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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Railway Station in West Bengal, India}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}<br /> {{Infobox station<br /> | name = Eklakhi<br /> | type = [[Indian Railways|Indian Railway]] [[Junction station]]<br /> | style = Indian Railways<br /> | image = <br /> | image_size = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | address = Eklakhi, [[Maldah district|Maldah]], [[West Bengal]]<br /> | country = India<br /> | coordinates = {{Coord|25.1677|88.0997|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br /> | elevation = {{convert|33|m|ft}}<br /> | line = [[Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line]], [[Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line]]<br /> | other = <br /> | structure = Standard (on ground station)<br /> | platform = 3<br /> | tracks = <br /> | entrances = <br /> | parking = <br /> | baggage_check = <br /> | opened = 1971?<br /> | closed = <br /> | rebuilt = <br /> | electrified = <br /> | ADA = <br /> | code = {{Indian railway code<br /> | code = EKI<br /> | zone = Northeast Frontier Railway <br /> | division = {{rwd|Katihar}}<br /> }}<br /> | owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br /> | operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]<br /> | status = Functioning<br /> | former = <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 /> | map_dot_label = <br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Eklakhi&#039;&#039;&#039; is a railway station on the [[Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line]] and is located in [[Maldah district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. The Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line connects Balurghat to the trunk line.<br /> <br /> ==Eklakhi–Balurghat line==<br /> The {{convert|87.26|km|abbr=on}} long [[Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line]] was opened in 2004.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=6114 |title = Opening of Eklakhi–Balurghat new line | publisher= Press Information Bureau| access-date = 2011-12-01 }}&lt;/ref&gt; Extension of the Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line to Hili was announced in the Rail Budget for 2010–11.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-logistics/article985043.ece|title = Railway projects galore for Bengal | work=The Hindu Business Line, 26 February 2010 | access-date = 2011-12-10}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{s-rail-start|noclear=yes}}<br /> {{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}<br /> {{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Adina|next= Kumarganj|line=Northeast Frontier Railway zone|branch= [[Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line]]|rows1=1}}<br /> {{s-line|system=Indian Railways|next=Gazole|line= Northeast Frontier Railway zone|branch= [[Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line]] }}<br /> {{end}}<br /> <br /> {{Malda topics}}<br /> {{Railway stations in West Bengal}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Railway stations in Malda district]]<br /> [[Category:Katihar railway division]]<br /> [[Category:Railway junction stations in West Bengal]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{WestBengal-railstation-stub}}</div>

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