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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Railway Station in Kolkata, India}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=December 2017}}<br /> {{Infobox station<br /> | name = Lake Gardens<br /> | style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br /> | type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[List of Kolkata Suburban Railway stations|Kolkata Suburban Railway Station]]<br /> | image = Lake Gardens Railway Station.jpg<br /> | image_caption = Lake Gardens Railway Station<br /> | address = [[Lake Gardens]], [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]] 700045<br /> | country = {{flag|India}}<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|22.508037|N|88.353298|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#Budge Budge Branch line|Budge Budge Branch line]]&lt;br /&gt;[[Kolkata Circular Railway|Kolkata Circular line]]<br /> | platform = 2<br /> | tracks = 4<br /> | other = <br /> | accessible = Not Available<br /> | bicycle = Not Available<br /> | parking = Not Available<br /> | structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br /> | code = {{Indian railway code<br /> | code = LKF<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|2001}}<br /> | rebuilt = <br /> | electrified = 1965–{{start date and age|1966}}<br /> | passengers = <br /> | pass_system = <br /> | pass_year = <br /> | pass_percent = <br /> | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway<br /> |line=Sealdah South|left=Tollygunge|right=Ballygunge Junction|to-left=Budge Budge|type=[[Sealdah South lines#Budge Budge Branch line|Budge Budge Branch line]]<br /> |line2=Circular|left2=Tollygunge|right2=Ballygunge Junction}}<br /> | services_collapsible = yes<br /> | route_map = {{Sealdah South lines}}{{Kolkata Circular Railway routemap}}<br /> | map_state = collapsed<br /> | mapframe = yes<br /> | mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=14|type=point|marker=rail}}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Lake Gardens railway station&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[List of Kolkata Suburban Railway stations|Kolkata Suburban Railway Station]] on the [[Sealdah South lines#Budge Budge Branch line|Budge Budge Branch line]]. It is under the jurisdiction of the [[Sealdah railway division]] in the [[Eastern Railway zone]] of the [[Indian Railways]]. It serves the local area of [[Lake Gardens]] in [[Kolkata]] in the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web| url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/lake-gardens-lkf/8539|title=LKF/Lake Gardens|access-date=May 25, 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/indian-railway/lake-gardens-lkf-station|title=LAKE GARDENS (LKF) Railway Station|publisher=NDTV|access-date=May 25, 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> In 1890, the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] constructed a {{track gauge|1676mm}}-wide [[5 ft 6 in gauge railway|broad-gauge railway]] from {{stnlnk|Ballygunge Junction}} to {{stnlnk|Budge Budge}} via Lake Gardens.&lt;ref&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Electrification==<br /> Electrification from {{stnlnk|Ballygunge Junction}} to {{stnlnk|Budge Budge}} including Lake Gardens was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1965–66.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title=History of The Electrification of Indian Railways|access-date=May 25, 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Station complex==<br /> The platform is very well sheltered. The station possesses many facilities including water and sanitation. There is a proper approach road to this station.&lt;ref&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{commons category|Lake Gardens railway station}}<br /> <br /> {{Railway stations in West Bengal}}<br /> {{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Sealdah South}}<br /> {{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Circular}}<br /> {{Kolkata topics}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Railway stations in Kolkata]]<br /> [[Category:Sealdah railway division]]<br /> [[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br /> [[Category:Kolkata Circular Railway]]<br /> [[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1890]]<br /> [[Category:1890 establishments in the British Empire]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{WestBengal-railstation-stub}}</div>

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