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| name = Bankura Junction railway station<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| image = Bankura Junction railway station 2.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Bankura Junction railway station building<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| address = [[Bankura]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|23.2244|87.0748|type:railwaystation_region:IN||format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|46|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line]], [[Bankura–Masagram line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = At ground<br />
| platform = 3<br />
| tracks = 6<br />
| parking = Yes<br />
| opened = 1903–04<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = Yes<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = BQA<br />
| zone = [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]]<br />
| division = {{rwd|Adra}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = Indian railway<br />
| operator = South Eastern Railways<br />
| status = Functional<br />
| former = [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]<br />
| passengers = <br />
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| map_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
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'''Bankura Junction railway station''' is a railway junction station of [[Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line]] and [[Bankura–Damodar Railway]] (Bankura–Masagram) route under the [[Adra railway division]] of [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]]. It is situated at Lalbazar, [[Bankura]] town in [[Bankura district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/bankura-junction-bqa/955|title=BQA/Bankura Junction|access-date=June 8, 2019}}</ref> Number of local and Express trains of this route stop at Bankura railway station.<br />
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==History==<br />
Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line was opened in 1901. This railway track including Bankura Junction railway station was electrified in 1997–98. Old narrow-gauge Bankura–Damodar Railway (also called as Bankura Damodar River Railway) connecting Bankura and Rainagar in Bankura and Bardhaman districts was opened to traffic in sections between 1916 and 1917. In 2005, the 118 kilometer-long railway section known as [[Bankura–Masagram line]] was converted to {{track gauge|1676mm}} broad gauge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2012|title=Indian Railway History Time line|access-date=June 8, 2019}}</ref> The whole track was electrified in 2018–19.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/electrification-of-masagram-bankura-stretch-to-cut-travel-time-118021100096_1.html|title=Electrification of Masagram-Bankura stretch to cut travel time|website=business-standard.com|access-date=June 8, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Bankura district]]<br />
[[Category:Adra railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Railway junction stations in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Bankura]]<br />
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