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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br />{{font color|blue|MADHUKUNDA}}<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = <br />
Madhukunda railway station.jpg<br />
| image_caption = <br />
| address = Mdhukunda, Purulia district, West Bengal<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.6269|86.8695|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|128|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Asansol–Adra line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = At Ground<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| tracks = <br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = No<br />
| opened = 1891<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1957–62<br />
| accessible = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = MDKD<br />
| zone = <br />
| division = {{rwd|Adra}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]]<br />
| status = <br />
| former = [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| map_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_dot_label = <br />
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
| services_collapsible = yes<br />
| route_map = {{Adra–Asansol line|inline=y}}<br />
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Indian Railways<br />
|line=South Eastern Railway zone|left=Damodar|right=Muradi|type=[[Asansol–Adra section]]}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Madhukunda railway station''' serves [[Madhukunda]], Tiluri village and surrounding areas in [[Purulia district|Purulia]] and [[Bankura district|Bankura]] districts in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It is located on the southern bank of the [[Damodar River|Damodar]] and a railway bridge connects it to [[Damodar railway station]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] main line from Nagpur to [[Asansol railway station|Asansol]], on the [[Howrah–Delhi main line]], was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.<ref name=ser>{{cite web|url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1|title=Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway|publisher=South Eastern Railway|access-date=6 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1|archive-date=1 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Adra asansol MEMU.JPG|thumb|300px|center|A [[MEMU]] train travelling on the bridge across [[Damodar River]]]]<br />
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==Electrification==<br />
The Tatanagar–Adra–Asansol section was electrified in the 1957–1962 period.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/ffeb2000/f020220002.html |title = Platinum Jubilee of Railway Electrification in India| publisher= Press Information Bureau|first= Arabinda| last= Ghose| access-date = 6 May 2013}}</ref> The Asansol–Purulia sector was electrified in 1961–62.<ref name=electric>{{cite web|url= http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html| title= History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 6 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Economy==<br />
There is a cement plant, Damodhar Cement Works, owned by [[Associated Cement Companies|ACC Ltd.]] at Madhukunda.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.acclimited.com/newsite/reach_acc.asp | title = ACC Limited, formerly Associated Cement Companies Ltd. | publisher = ACC Limited | access-date = 6 May 2013 | archive-date = 6 May 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130506090707/http://www.acclimited.com/newsite/reach_acc.asp | url-status = dead }}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/madhukunda-mdkd/4293 Trains at Madhukunda]<br />
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Biharinath}}<br />
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{{Purulia topics}}<br />
{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1891]]<br />
[[Category:Adra railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Purulia district]]<br />
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