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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Railway Station in West Bengal, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Durgapur railway station<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = DGP Rail Station.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Durgapur railway station<br />
| address = [[Durgapur]], [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.4953|87.3174|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|71|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Bardhaman–Asansol section]]<br/>[[Howrah–Delhi main line]]<br/>[[Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line]]<br/>[[Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line]]<br />
| bus_stands = Durgapur Station Bus Stand<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard (on ground station)<br />
| platform = 5<br />
| tracks = <br />
| parking = Yes<br />
| bicycle = Yes<br />
| opened = 1855<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = 2010(expanded),2019(renovated)<br />
| electrified = 1965–66<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = DGR<br />
| zone = <br />
| division = {{rwd|Asansol}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = [[East Indian Railway Company]]<br />
| events1 = 3rd Cleanest railway station on India 2019<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 />
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}}<br />
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'''Durgapur''' is a model{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} railway station on the [[Bardhaman–Asansol section]]. It is located in [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It serves [[Durgapur]], the third most populous city in West Bengal, and the surrounding industrial areas.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title = Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 |access-date = 16 April 2013}}</ref> It was ranked the third-cleanest railway station in India in 2019.<br />
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==Overview==<br />
'''Mining-Industry Zone'''<br />
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"The entire belt between Durgapur (171 km [via Main Line] and 158 km [via Chord Line] from Howrah), and all the way up to [[Dhanbad]] and beyond is industrialized. Apart from factories, there are many coalmines, some closed now, and some with fires burning deep in the mineshafts. The mining area extends for a large area, mostly to the south of the tracks. Quite a portion of the track passes through cuttings, where the surrounding area is higher than the track level, resulting in the profusion of characteristic small masonry bridges crossing the tracks." This description is from "Gomoh loco shed and CLW trip record" by Samit Roychoudhury.<ref>{{cite web|title= Gomoh loco shed and CLW trip record |work= Indian Railway Reports|publisher=IRFCA }}</ref>{{better source|date= February 2018}}<br />
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==History==<br />
The first passenger train in eastern India run from Howrah to Hooghly on 15 August 1854. The track was extended to Raniganj by 1855.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html |title = IR History Part I 1832–1869| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 13 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Electrification==<br />
The Mankar–Waria sector was electrified in 1965–66.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 16 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Durgapur railway station nameplate.JPG|Durgapur railway station nameplate<br />
File:Durgapur railway station of Asansol railway division 05.jpg|Durgapur station platform<br />
File:Durgapur Railway Station, Durgapur, WB, 16.10.11 - panoramio.jpg|Durgapur railway station, Durgapur, [[West Bengal|WB]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/durgapur-dgr/4 Trains at Durgapur]<br />
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Durgapur}}<br />
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{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}<br />
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[[Category:Transport in Durgapur]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Paschim Bardhaman district]]<br />
[[Category:Asansol railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Durgapur, West Bengal]]</div>Kamal Guha