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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Haldia}}<br />
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station<br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| image = <br />
| image_size = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| address = Panskura–Tamluk Road, Haldia, Purba Medinipur<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.044874|88.065442|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline}}<br />
| map_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| elevation = {{convert|2|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Panskura–Haldia branch line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| tracks = 3<br />
| entrances = <br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = Yes<br />
| opened = 1968{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1974–76<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = HLZ<br />
| zone = <br />
| division = {{rwd|Kharagpur}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[South Eastern Railway zone]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = <br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = Haldia<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| services = <br />
{{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= |next=Bandar |line= South Eastern |branch= [[Panskura–Haldia line]]|type=Haldia}}<br />
|route_map = {{Howrah–Kharagpur line}}<br />
|map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
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'''Haldia''' is a terminal railway station on the [[Panskura–Haldia branch line]] and is located in [[Purba Medinipur district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It serves [[Haldia]] industrial area.<br />
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==History==<br />
The Howrah–Kharagpur line was opened in 1865.<ref name=ser>{{cite web | url = http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1 | title = Major events in formation of S.E.Railway | publisher = South Eastern Railway | access-date = 10 April 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1 | archive-date = 1 April 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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The Panskura–Durgachak line was opened in 1968, at a time when [[Haldia Port]] was being constructed. It was subsequently extended to Haldia.<ref name=ser/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/uploads/files/1347084874753-PlacesOfInterest.pdf|title = Haldia| publisher= Indian Railways| access-date = 10 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Electrification==<br />
The Howrah–Kharagpur line was electrified in 1967–69. The Panskura–Haldia line was electrified in 1974–76.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title = History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 10 February 2013}}</ref><br />
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==New line==<br />
Indian Railways propose to lay a new line connecting {{stnlnk|Sealdah}} and Haldia, with the distance being shorter by 70&nbsp; km than the Howrah–Haldia track.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110628/jsp/calcutta/story_14160380.jsp|title = Rail survey on new port route| work= Telegraph India|date=28 June 2011 | access-date = 10 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IndiaRailInfo|6415}}<br />
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Haldia}}<br />
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{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, South Eastern}}<br />
{{Purba Medinipur topics}}<br />
{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Purba Medinipur district]]<br />
[[Category:Kharagpur railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
[[Category:Haldia]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Haldia]]<br />
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