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| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station<br />
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| image_caption = Dum Dum Cantonment railway station<br />
| address = Gorabazar, [[Dum Dum Cantonment]], [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.636947|88.412212|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}<br />
| map_type = India Kolkata#India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| map_caption = Location in Kolkata##Location in West Bengal#Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = Dum Dum Cantonment<br />
| elevation = {{convert|5|m|ft}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| platform = 3<br />
| tracks = 2<br />
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| ADA = <br />
| bicycle = Yes<br />
| depth = <br />
| levels = <br />
| parking = No<br />
| structure = At grade<br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = DDC<br />
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| division = {{rwd|Sealdah}}<br />
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| status = Double electric line<br />
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| opened = 1883<br />
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| electrified = 1963<br />
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| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}<br />
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| route_map = {{Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line}}<br />
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'''Dum Dum Cantonment railway station''' is a small railway station in [[North 24 Parganas district]], [[West Bengal]]. Its code is '''DDC'''. It serves Dum Dum Cantonment town. The station consists of three platforms. The platform is very much well sheltered with newly installed seating arrangements and fans. It still lacks many facilities including proper water availability and clean sanitation.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/8004| title=DDC/Dum Dum Cantt| website=India Rail Info| access-date=28 August 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828144216/https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/8004| archive-date=28 August 2017| url-status=live| df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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Dum Dum Cantonment 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.It was named by the cantonment area near Dum Dum.<ref name=history>{{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 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The Sealdah–Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html | title = History of Electrification | publisher = IRFCA | access-date = 28 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131019225702/http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html | archive-date = 19 October 2013 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[North 24 Parganas district]]<br />
* [[Indian Railways]]<br />
* [[Sealdah railway station]]<br />
* [[Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line]]<br />
* [[Bangaon Junction railway station]]<br />
* [[Transport in West Bengal]]<br />
* [[List of railway stations in India]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/dum-dum-cantt-ddc/8004#st Dum Dum Cantonment railway station map]<br />
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{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Eastern}}<br />
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[[Category:Sealdah railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in North 24 Parganas district]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:1883 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
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