https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Bira_railway_station Bira railway station - Revision history 2026-07-31T20:26:00Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Bira_railway_station&diff=470410&oldid=prev IrmaBracy4216 at 19:25, 14 April 2024 2024-04-14T19:25:18Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Railway station in West Bengal, India}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> {{Multiple issues|<br /> {{one source|date=January 2019}}<br /> {{third-party|date=January 2019}}<br /> }}<br /> {{Infobox station<br /> | name = Bira<br /> | other_name = <br /> | style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br /> | type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] [[Train station|Station]]<br /> | image = Bira railway station (3).jpg<br /> | image_caption = <br /> | address = [[Bira, West Bengal|Bira]], [[North 24 Parganas district]], [[West Bengal]]<br /> | country = India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|22.789476|88.572220|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}<br /> | elevation = {{convert|10|m|ft}}<br /> | owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br /> | operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br /> | line = [[Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line]] of [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]<br /> | platform = 2<br /> | tracks = 2<br /> | other = <br /> | accessible = <br /> | bicycle = No<br /> | depth = <br /> | levels = <br /> | parking = No<br /> | structure = At grade<br /> | code = {{Indian railway code<br /> | code = BIRA<br /> | zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br /> | division = {{rwd|Sealdah}}<br /> }}<br /> | status = Functional<br /> | closed = <br /> | former = <br /> | opened = {{start date and age|1906}}<br /> | rebuilt = <br /> | electrified = {{start date and age|1972}}<br /> | passengers = <br /> | mpassengers = <br /> | pass_system = <br /> | pass_year = <br /> | pass_percent = <br /> | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|line=Eastern|left=Duttapukur|right=Guma|to-left=Sealdah|to-right=Bangaon Junction|type=[[Dum Dum–Bangaon branch line]]}}<br /> | map_type = India West Bengal#India<br /> | map_dot_label = Bira<br /> | map_size = 300<br /> | map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br /> | route_map = {{Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line}}<br /> | map_state = collapsed<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Bira railway station&#039;&#039;&#039; is a small railway station in [[North 24 Parganas district]], [[West Bengal]]. Its code is &#039;&#039;&#039;BIRA&#039;&#039;&#039;. It serves [[Bira, West Bengal|Bira]] town. The station consists of two platforms. The platform is not well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/7774|title=BIRA/Bira| website=India Rail Info}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Station==<br /> ===Location===<br /> Bira is located on [[Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line]] of [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]. Link between [[Dum Dum]] to [[Khulna]] now in [[Bangladesh]], via [[Bangaon]] was constructed by [[Bengal Central Railway Company]] in 1882–84.&lt;ref name=history&gt;{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | title = The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian |publisher=Rail India | access-date = 28 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080316015721/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | archive-date = 16 March 2008 | url-status = dead }}&lt;/ref&gt; The Sealah–Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title = History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 28 August 2017}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Layout===<br /> {{Routemap<br /> | title =Bira track layout<br /> | title-bg=<br /> | legend = track<br /> | collapsible = no<br /> | float = none<br /> | map =<br /> vCONTgfa<br /> cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Bangaon Junction railway station|Bangaon]]<br /> cPLT\vSTR\cPLT<br /> cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stnlnk|Sealdah}}<br /> vCONTgfe<br /> | bottom = {{center|Station with two tracks&lt;br&gt;and two side platforms}}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> {{stack|{{Portal|India|Trains}}}}<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=22em|<br /> * [[North 24 Parganas district]]<br /> * [[Indian Railways]]<br /> * {{stnlnk|Sealdah}}<br /> * [[Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line]]<br /> * {{stnlnk|Bangaon Junction}}<br /> * [[Transport in West Bengal]]<br /> * [[List of railway stations in India]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Wikivoyage|Rail travel in India}}<br /> {{commons category|Bira railway station}}<br /> * [http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/7774 Bira Station Map]<br /> *{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Bira/@22.7895624,88.5716164,166m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x39f8a4b99f13dd09:0xcddd13952fd38c4!2sBira+Rail+Station!8m2!3d22.7895499!4d88.5721418!3m4!1s0x39f8a4b998a5c899:0x8258af43a1c4afb4!8m2!3d22.7897545!4d88.5722192|title=Bira Railway station}}<br /> <br /> {{Railway stations in West Bengal}}<br /> {{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Eastern}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1906]]<br /> [[Category:Sealdah railway division]]<br /> [[Category:Railway stations in North 24 Parganas district]]<br /> [[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{WestBengal-railstation-stub}}</div> IrmaBracy4216