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| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Loknath}}<br />
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station<br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| image = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| address = [[Tarakeswar]] Road, Basudebpur, [[Hooghly district]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.871608|88.034151|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|17|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar branch line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| tracks = 2<br />
| parking = <br />
| bicycle = Yes<br />
| opened = 1885<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1957–58<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = LOK<br />
| zone = <br />
| division = Howrah<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = Tarkessur Railway Company<br />
| passengers = <br />
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| map_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = Loknath<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| services = <br />
{{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway |previous= Bahirkhanda|next= Tarakeswar|line =Eastern |branch= [[Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line]] |type=Howrah Junction |type2=Goghat }}<br />
|route_map = {{Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line}}<br />
|map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
'''Loknath railway station''' is a [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station on the [[Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar branch line]] of [[Howrah railway division]] of the [[Eastern Railway zone]]. It is situated beside [[Tarakeswar]] Road, Aligari at Basudebpur in [[Hooghly district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/loknath-lok/8555|title=LOK/Loknath|access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/indian-railway/loknath-lok-station|title=LOKNATH (LOK) Railway Station|publisher=NDTV|access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar branch line was opened by the Tarkessur Railway Company on 1 January 1885 and was worked by [[East Indian Railway Company]]. The Tarkessur company was taken over by the East Indian Railway in 1915.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802133149/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 2, 2012|title=The Chronology of Railway Development in Eastern India.|access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref> The track was first electrified with 3,000 V DC system in 1957–58. In 1967, this line including Loknath railway station was electrified with to 25 kV AC system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/emu-local-flagged-off-in-remembrance-of-60-year-heritage-274806|title=EMU local flagged off in remembrance of 60-year heritage|access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Eastern}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Hooghly district]]<br />
[[Category:Howrah railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
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