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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Railway Station in West Bengal}}<br />
{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Belda railway station<br />
| type = [[Passenger train]] station<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = <br />
| image_size = <br />
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| address = Shahid Khudiram Sarani, [[Belda]], [[Paschim Medinipur district]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|22.071444|87.336914|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}<br />
| map_type = India#India West Bengal<br />
| elevation = {{cvt|24|m}}<br />
| line = [[Howrah–Chennai main line]]<br>[[Kharagpur–Puri line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard (on ground station)<br />
| platform = 4<br />
| tracks = 2<br />
| entrances = <br />
| parking = <br />
| opened = 1901<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = Yes<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = BLDA<br />
| zone = [[South Eastern Railway zone]]<br />
| division = [[Kharagpur railway division]]<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = South Eastern Railway<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = [[East Coast State Railway]]<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
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| services =<br />
{{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Bakhrabad|next= Nekurseni|line=South Eastern Railway zone|branch=[[Howrah–Chennai main line]]|rows1=1}}<br />
}}<br />
{{Kharagpur–Puri line|collapse=y}}<br />
'''Belda railway station''' is a railway station on [[Kharagpur–Puri line]], part of the [[Howrah–Chennai main line]] under [[Kharagpur railway division]] of [[South Eastern Railway zone]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.totaltraininfo.com/station/BLDA/|title=BLDA / Belda Railway Station {{!}} Train Arrival / Departure Timings at Belda|website=www.totaltraininfo.com|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref> Earlier this station was known as Contai Road. It is situated beside Shahid Khudiram Sarani at [[Belda]] in [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/belda-blda/7304|title=Belda Station – 33 Train Departures SER/South Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry|last=karthik|website=indiarailinfo.com|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
In between 1893 and 1896 the [[East Coast State Railway]] constructed Howrah–Chennai main line. Kharagpur–Puri branch was finally opened for public in 1901.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-04-01|title=South Eastern Railway|date=2013-04-01|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref> The route was electrified in several phases. In 2005, Howrah–Chennai route was completely electrified.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history7.html|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: IR History: Part 7|publisher=IRFCA|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Paschim Medinipur district]]<br />
[[Category:Kharagpur railway division]]<br />
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