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| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Gangpur}}<br />
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]<br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| image = Gangpur railway station.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Gangpur railway station<br />
| address = Jotram, Nirankari Colony, [[Gangpur]], [[Purba Bardhaman district]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.223521|87.927095|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|31|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard (on ground station)<br />
| platform = 4<br />
| tracks = 4<br />
| entrances = <br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = <br />
| opened = 1855<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1958<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = GRP<br />
| zone = <br />
| division = {{rwd|Howrah}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = [[East Indian Railway Company]]<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = India<br />
| map_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = Gangpur<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Saktigarh|next= Barddhaman Junction|line= Eastern |branch= [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]]|type= Howrah Junction|type2= Barddhaman Junction}}<br />
|route_map = {{Howrah–Bardhaman main line}}{{Howrah–Bardhaman chord}}<br />
|map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
'''Gangpur railway station''' is a [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station on the [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]] operated by [[Eastern Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]]. It is situated at Jotram, Nirankari Colony, [[Gangpur]], [[Purba Bardhaman district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/gangpur-grp/8197|title=GRP/Gangpur|access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/indian-railway/gangpur-grp-station|title=GANGPUR (GRP) Railway Station|publisher=NDTV|access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The [[East Indian Railway Company]] was formed on 1 June 1845, The first passenger train in the eastern section was operated up to {{stnlnk|Hooghly}}, on 15 August 1854. On 1 February 1855 the first train ran from [[Howrah railway station|Howrah]] to {{stnlnk|Raniganj}} through [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]]. [[Bandel Junction railway station|Bandel]] to [[Barddhaman Junction railway station|Bardhaman]] rout was opened for traffic on 1 January 1885. Electrification of the Howrah–Bardhaman main line was initiated up to Bandel in 1957, with the 3000V DC system, and the entire Howrah–Bardhaman route including Gangpur railway station completed with AC system, along with conversion of earlier DC portions to 25 kV AC, in 1958.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,441,737|title=HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE – THE FIRST JOURNEY|website=er.indianrailways.gov.in|access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Eastern}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Purba Bardhaman district]]<br />
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
[[Category:Howrah railway division]]<br />
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