GordonCoulston at 21:17, 20 March 2026

2026-03-20T21:17:01Z

New page

{{Short description|Railway Station in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Barddhaman Junction
| symbol = s
| symbol_location = kolkata
| system = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Barddhaman Junction (1 November 2024).jpg
| image_caption = Barddhaman Junction railway station
| address = [[Grand Trunk Road]], [[Bardhaman]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = {{flagu|India}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.250041|87.869995|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|34.00|m|ft}}
| line = * '''[[Howrah–Delhi main line]]'''
* [[Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line]]
* [[Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line]]
* [[Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line]]
* [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]],
* [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]]
* [[Bardhaman-Rampurhat Section|Bardhaman-Rampurhat Line]]
* [[Bardhaman–Asansol section]]
* '''[[Bardhaman–Katwa line]]'''
| other = [[File:Aiga taxi.svg|20px]] [[Taxi|Cabs]], Bus stand, E-rickshaw
| structure = [[Intersection_(road)#At_grade_railways|At grade]]
| platform = 8
| tracks = 10
| parking = {{color|green|Available}} {{rint|parking}}
| bicycle = {{color|green|Available}} {{rint|bicycle}}
| opened = {{start date and age|1855}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1958
| accessible = {{access icon|20px}} Available
| classification = '''NSG-2'''
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = BWN<ref name="Indian railway codes">{{cite web |title=Indian railway codes |url=http://www.icf.indianrailways.gov.in/PB/pass/stations.html |publisher=Indian Railways |access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref>
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Howrah}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Eastern Railway Zone|Eastern Railway]]
| status = {{color|green|Functioning}}
| former = [[East Indian Railway Company]]
| passengers = 120K/Day
| pass_year = 44M/Year
| pass_percent =
| pass_system = {{increase}} {{color|#fc5|high}}
| map_type = India#India West Bengal#
| map_dot_label = Barddhaman Junction
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location in [[Barddhaman]]##Location in India
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Barddhaman Junction
| mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=14|type=point|marker=rail}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Indian Railways
|line=Eastern Railway zone|left=|right=Talit|type=[[Bardhaman–Asansol section]]|system2=Kolkata Suburban Railway
|line2=Eastern|left2=Gangpur|right2=|to-left2=Howrah Junction|type2=[[Howrah–Bardhaman main line|Howrah - Barddhaman Main line]]
|line3=Eastern|left3=Gangpur|right3=|to-left3=Howrah Junction|type3=[[Howrah–Bardhaman chord|Howrah - Barddhaman Chord line]]
|line4=Eastern|right4=Kamnara|to-right4=Katwa Junction|type4=[[Bardhaman–Katwa line]]}}
| route_map = {{Howrah–Bardhaman main line}}{{Howrah–Bardhaman chord}}{{Bardhaman–Katwa line}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

'''Barddhaman Junction Railway Station''' (station code: '''BWN''') is a railway junction station on the [[Howrah–Delhi main line]] and is located in [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman District]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. [[Electric multiple unit|EMU]] services from {{stnlnk|Howrah}} along [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]] and [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]] terminate at [[Bardhaman]]. Every day, over 300 express/mail/SF trains halt here, making it one of the busiest and important junction railway station in Eastern India. It serves Bardhaman, the fifth most populous city in [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title = Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 |access-date = 16 April 2013}}</ref>

==History==
Barddhaman Junction is an important station in the [[Eastern Railway zone]]. Trains from {{stnlnk|Howrah}}, {{stnlnk|Sealdah}}, {{stnlnk|Kolkata}} towards [[Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction|Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay]], [[Gaya Junction railway station|Gaya]] etc. go through the station. The station consists of eight platforms.

The first passenger train ran from {{stnlnk|Howrah}} to {{stnlnk|Bardhaman}} on 15 August 1855.

The track was extended to {{stnlnk|Raniganj}} by 1855.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html |title = IR History Part I 1832–1869| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 13 April 2013}}</ref>

The [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]], a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]], was constructed in 1917.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html|title=The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian|publisher=Rail India|access-date=13 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316015721/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html|archive-date=16 March 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[Bardhaman–Katwa line]] was upgraded from [[narrow-gauge railway|NG]] to [[broad-gauge railway|BG]] in 2014 (up to {{stnlnk|Balgona}}) and extended up to [[Katwa Junction railway station|Katwa]] in 2018.

==Barddhaman RRI==
It has [[Siemens]] interlocking{{clarify|date=February 2019}} and it was commissioned in 2014. New [[route relay interlocking]] (RRI) has considerably increased train punctuality.

==Electrification==
Electrification of the Howrah–Bardhaman main line was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1958. Earlier, electrification started (on the Howrah–Bandel sector) with 3 kV DC overhead system in 1953.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history4.html|title =IR History Part IV (1947–1970) | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 13 April 2013}}</ref>

The Howrah–Bardhaman chord was electrified in 1964–66.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title =History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 13 April 2013 }}</ref> The Bardhaman–Katwa line was electrified in 2014 (up to {{stnlnk|Balgona}}) and 2018 (up to [[Katwa Junction railway station|Katwa jn]]).

==Amenities==
Barddhaman railway station has two-bedded non-AC retiring rooms and four bedded non-AC dormitories. The station platforms are equipped with high speed [[Wi-Fi]] access provided by [[Google]] and RailWire. All platforms are equipped with escalators (1-8) with a lift facility in platform number 6-7. Automated ticket vending machines are at both sides of the station where tickets can be purchased by cash, card, or UTS mobile system. IRCTC vendors offer various types of food at the station platforms. Purified and cold water is available at platforms.

==Bardhaman Coaching & Wagon Depot==
Bardhaman Coaching & Wagon Depot can maintain passenger trains [[Electric multiple unit|EMU]] and [[MEMU]], including one [[Diesel multiple unit|DEMU]] rake. It has a capacity of holding 71 coaches.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1336385288075-C&W%20HWH%20OVER%20VIEW%20MAY%2712.pdf |title = Carriage and Wagon / Howrah Division| publisher = Indian Railways| access-date = 11 April 2013 }}</ref>

==Barddhaman Loco Shed==
The shed was commissioned in September 1983. Even though it is named as Diesel loco shed, Barddhaman, it only holds electric locomotives now.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Serial No. !! Locomotive Class !! Horsepower !! Quantity
|-
| 1. || [[WAG-5]] || 3850 || 25
|-
| 2. || [[WAG-7]] || 5350 || 49
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Total Locomotives Active as of February 2026'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electric Loco Holding |url=https://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html |access-date=28 May 2025 |website=Railnet |archive-date=20 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520042505/http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>|| 74
|}

== Incidents ==
On two different dates, 6 and 13 April 2003, employees of a private security agency fired at fleeing coal thieves, injuring a passerby and on the later date, a hawker. Following these incidents, a large mob comprising the station's hawkers and residents of the area clashed with police forces, leading to a baton charge and arrests on 14 April 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/rogue-shot-hits-station-hawker-in-burdwan/cid/831016|title=Rogue shot hits station hawker in Burdwan|website=www.telegraphindia.com|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref>

On Friday, 8 November 2019, around 20 people were injured in a stampede over a footbridge at the station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/11-hurt-in-burdwan-station-stampede/articleshow/71977079.cms|title=11 hurt in Burdwan station stampede – Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref>

On Saturday, 4 January 2020, a major portion of the main entrance gate of the railway station collapsed,one died and several people injured. Construction activities were taking place at the site of the accident.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/live-updates-part-of-entrance-gate-at-barddhaman-railway-station-collapses/liveblog/73101298.cms|title=Burdwan station collapse live updates: Part of entrance gate at Barddhaman railway station collapses|website=The Times of India|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/portion-of-building-at-bardhaman-railway-station-in-west-bengal-collapses-several-feared-trapped-new-2158864|title=Railway Station Building In West Bengal Collapses, 2 Injured|publisher=NDTV|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref>

On 7 June 2020, A portion of the balcony at the entrance to platform number one collapsed, injuring one passenger.

On 13 December 2023, a 133 year old water tank on Platform 4 and 5 suddenly collapsed during afternoon. Four people lost their lives. 34 were injured. On the same day, there was a stampede, injuring two people.

On 29 January 2024,The RMS building, located next to the main entrance of the station, collapsed. However, no major accident occurred as no one was in the office at the time of the accident.

On Sunday,12 October 2025 at 17:18, several people got injured in a stampede over foot over bridge near platform no 4&5. Report says that around 10–12 people were injured and one died in the chaos that followed when a woman reportedly lost her balance on the crowded bridge due to delay announcement of trains.

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="140px">
File:Barddhaman railway station platform.JPG|Barddhaman railway station platform
File:Barddhaman Junction railway station nameplate.JPG|Barddhaman Junction railway station nameplate
File:Bardhaman Junction.jpg|Bardhaman Junction
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/barddhaman-junction-bwn/2 Trains at Bardhaman]
* {{Wikivoyage inline|Bardhaman}}

{{commons category|Barddhaman Junction railway station}}

{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}
{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Eastern}}
{{Purba Bardhaman topics}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barddhaman Junction Railway Station}}
[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1855]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Purba Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Howrah railway division]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Bardhaman]]

Barddhaman Junction railway station - Revision history

GordonCoulston at 21:17, 20 March 2026