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| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Begumpur}}<br />
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]<br />
| other_name = <br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| image = Begampur railway station 07.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Begampur railway station<br />
| address = [[Chanditala]]–[[Serampore]] Road, [[Begampur, India|Begampur]], [[Hooghly district]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.738447|88.255029|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|11|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard (on ground station)<br />
| platform = 3<br />
| tracks = 3<br />
| entrances = <br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = <br />
| opened = 1917<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1964<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = BPAE<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_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = Begampur<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Janai Road|next= Baruipara|line= Eastern |branch= [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]]|type= Howrah Junction|type2= Barddhaman Junction}}<br />
|route_map = {{Howrah–Bardhaman chord}}<br />
|map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
'''Begampur railway station''' is a [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station on the [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]] line operated by [[Eastern Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]]. It is situated beside [[Chanditala]]–[[Serampore]] Road, Purbbatajpur, at [[Begampur, India|Begampur]] in [[Hooghly district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/begampur-bpae/7827|title=BPAE/Begampur|access-date=May 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/indian-railway/begumpur-bpae-station|title=BEGUMPUR (BPAE) Railway Station|publisher=NDTV|access-date=May 18, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The Howrah–Bardhaman chord, the 95 kilometers railway line was constructed in 1917. It was connected with {{stnlnk|Sealdah}} through [[Dankuni Junction railway station|Dankuni]] after construction of [[Vivekananda Setu]] in 1932.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/print_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,441,737|title=HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE – THE FIRST JOURNEY|access-date=May 18, 2019}}</ref> [[Howrah railway station|Howrah]] to [[Barddhaman Junction railway station|Bardhaman]] chord line including Begampur railway station was electrified in 1964–66.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title=History of Electrification|access-date=May 18, 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 Hooghly district]]<br />
[[Category:Howrah railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
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