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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Railway station in West Bengal, India}}<br />
{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Bikna railway station<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways|Indian Railway]]<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| address = Bikna More, [[Bikna]], [[Bankura district]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.1440078|87.549956|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|82|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Bankura–Masagram line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br />
| platform = 1<br />
| tracks = 1<br />
| entrances = <br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = <br />
| opened = 1916<br />
| closed = 1995<br />
| rebuilt = 2005<br />
| electrified = 2018–19<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = BKNO<br />
| zone = <br />
| division = {{rwd|Adra}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = [[Bankura Damodar Railway]]<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = India<br />
| map_locator = <br />
| services =<br />
{{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Bankura Junction|next= Nobanda|line= South Eastern Railway zone|branch= [[Bankura–Masagram line]]}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Bikna railway station''' is a railway station of [[Bankura–Masagram line]] under the [[Adra railway division]] of [[South Eastern Railway zone]]. It is situated at Bikna More at [[Bikna]] in [[Bankura district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/bikna-bkno/6686|title=BKNO/Bikna|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=June 9, 2019}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Old narrow-gauge Bankura–Damodar Railway (also called as Bankura Damodar River Railway) connecting [[Bankura Junction railway station|Bankura]] and Rainagar in Bankura and Bardhaman districts was opened to traffic in sections between 1916 and 1917.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.rediff.com/travel/1998/jul/03bank.htm|title=Bankura's Iron Horses|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=June 9, 2019}}</ref> In 2005, the 118 kilometers 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|title=Indian Railway History Time line|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-14|access-date=June 9, 2019}}</ref> The whole track including Bikna railway station 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|last=|first=|date=|website=business-standard.com|access-date=June 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.railnews.in/electrification-of-railway-track-between-masagram-bankura-stretch-to-cut-travel-time/|title=Electrification of Railway Track|last=|first=|date=|website=railnews.in|access-date=June 9, 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 />
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