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| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Durganagar}}<br />
| other_name =<br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station<br />
| image = <br />
| image_caption =<br />
| address = [[Durganagar]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|22.650472|88.419123|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|5|m|ft}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| line = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]<br /> [[Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line]]<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| tracks = 2<br />
| other = <br />
| ADA =<br />
| bicycle = Yes<br />
| depth =<br />
| levels =<br />
| parking = No<br />
| structure = At grade<br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = DGNR<br />
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| division = {{rwd|Sealdah}}<br />
}}<br />
| status = Double electric line<br />
| closed =<br />
| former = <br />
| opened = 1883<br />
| rebuilt =<br />
| electrified = 1963<br />
| passengers =<br />
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| services =<br />
{{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Dum Dum Cantonment|next= Birati|line= Eastern |branch= [[Dum Dum–Bangaon branch line]]|type=Sealdah|type2=Bangaon Junction}}<br />
| map_type = India Kolkata#India West Bengal<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| map_caption = Location in Kolkata##Location in West Bengal<br />
| map_dot_label = Durganagar<br />
| route_map = {{Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line}}<br />
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'''Durganagar railway station''' is a small railway station in [[North 24 Parganas District]], [[West Bengal]]. Its code is '''DGNR'''. It serves [[Durganagar]] town. The station consists of two platforms. The platform is not very well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/8013|title=DGNR/Durganagar| website=India Rail Info}}</ref><br />
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==The Station==<br />
===Location===<br />
Durganagar 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.<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 }}</ref> The Sealah–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}}</ref><br />
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| legend = track<br />
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| bottom = <div style="width:10em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and two side platforms</div><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[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 />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
{{Wikivoyage|Rail travel in India}}<br />
* [https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/durganagar-dgnr/8013#st Durganagar Station Map]<br />
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{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}<br />
{{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:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
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