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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Barachak<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = Barachak railway station IMG 20200306 233723.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Barachak railway station in 2020<br />
| address = Barachak, [[Asansol]], [[Paschim Bardhaman district]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.706944|N|86.928611|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = 127 m<br />
| line = [[Howrah–Delhi main line]]<br/>[[Asansol–Patna section]]<br/>[[Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line]]<br/>[[Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line]]<br/>[[Grand Chord]]<br/>[[Asansol–Gaya section]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard on ground station<br />
| platform = 3<br />
| tracks = 4<br />
| parking = Not available<br />
| bicycle = ?<br />
| opened = 1871<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1960–61<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = BCQ<br />
| zone = <br />
| division = Asansol<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = [[East Indian Railway Company|East Indian Railway]]<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| map_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
}}<br />
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'''Barachak''' is a railway station in [[Asansol]], [[Paschim Bardhaman district]], [[West Bengal]], India. This is a railway station between [[Asansol railway station|Asansol]] and [[Sitarampur railway station|Sitarampur]] railway stations.<br />
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==The railway station==<br />
Barachak railway station is located at an elevation of 127 m above sea level. It has been allotted the railway code – BCQ and is under the jurisdiction of Asansol railway division of [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]. It has 3 platforms.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/barachak-bcq/3537|title = Barachak| publisher= India Rail Info| access-date = 15 July 2013}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The [[East Indian Railway Company]], extended the railway track that had been laid between Kolkata and [[Hooghly railway station|Hooghly]] to [[Raniganj railway station|Raniganj]] in 1855 and up to [[Asansol railway station|Asansol]] in July 1863.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/asansol.html |title = Asansol |access-date = 15 July 2013 |publisher = railindia |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170507171611/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/asansol.html |archive-date = 7 May 2017 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }}</ref> The initial route of the [[Howrah–Delhi main line]] was via what is now called the [[Sahibganj loop]]. The "shorter main line" was in position in 1871 with the completion of the Raniganj–Kiul section.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html|title = IR History: Early days II (1870–1899)|publisher =IRFCA | access-date= 15 July 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Electrification==<br />
The Asansol–Sitarampur section, including Barachak-Hirapur Exchange Yard, was electrified in 1960–61.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html| title= History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 15 July 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Mining industry==<br />
"The entire belt between Durgapur (158 km from Howrah), and all the way up to Dhanbad and beyond is industrialized. Apart from factories, there are many coalmines, some closed now, and some with fires burning deep in the mineshafts. The mining area extends for a large area, mostly to the south of the tracks. Quite a portion of the track passes through cuttings, where the surrounding area is higher than the track level, resulting in the profusion of characteristic small masonry bridges crossing the tracks." This description is from "Gomoh loco shed and CLW trip record" by Samit Roychoudhury.<ref>{{cite web|title= Gomoh loco shed and CLW trip record |work= Indian Railway Reports|publisher=IRFCA }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/barachak-bcq/3537 Trains at Barachak]<br />
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