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{{Short description|Railway Station in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]] {{font color|blue|Katwa Junction Railway Station}}
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] [[Junction Station]]
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway
| image = Katwa railway station IMG 20200212 224729.jpg
| image_caption = Katwa Junction Railway Station
| address = Station Road, Katwa, West Bengal
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.639885|88.124221|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation =16.077 meter {{convert|21|m|ft}}
| line = [[Bandel–Katwa line]] [[Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop]] [[Bardhaman–Katwa line]] [[Ahmadpur–Katwa line]] 
| other =
| structure = Standard (On-ground station)
| platform = 7
| tracks =
| parking = only for 2 Wheeler's {{rint|park}}
| bicycle = Yes {{rint|bike}}
| opened = 1913
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1994–96 with 25 kV overhead line
| ADA = Yes {{rint|wheelchair}}
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = KWAE
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Howrah}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former = [[East Indian Railway Company]]
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India
| map_dot_label = Katwa Junction
| map_size = 300
|route_map = {{Bardhaman–Katwa line}}{{Howrah–Bardhaman main line}}
|map_state = collapsed
}}
'''Katwa''' is a [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] [[junction station|Junction Station]] on the [[Bandel–Katwa line]] and the [[Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop]]. It is located in [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman District]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It serves [[Katwa]] and the surrounding areas.

==History==
In 1913, the Hooghly–Katwa Railway constructed a {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] line from Bandel to Katwa, and the Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa Railway constructed the {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] [[Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop]].<ref name=timeline>{{cite web| url = http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| title = Indian Railway History timeline|first=R. P.|last=Saxena| access-date = 20 November 2011| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://archive.is/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| archive-date = 14 July 2012| df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | title = The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian |publisher=Rail India | access-date = 2 May 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080316015721/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | archive-date = 16 March 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The {{convert|53|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}-long {{track gauge|762mm}}-wide [[narrow-gauge]] [[Burdwan–Katwa Railway]] was opened in 1915 as part of [[McLeod's Light Railways]], taken over by [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]] in 1966 and closed in 2010.

The {{convert|53|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}-long {{track gauge|762mm}}-wide narrow-gauge [[Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway]] was opened in 1917 as part of McLeod's Light Railways and taken over by [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]] in 1966. It was closed in 2013 for conversion to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] and electrification.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wiki.fibis.org/index.phptitle=Ahmadpur-Katwa_Railway |title=Ahmedpur-Katwa_Railway | publisher=fibis| access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/archives/archive.html| title = Emotions pasted – One last run| last = Chakraborty| first = Snehamoy|work=The Telegraph|date=14 January 2013| access-date = 2 May 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081112044743/http://www.telegraphindia.com/archives/archive.html| archive-date = 12 November 2008| url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Gauge conversion==
The [[Bardhaman–Katwa line]], after conversion from narrow gauge to electrified broad gauge, was opened to the public on 12 January 2018.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.anandabazar.com/district/bardhaman/katwa-burdwan-broad-gauge-trains-started-at-last-1.739229 |title = Baro rail Katwae, jamlo bhidr (Big railway in Katwa, crowd gathers) | language= bn |work= Ananda Bazar Patrika|date=13 January 2018 | access-date = 13 January 2018}}</ref>

The track from Katwa to Ahmedpur line after conversion from narrow gauge to broad gauge, was opened to the public on 24 May 2018.

==Electrification==
Electrification of the Bandel–Katwa line was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1994–96.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title = History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref>

==Narrow-gauge travel==
Here is a description of narrow-gauge travel (now closed):
{{cquote|The land west of the Hooghly, though still alluvial and flat, is not as wet as riverine Bengal. Its fields, though usually covered with close-cropped green grass, bear but one crop a year and lie open, instead of being divided by watercourses and frequent villages. Altogether they do nothing to prevent the BK Railway from following a straight surveyed line, or to stop its trains from traveling at an even pace marked by the measured clunking of four-wheeled carriages on rail joints. My train from Burdwan stopped regularly, sometimes to shunt or to cross a southbound service. At each station the passenger load increased, so that after two stops the man opposite had to give up sleeping on the seat, and after several more there were fowls underfoot and small boys and women sitting on the floor and young men hanging on while standing on the footboards. So we rounded the curve into Katwa – doors open, dhotis flapping, all bound for Katwa market.
A secondary main line of the Eastern Railway also passes through Katwa, the headquarters of the two narrow-gauge lines being alongside its station. Their loco shed had several more Bagnalls and, among others, a 0-6-0 Simplex or two. In company days each engine was owned by the BK or AK but used on either line – I dare say it all came out in the accounts. Another pleasing feature of McLeod's accountancy was that the second class fare was only 20% above the third and the first that much again, instead of the 1:2 ratio preferred by the government. This meant that I could afford second class to Ahmadpur – the seedy red cushion on the seat was not worth it, but the lessened crowd was. This train left from No. 2 road of McLeod's station (never mind that it had no platform) and wasted no time in making arrangements to run third-rail along the East Indian broad gauge for the first few miles out from Katwa, in order to share a bridge over one of the sluggish anabranches that meandered over the plain. Once AK was on its independent way, the regular jolting of the carriages combined with the monotonous scenery to induce sleepiness in all the passengers and perhaps the train itself. Matters were not helped by the Bengal midday, with the sunlight diffused by a high mist and yet stifling us with heat.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/articles/manning/bnr.html |title = From Bengal towards Nagpur| work= The Katwa Railways| first=Ian |last= Manning |publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref>}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/katwa-kwae-to-kolkata-howrah-hwh/1932/0/1 Trains to Howrah]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/kolkata-howrah-hwh-to-katwa-kwae/1/0/1932 Trainns from Howrah]

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{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}
{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Eastern}}
{{Purba Bardhaman topics}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Purba Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Howrah railway division]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in West Bengal]]
[[Category:1913 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]

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