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{{Short description|Railway Junction Station in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Dum Dum Junction}}
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] [[junction station]]
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway
| image = Dumdum Junction.jpg
| image_caption = Dum Dum Junction railway station
| address = Dum Dum road, [[Dum Dum]], [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.621142|88.393157|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|10.00|m|ft}}
| line = 
| other =
| structure = At grade
| platform = 5
| tracks = 7
| parking = Not available
| bicycle = Not available
| opened = 1862
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1963–65
| ADA = Not available
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = DDJ
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Sealdah}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former = [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India Kolkata#India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in Kolkata##Location in West Bengal##Location in India
| map_size = 300
| map_dot_label = Dum Dum Junction
| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous=Bidhannagar Road |next=Belgharia|line=Eastern |branch= [[Sealdah–Ranaghat line|Main line]]& [[Sealdah–Bangaon line]]|type=Sealdah |type2= Ranaghat Junction|rows1=2|rowsmid=2}}
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous=Bidhannagar Road |next=Dum Dum Cantonment|line=Eastern |type= Sealdah|type2=Bangaon Junction|hide1=yes|hidemid=yes}}
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous=Bidhannagar Road |next=Baranagar Road |line=Chord link}}
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous=Bidhannagar Road |next=Patipukur |line=Circular}}
| connections = {{rint|kolkata|m}} [[Dum Dum metro station|Dum Dum]]
|route_map = {{Chord link line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)}}{{Kolkata Circular Railway routemap}}{{Sealdah–Ranaghat line}}{{Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line}}
|map_state = collapsed
}}

'''Dum Dum''' is a [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] [[junction station]] on the [[Sealdah–Ranaghat line]]. Two lines branch out after Dum Dum – the Calcutta chord line to {{stnlnk|Dankuni}} and the [[Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line]] to {{stnlnk|Bangaon}} and {{stnlnk|Hasnabad}}. The [[Dum Dum metro station]] is adjacent to Dum Dum railway station. It is located in [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It serves [[Dum Dum]] and the surrounding areas. The popular [[Sealdah Rajdhani Express]] and [[Sealdah-Bikaner Duronto Express]] pass through DDJ (despite not being a stoppage to such trains).

==History==
The Calcutta (Sealdah)–Kusthia line of [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] was opened to traffic in 1862.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html|title =IR History: Early days (1832–1865) | publisher=IRFCA | access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref> Eastern Bengal Railway worked on the eastern side of the [[Hooghly River]], which in those days was unbridged.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Eastern_Bengal_Railway |title =Eastern Bengal Railway | publisher=fibis | access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref>

In 1882–84 the Bengal Central Railway Company constructed two lines: one from Dum Dum to [[Khulna]], now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon and the other linking Ranaghat and Bangaon.<ref name=chronology>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | title = The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian |publisher=Rail India | access-date = 2 May 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> The [[Bengal Central Railway]] was formed in 1881 to construct and operate a line to [[Khulna]]. It was merged with [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] in 1903.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Bengal_Central_Railway |title = Bengal Central Railway |publisher= fibis| access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref>

The {{convert|33.06|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] line from [[Barasat Junction railway station|Barasat]] to {{stnlnk|Hasnabad}} was constructed between 1957 and 1962.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=v21-4YYgocUC&q=Muri-Chandrapura+line&pg=PA60 |title = Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy| work= page 60|last= Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal|year = 1986|publisher= Concept Publishing Company, A-15/16 Commercial Block, Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110059| isbn = 81-7022-089-0|access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref>

In 1932, the [[Chord link line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)|Calcutta Chord line]] was built over the [[Vivekananda Setu|Willingdon Bridge]] joining [[Dum Dum]] and {{stnlnk|Dankuni}}.<ref name=chronology/>

==Electrification==
The Sealdah–Ranaghat sector and the Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon sector were electrified in 1963–64. The Dum Dum–Dankuni sector was electrified in 1964–65.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title = History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 5 May 2013}}</ref>

==Platforms==

===Platform 1===
Platform 1 mostly handles trains in the Up Sealdah Main Line sections. It also handles a few trains in the Up Sealdah-Dankuni chord line, Sealdah-Baruipara local, Sealdah-Bangaon section.

===Platform 2===
Platform 2 only handles Down Sealdah bound trains in the Sealdah-Main Line section and almost all trains from Dankuni and Baruipara and a few from the Bangaon-Sealdah section.

===Platform 3===
Platform 3 mostly handles Up train in the Sealdah-Dankuni chord line section, Sealdah-Baruipara local, the Sealdah-Bangaon section, Kolkata-Lalgola MEMU and Sealdah-Lalgola Passenger and MEMU trains. It also handles a few trains in the Up Sealdah-Main Line section and trains coming from Budge Budge, Majerhat through Ballygunje Junction.

===Platform 4===
Platform 4 mostly handles trains in the Sealdah bound trains in the Bangaon-Sealdah section. It also handles a few Dankuni-Sealdah trains and also handles trains from Majerhat, Ballygunge through Princep Ghat joining the Sealdah-Main Line section(and sometimes the reverse route too) and down passengers trains coming from Lalgola.

===Platform 5===
It mostly handles trains coming from or going to Princep Ghat, although Princep Ghat is not the terminus for trains passing through this platform. The Bangaon-Canning local also stops by this platform.

==Passengers==
[[File:Dum Dum railway station.jpg|thumb|Dum Dum railway station platformboard]]
Dum Dum railway station handles 576,000 passengers daily.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://railenquiry.in/stationinfo/DDJ/Dumdum-jn |title = Dum Dum | publisher=Railenquiry.in | access-date = 18 May 2014}}</ref>

== Connections ==

=== Train ===
Being an important railway junction station in the Sealdah Division of the Eastern Railways, Dum Dum Junction serves as an important halt to many long-distance trains like-

* [[Sealdah]]–[[Muzaffarpur]] [[Fast Passenger]] ('''Up''' 53131 / '''Dn''' 53132)
* Sealdah–Lalgola Passenger ('''Up''' 53171, 53175, 53179,53181, 63105 / '''Dn''' 53172, 53176, 53180, 53182, 53186, 63106)
* Sealdah–Jangipur DEMU ('''Up''' 73151/ '''Dn''' 73152)
* Sealdah–Rampurhat MEMU ('''Up''' 63141 / '''Dn''' 63142) etc.

=== Metro ===
It is connected with [[Dum Dum metro station]] of [[Kolkata Metro Line 1]] {{Rail-interchange|kolkata|m}}. The metro station is connected through subways.

=== Auto ===
Dumdum station-Nagerbazar, Dumdum station-Chiriamore, Dumdum station-30A bus-stand and Dumdum Station-Sinthee More autos ply on this route.

=== Buses ===
Bus route number 30B, 30B/1, 202, 219/1, DN9/1, S168 (Mini), E19D, S10, 11A, AC38 by Dum Dum Road serve the station.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818063620/http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |archive-date=18 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/</ref>

=== Air ===
[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]] is connected via Dum Dum Rd and Jessore Rd; distance between Dumdum junction and the airport is 6.7 km.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/dum-dum-junction-ddj/3239 Long distance trains at Dum Dum]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/kolkata-sealdah-sdah-to-dum-dum-ddj/325/3239 Sealdah-Dum Dum trains]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/dum-dum-ddj-to-kolkata-sealdah-sdah/3239/325 Dum Dum-Sealdah trains]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/dum-dum-ddj-to-lalgola-lgl/3239/0/1171 Dum Dum-Lalgola trains]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/dum-dum-ddj-to-bangaon-bnj/3239/0/7814 Dum Dum-Bangaon trains]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/dum-dum-ddj-to-dankuni-dkae/3239/0/8034 Dum Dum-Dankuni trains]
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/Northern fringes}}

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[[Category:Railway stations in North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Sealdah railway division]]
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]
[[Category:1862 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Airport railway stations in India]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Kolkata Circular Railway]]

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