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| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br />{{font color|blue|Kalikapur}}<br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| type = [[List of Kolkata Suburban Railway stations|Kolkata Suburban Railway Station]]<br />
| image = Kalikapur railway station 07.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Kalikapur railway station platform<br />
| address = Station Road, Benebou, [[Kalikapur, Sonarpur|Kalikapur]], [[South 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|22.412040|N|88.476030|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|9|m|ft}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| line = [[Sealdah South lines#Canning Branch line|Canning Branch line]]<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| tracks = 2<br />
| other = <br />
| ADA = Not Available<br />
| bicycle = Not Available<br />
| parking = Not Available<br />
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = KLKR<br />
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| division = {{rwd|Sealdah}}<br />
}}<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| closed = <br />
| former = [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]<br />
| opened = {{start date and age|1862}}<br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1965–66<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| map_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = Kalikapur<br />
| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous=Champahati|next=Bidyadharpur|line=Sealdah South|branch=[[Sealdah South lines#Canning Branch line|Canning Branch line]]|type=Canning}}<br />
| route_map = {{Sealdah South lines}}<br />
| map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kalikapur railway station''' is a [[List of Kolkata Suburban Railway stations|Kolkata Suburban Railway Station]] on the [[Sealdah South lines#Canning Branch line|Canning Branch line]]. It is under the jurisdiction of the [[Sealdah railway division]] in the [[Eastern Railway zone]] of the [[Indian Railways]]. Kalikapur railway station is situated beside Station Road at Benebou, [[Kalikapur, Sonarpur|Kalikapur]] in [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/kalikapur-klkr/8380|title=KLKR/Kalikapur|access-date=May 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/indian-railway/kalikapur-klkr-station|title=KALIKAPUR (KLKR) Railway Station|publisher=NDTV|access-date=May 25, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
In 1862, the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] constructed a {{track gauge|1676mm}}-wide [[5 ft 6 in gauge railway|broad-gauge railway]] from {{stnlnk|Sonarpur Junction}} to {{stnlnk|Canning|India}} via Kalikapur.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |title=Indian Railways History Time Line |access-date=May 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=14 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Electrification==<br />
Electrification from {{stnlnk|Sonarpur Junction}} to {{stnlnk|Canning|India}} including Kalikapur was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1965–66.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title=History of The Electrification of Indian Railways|access-date=May 25, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Station complex==<br />
The platform is very much well sheltered. The station possesses many facilities including water and sanitation. There is a proper approach road to this station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html |title=The Chronology of Railway Development in Eastern India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327200122/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html|access-date=May 25, 2019|archive-date=27 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}<br />
{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Sealdah South}}<br />
{{South 24 Parganas topics}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in South 24 Parganas district]]<br />
[[Category:Sealdah railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1862]]<br />
[[Category:1862 establishments in British India]]<br />
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