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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Kamarkundu}}<br />
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] [[junction station]]<br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| image = Kamarkundu station.jpg<br />
| image_caption = <br />
| address = [[Kamarkundu]], [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.821698|N|88.204736|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|13|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]]<br/>[[Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard (on-ground station) separate for the two lines at different heights<br />
| platform = 3+2<br />
| tracks = <br />
| parking = Available<br />
| bicycle = Available<br />
| opened = 1885<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1957–1958<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = KQU<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 = Kamarkundu<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Balarambati |next=Madhusudanpur |line= Eastern |branch= [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord|Chord line]] |type=Howrah Junction |type2= Barddhaman Junction}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Singur |next=Nalikul |line= Eastern |branch= [[Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line]] |type=Howrah Junction |type2= Goghat}}<br />
|route_map = {{Howrah–Bardhaman chord}}{{Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line}}<br />
|map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
'''Kamarkundu''' is a railway station at the crossing of the [[Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line|Howrah–Bishnupur]] and the [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]] lines. It serves [[Kamarkundu]] in [[Hooghly district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<br />
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==Overview==<br />
This is a rich agricultural area with several cold storages.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/cold%20storage-ok/Cold%20storage11.html | title= List of functioning Cold Storage of West Bengal District wise as on 18.01.07 | publisher= West Bengal State Marketing Board | access-date= 2009-01-28 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090122084728/http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/cold%20storage-ok/Cold%20storage11.html | archive-date= 22 January 2009 | url-status= dead }}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The Howrah–Tarakeswar line was opened in 1885 and the Howrah–Bardhaman chord line in 1917.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html |title =The Chronology of Railway Development in Eastern India. |access-date =2009-01-26 |publisher =railindia |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080316015721/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html |archive-date =16 March 2008 |url-status =dead }}</ref> It is part of [[Kolkata Suburban Railway#Howrah Eastern Section|Kolkata Suburban Railway]] system. It is {{convert|33|km}} from Howrah via Howrah–Bardhaman chord and {{convert|36|km}} via Howrah–Tarakeswar branch line.<ref>Railway Timetable</ref><br />
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==Station oddity==<br />
At Kamarkundu, the Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line goes above the Howrah–Bardhaman chord. Since the lines are at two levels, trains cannot switch routes. Platforms are at two levels.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-trivia.html#fasttrack |title=Trivia| work= Highest speed sections of track | publisher=IRFCA |access-date=2012-01-15 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/kamarkundu-kqu/2153 Trains at Kamarkundu – other than EMU/ locals]<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:Railway stations opened in 1885]]<br />
[[Category:Howrah railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
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