Howrah–Kharagpur line was opened in 1865<ref name=ser>{{cite web | url = http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1 | title = Major events in formation of S.E.Railway | publisher = South Eastern Railway | accessdate = 27 May 2019 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1 | archivedate = 1 April 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> and [[Panskura Junction railway station|Panskura]]-Durgachak line was opened in 1968, at a time when [[Haldia Port]] was being constructed. It was subsequently extended to Haldia.<ref name=ser/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/uploads/files/1347084874753-PlacesOfInterest.pdf|title = Haldia| publisher= Indian Railways| accessdate = 27 May 2019}}</ref> The Panskura–Haldia line including Bandar railway station was electrified in 1974–76.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title = History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| accessdate = 27 May 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, South Eastern}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Purba Medinipur district]]
[[Category:Kharagpur railway division]]
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]
[[Category:Transport in Haldia]]

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>Jeet Dev at 14:14, 14 February 2021