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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Hooghly}}<br />
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] Station<br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| image = Hooghly Railway Station.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Hooghly station<br />
| address = Hooghly station road, Hooghly, West Bengal<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.905827|88.376163|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|14|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard (on ground station)<br />
| platform = 3<br />
| tracks = 3<br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = Yes<br />
| opened = 1854<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1958<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = HGY<br />
| zone = <br />
| division = 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 = <br />
| map_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = Hooghly<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Chuchura |next= Bandel|line= Eastern |branch= [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line|Main line]] |type= Howrah Junction |type2=Bandel Junction}}<br />
|route_map = {{Howrah–Bardhaman main line}}<br />
|map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
'''Hooghly''' is a [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station on the [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]]. It is located in [[Hooghly district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It serves [[Hugli-Chuchura]] and surrounding areas.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[East Indian Railway Company]] started construction of a line out of Howrah for the proposed link with Delhi via Rajmahal and Mirzapur in 1851.<ref name=history>{{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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The first passenger train in eastern India ran from Howrah to Hooghly on 15 August 1854. The track was extended to Raniganj by 1855.<ref name=history/><br />
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Here is a short description of the first regular train in eastern India:<br />
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{{cquote|From 15 August 1854, the company ran a regular service, morning and evening, between Haora and Hugli with stops at Bali, Shrirampur and Chandannagar. The fare ranged from three rupees by first class to seven annas by third class. The service was extended in stages, reaching Raniganj on 3 February 1855... Three thousand people applied for tickets on the first train out of Haora in 1854: only a small portion could be accommodated. Thousands of men and women lined the whole stretch of track to see the fire-breathing iron horse.<ref>''The Railway Comes to Calcutta'' by Sukanta Chaudhuri, published in ''Calcutta The Living City, Volume 1, page 238. First published by Oxford University Press in 1990. ISBN o 19 563696 1</ref>}}<br />
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==Electrification==<br />
Electrification of Howrah–Burdwan main line was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1958.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history4.html|title =IR History Part IV 1947–1970 | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 13 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px"><br />
File:First Train of East Indian Railway-1854.jpg|First train of the East Indian Railway, 1854<br />
</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/kolkata-howrah-hwh-to-hooghly-hgy/1/0/8230 Trains to Howrah]<br />
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{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Eastern}}<br />
{{Hooghly topics}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Hooghly district]]<br />
[[Category:Howrah railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
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