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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Damodar<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = Damodar railway station.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Damodar railway station<br />
| address = Damodar, [[Asansol]], [[Paschim Bardhaman district]], West Bengal<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.6511|86.9085|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|115|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard (on ground station)<br />
| platform = 1<br />
| tracks = <br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = No<br />
| opened = 1891<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1960–61<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = DMA<br />
| zone = <br />
| division = Adra<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = <br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| map_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = <br />
}}<br />
{{Railways in Asansol|collapse=yes}}<br />
{{Adra–Asansol line|collapse=yes}}<br />
'''Damodar''' is a railway station on the [[Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line]], just east of the [[Damodar River]]. It is located in [[Asansol]], [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway]] and then extending it via [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] to {{stnlnk|Asansol}}, in order to develop a shorter Howrah–Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://railwaysofraj.blogspot.in/2011/08/number-1-down-mail.html |title = Number 1 Down Mail| publisher= Railways of the Raj| access-date = 24 April 2013 }}</ref> The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to {{stnlnk|Asansol}}, on the [[Howrah–Delhi main line]], was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.<ref name=ser>{{cite web|url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1 |title=Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway |publisher=South Eastern Railway |access-date=24 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1 |archive-date= 1 April 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Electrification==<br />
The Asansol–Purulia sector was electrified in 1961–62.<ref name=electric>{{cite web|url= http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html| title= History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 24 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Important junction point==<br />
Damodar is the last station before the entry lines of the raw materials yard (Damodar Yard) of [[IISCO Steel Plant]], which has been modernised at a cost of Rs. 16,408 crores.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=93207 |title = Expansion and Modernisation of Steel Plants| publisher= Press Information Bureau, Government of India, 7 March 2013| access-date = 22 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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To the north of Damodar railway station runs the line to numerous railway sidings for coal loading. The Damodar-Radhanagar sector of the coal sidings line was electrified in 1963–64.<ref name=electric/><br />
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To the south is the link to Kalipahari on the [[Bardhaman–Asansol section]] for freight trains (mainly iron ore rakes for Durgapur Steel Plant) to bypass Asansol . This line was electrified in 1961–62.<ref name=electric/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://trains.indiadekh.com/station-DMA-damodar-junction.html Trains at Damodar]<br />
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{{Paschim Bardhaman topics}}<br />
{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Paschim Bardhaman district]]<br />
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