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{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Hridaypur}}
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway
| image_caption = A local train at the Hridaypur railway station
| address = [[Hridaypur]], [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], India
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.710679|88.469631|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|11|m|ft}}
| line = 
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| structure = At Ground
| platform = 2
| tracks = 2
| parking = Not available
| opened = 1906
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1972
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = HHR
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| division = Sealdah
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Indian Railways]]
| status = Opened
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| map_type = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India
| map_dot_label = Hridaypur
| map_size = 300
| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}
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| route_map = {{Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line}}
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'''Hridaypur railway station''' is a minor railway station in [[Hridaypur]], [[Kolkata]]. It serves the [[Barasat]]'s areas of Dakbunglow, Rathtala, Purbachal, Shishirkunja, Udayrajpur and Chandigarh in the [[North 24 Parganas district]], [[West Bengal]], India. It is a part of [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] system under the jurisdiction of [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}

==History==
In 1862, the main line of the Eastern Bengal Railway from {{stnlnk|Sealdah}} to [[Ranaghat]] was opened and also extended to [[Kushtia Sadar Upazila|Kushtia]], now in [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="timeline">{{cite web |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |title=Indian Railway History timeline |author=R.P. Saxena |publisher=[[IRFCA]] |access-date=2012-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=29 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="history">{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | title = The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian |publisher=Rail India | access-date = 2012-02-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080316015721/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | archive-date = 16 March 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/history/nadia.html |title =Nadia, Bengal District Gazetteers (1910) |last= J.H.E.Garrett | publisher= [[IRFCA]] | access-date = 2012-02-10 }}</ref> In 1882–84 the Bengal Central Railway Company constructed two lines: one from [[Dum Dum]] to [[Khulna]], now in Bangladesh, via [[Bangaon]] and the other linking Ranaghat and Bangaon.<ref name="history" /> The Hridaypur railway station lies in the Dum Dum–Bangaon section and was opened in 1906.

Hridaypur Station has an interesting history. Initially it was just one platform (1) only. Then the second one (2) was built, followed by two passengers shades on both sides. There were however no connecting over-bridge across these two platforms. It took few years for that to come up.

In early days, the station had a small adjoining "bazaar" next to the Platform 1. With time, this has now turned into a dense market where one may find everything from fish to fry pan!

==Electrification==
The [[Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line]] was electrified in the year 1972.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title = History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 16 May 2019}}</ref>

== Station complex ==
The structure of the station is not so large. There are four entrances, two in each [[Railway platform|platform]]. The computerised ticket counter is present in platform no. 1. All the [[Sealdah]] and [[Dum Dum]]-bound trains arrive at platform no.1 and all the [[Bangaon]], [[Gobardanga]], [[Thakurnagar]], [[Habra]], [[Duttapukur]], [[Basirhat]] and [[Hasnabad]] bound trains arrive at platform no. 2. A few Hasnabad bound trains are galloping. A [[foot overbridge]] connects the two platforms. A [[level crossing]] exists at the southernmost end of the railway station.

===Station layout===
{| border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" table
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |'''G'''
| style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="100" valign="top" |Street level
| style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" valign="top" |Exit/Entrance

|-
| rowspan="4" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |'''P1'''
| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |<small>[[Side platform]] No- 1, doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
|-
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="100" |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" |Towards →{{stnlnk|Sealdah}}→ →
|-
|
|<span style="color:white">→</span>Towards ←[[Bangaon Junction railway station|Bangaon]]← ←<small>
|-
| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" |<small>[[Side platform]] No- 2, doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
|-
| rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |'''P2'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="100" |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" |
|-
|}

==Metro rail connection==

===Extension plan from Noapara to Barasat===

The proposed [[Kolkata Metro Line 4|Metro railway]] extension (Line 4) alignment pass through [[Dum Dum]] Cantonment and [[Jessore Road]] up to [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Biman Bandar]] station. From there, the line would run under [[National Highway 34 (India)|Jessore Road]] until [[New Barrackpore]] before reaching the surface at [[Madhyamgram]] station. From Madhyamgram to Barasat, the alignment would be elevated. However, for crossing the existing Road [[Over Bridge]] at Madhyamgram and Barasat, the alignment would descend gradually to ground level and rise again on viaduct. This is supposed to be beneficial for the people of [[North 24 Parganas district]] and will bring them closer to [[Kolkata]]'s Business district. This would reduce the heavy pressure on Sealdah–Barasat section of [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railways]]. The Madhyamgram Metro railway station is to be constructed in the Madhyamgram-Barasat section.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kolkata Metro Official Map|url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1504000368490-System%20Map%20of%20Metro%20Railway_31_03_2017.jpg}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Barasat Metro Progressing|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-metro-to-run-below-surface-after-airport/articleshow/70342134.cms}}</ref>

Work for the [[Noapara, West Bengal|Noapara]]–[[Barasat]] (via [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|NSC Bose Airport]]) metro extension has come to a halt as construction giant [[Larsen & Toubro|L&T]] has pulled out of the 20 [[Kilometre|km]] metro corridor project. L&T was unable to get on with the work due to the encroachment on railway land. L&T has moved out all major equipment from the project site at Barasat and has closed down two of the three site offices. The lone site office is locked.
<ref>{{cite web|title=End of the road for Noapara–Barasat metro extension|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-25/kolkata/35999100_1_railway-land-metro-corridor-encroachment|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411033225/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-25/kolkata/35999100_1_railway-land-metro-corridor-encroachment|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2013|access-date=25 December 2012|format=Web page|work=[[The Times of India]]|year=2012}}</ref>

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:PassengersKolkataLocalTrain.JPG| Passengers on a Kolkata local train at Hridaypur station en route from Barasat Junction.
File:DogHridaypur.JPG|A dog and some milk churns on the platform of Hridaypur local train station in Kolkata.
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* [[North 24 Parganas district]]
* [[Indian Railways]]
* [[Sealdah railway station]]
* [[Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line]]
* [[Bangaon Junction railway station]]
* [[Transport in West Bengal]]
* [[List of railway stations in India]]
}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/hridaypur-hhr/8233 Hridaypur railway station map]
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/Northern fringes}}
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Hridaypur/@22.710611,88.4691217,166m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x39f898ad82a9471b:0xf619b0196eb8f04b!8m2!3d22.7105169!4d88.4696041|title=Hridaypur Railway station}}

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[[Category:Sealdah railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1906]]
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[[Category:1906 establishments in India]]

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