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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Dankuni Junction}}<br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station<br />
| image = Dankuni railway station in Howrah 01.jpg<br />
| address = Dankuni Station Road, Station Pally, [[Dankuni]], [[Hooghly District]], West Bengal<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.677995|88.290975|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|7|m|ft}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway ]]<br />
| tracks = <br />
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = Yes<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = DKAE<ref name="Indian railway codes">{{cite web |title=Indian railway codes |url=http://www.icf.indianrailways.gov.in/PB/pass/stations.html |publisher=Indian Railways |access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref><br />
| zone = Eastern Railway<br />
| division = {{rwd|Howrah}}<br />
}}<br />
| opened = 1917<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1964–66<br />
| former = [[East Indian Railway Company]]<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Belanagar|next= Gobra |line= Eastern |branch= [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord|Chord line]] |type= Howrah Junction|type2= Barddhaman Junction}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Rajchandrapur|next= |line= Chord link }}<br />
| map_type = India Kolkata#India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in Kolkata##Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = Dankuni Junction<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| image_caption = <br />
| line = [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]] and Calcutta Chord / Dankuni–Sealdah<br />
| other = <br />
| platform = 5<br />
| ADA = <br />
| route_map = {{Howrah–Bardhaman chord}}{{Chord link line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)}}<br />
| map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
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'''Dankuni''' is a railway junction station on the [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]] and is located in [[Hooghly district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It is linked with both {{stnlnk|Howrah}} and {{stnlnk|Sealdah}}.<br />
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==History==<br />
The [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]], a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]], was constructed in 1917. In 1932, the Calcutta chord line was built over the [[Vivekananda Setu|Willingdon Bridge]] joining Dum Dum and Dankuni.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | title = The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern India |publisher=Rail India | access-date = 13 April 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080316015721/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | archive-date = 16 March 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref><br />
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==Electrification==<br />
Howrah–Bardhaman chord was electrified in 1964–66.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title =History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 13 April 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Diesel Loco Component Factory==<br />
Trial production has started in the Diesel Component Factory at Dankuni.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.indianrail.gov.in/EHighlights_2012-13.pdf |title = Highlights of the railway budget 2012-13 | publisher= Indian Railways| access-date = 3 May 2013 }}</ref> Built at a cost of Rs. 84.21 crores, it was inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal on 28 May 2012. The components manufactured are being supplied to [[Banaras Locomotive Works]].<ref name=factory>{{cite web| url = http://thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&show=archive&id=411336&catid=42&year=2012&month=5&day=28&Itemid=66 |title = Mamata gives shape to promises she made as railway minister | publisher= The Statesman, 28 May 2012| access-date = 3 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Electric Loco Component Factory==<br />
[[File:Electric Loco Component Factory In dankuni.jpg|thumb|Electric Loco Component Factory in dankuni]]<br />
Construction of the Rs. 270.77 crore Electric Loco Component Factory is in progress.<ref name=factory/><br />
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==Dankuni Freight Yard==<br />
A project is on to remodel the Dankuni Goods Yard and develop it as Dankuni Freight Yard. It will be a multi-purpose freight terminal that would consolidate the entire freight movement in one place. It will ease the load of Howrah, Sealdah, Shalimar and Chitpur yards.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-08-04/kolkata/27203840_1_freight-terminal-eastern-rly-movement | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130614131915/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-08-04/kolkata/27203840_1_freight-terminal-eastern-rly-movement | url-status = dead | archive-date = 14 June 2013 |title =New freight terminal for Eastern Railway |date=4 August 2004| work = [[The Times of India]] | access-date = 13 April 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-yard.html|title = Freight Sheds and Marshalling Yards| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 13 April 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Dedicated Freight Corridor==<br />
The 1839&nbsp;km long eastern [[Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India|dedicated freight corridor]] has been proposed from Dankuni to [[Ludhiana]], in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.i-cema.in/past_event/dedicated_freight_corridor_project.pdf | title = Dedicated Freight Corridor Project:Progress and Opportunities | publisher = DFC, 6 February 2013 | access-date = 13 April 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130512130804/http://www.i-cema.in/past_event/dedicated_freight_corridor_project.pdf | archive-date = 12 May 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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| video1= [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tzHEYzq3To Moving through Dankuni railway station with freight terminal in the distance]<br />
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*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/dankuni-dkae-to-kolkata-howrah-hwh/8034/0/1 Trains to Howrah]<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/dankuni-dkae-to-kolkata-sealdah-sdah/8034/0/325 Trains to Sealdah]<br />
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