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<br />{{Infobox station
| name = Gankar railway station
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| style = Indian Railways
| type = [[Passenger train]] station
| image =
| caption = GANKAR
| address = Khojarpara, Mirzapur, Gankar [[Murshidabad district]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|24.2417|N|88.4224|E|format=dms}}
| elevation = {{cvt|31|m}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone]]
| line = [[Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop]] Line
| platform = 3
| tracks = 2
| other =
| ADA =
| parking =
| structure = Standard (on ground station)
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = GALE
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Malda}}
}}
| status = Active
| closed =
| former = [[East Indian Railway Company]]
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Yes
| passengers = Yes
| pass_system =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| services = {{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Manigram|next= Jangipur Road|line=Eastern Railway zone|branch= [[Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop]]|rows1=1}}
| map_locator =
}}

'''Gankar railway station''' is a railway station on the [[Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop]] of [[Malda railway division]] of [[Eastern Railway zone]]. It is situated at Mirzapur, Gankar of [[Murshidabad district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/indian-railway/gankar-gale-station|title=GANKAR (GALE) Railway Station|last=|first=|date=|publisher=NDTV|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref>

==History==
In 1913, the Hooghly–Katwa Railway constructed a {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] line from [[Bandel Junction railway station|Bandel]] to [[Katwa Junction railway station|Katwa]], and the Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa Railway constructed the {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] [[Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop]].<ref name=timeline>{{cite web| url = http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| title = Indian Railway History timeline|first=R. P.|last=Saxena| access-date = 18 April 2019| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://archive.is/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| archive-date = 14 July 2012| df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | title = The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian |publisher=Rail India | accessdate = 18 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080316015721/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | archive-date = 16 March 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> With the construction of the [[Farakka Barrage]] and opening of the railway bridge in 1971, the railway communication picture of this line were completely changed. Total 18 passenger trains stop at Gankar railway station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/gankar-gale/5322|title=GALE/Gankar|last=|first=|date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|publisher=indiarailinfo.com|access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Railway stations in Murshidabad district]]
[[Category:Malda railway division]]

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