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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 = Madhyamgram
| type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway
| image = Madhyamgram station.jpg
| image_caption =
| address = [[Madhyamgram]], [[North 24 Parganas district]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.694665|88.452830|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|13|m|ft}}
| line = 
| other =
| structure = [[Intersection_(road)#At_grade_railways|At grade]]
| platform = 3
| tracks = 3
| parking = Not available
| opened = {{start date and age|1906}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = {{start date and age|1972}}
| accessible =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = MMG
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Sealdah}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| status = {{color|green|Active}}
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India West Bengal
| map_dot_label = Madhyamgram
| map_size = 300
| map_caption = Location of Madhyamgram railway station in West Bengal
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|line=Eastern|left=New Barrackpur|right=Hridaypur|to-left=Sealdah|to-right=Bangaon Junction|type=[[Dum Dum–Bangaon branch line]]}}
| route_map = {{Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}'''Madhyamgram railway station''' is a [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station in the town of [[Madhyamgram]]. It serves the local areas of [[Madhyamgram]], Badu and Sajirhat in [[North 24 Parganas district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==History==
The main line of the Eastern Bengal Railway from {{stnlnk|Sealdah}} to [[Ranaghat]], was opened in 1862 and extended the same year to [[Kushtia Sadar Upazila|Kushtia]], now in [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=timeline>{{cite web |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |title=Indian Railway History timeline |author=R.P. Saxena |publisher=[[IRFCA]] |access-date=2012-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=14 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=history>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | title = The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian |publisher=Rail India | access-date = 2012-02-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080316015721/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | archive-date = 16 March 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/history/nadia.html |title =Nadia, Bengal District Gazetteers (1910) |last= J.H.E.Garrett | publisher= [[IRFCA]] | access-date = 2012-02-10 }}</ref> In 1882–84 the Bengal Central Railway Company constructed two lines: one from [[Dum Dum]] to [[Khulna]], now in Bangladesh, via [[Bangaon]] and the other linking Ranaghat and Bangaon.<ref name=history/> The Madhyamgram railway station lies in the Dum Dum–Bangaon section and was opened in 1906.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}.

===Redevelopment===
In 2024, [[Ministry of Railways]] allocated {{INRConvert|13.27|c}} for the redevelopment purpose of this station under the [[Amrit Bharat Station Scheme]].<ref>{{cite news |title=বাংলার এই ১৭ স্টেশনকে ঝাঁ চকচকে করে তুলছে রেল! কাজের পরে কেমন দেখতে হবে? রইল ছবি |url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/pictures/17-stations-of-wb-under-eastern-railways-to-be-redeveloped-under-amrit-bharat-scheme-check-images-of-panagarh-others-31708782064751.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306145651/https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/pictures/17-stations-of-wb-under-eastern-railways-to-be-redeveloped-under-amrit-bharat-scheme-check-images-of-panagarh-others-31708782064751.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 March 2024 |access-date=14 March 2025 |work=Hindustantimes Bangla |date=24 February 2024 |language=bn}}</ref>

== Electrification ==
The Sealah–Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1972.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title = History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref>

==Station complex==
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The structure of the station is not so large. There is only one entrance in [[Railway platform|platform]] no. 1. The computerised ticket counter is present in platform no. 1. All the [[Sealdah]] and [[Dum Dum]]-bound trains arrive at platform no.1 and all the [[Bangaon]], [[Gobardanga]], [[Thakurnagar]], [[Habra]], [[Duttapukur]], [[Basirhat]] and [[Hasnabad]]-bound trains arrive at platform no. 2 and 3. There are many [[Street food|food stalls]] and vendors on both the platforms. A [[Footbridge|foot overbridge]] connects the two platforms. A [[level crossing]] exists at the southernmost end of the railway station. There is a road [[overbridge]] to the north of the station and to the south, there exists the bridge over the Noai Canal.

=== Station layout ===
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400 valign=top|Exit/Entrance & ticket counter
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=6 valign=top|'''P1'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[foot overbridge|FOB]], [[Side platform]], No-1 doors will open on the left/right
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Track 1'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400|Towards →{{stnlnk|Sealdah}}→ →
|-
|'''Track 2'''
|{{0|→}} Towards ←[[Bangaon Junction railway station|Bangaon]]← ←
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[foot overbridge|FOB]], [[Island platform]], No- 2 doors will open on the left/right 
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Island platform]], No- 3 doors will open on the left/right
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Track 3'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400|
|-
|}

== Metro Railway ==

=== Extension plan from Noapara to Barasat ===

The proposed [[Kolkata Metro Yellow Line]] extension alignment pass through [[Dum Dum]] Cantonment and [[Jessore Road]] up to [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Biman Bandar]] station. From there, the line would run under [[National Highway 34 (India)|Jessore Road]] until [[New Barrackpore]] before reaching the surface at [[Madhyamgram]] station. From Madhyamgram to Barasat, the alignment would be elevated. However, for crossing the existing road [[overbridge]] at Madhyamgram and Barasat, the alignment would descend gradually to ground level and rise again on viaduct. This is supposed to be beneficial for the people of [[North 24 Parganas district]] and will bring them closer to [[Kolkata]]'s Business district. This would reduce the heavy pressure on Sealdah–Barasat section of [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railways]]. The Madhyamgram Metro railway station is to be constructed in the Madhyamgram–Barasat section.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kolkata Metro Official Map|url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1504000368490-System%20Map%20of%20Metro%20Railway_31_03_2017.jpg}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Barasat Metro Progressing|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-metro-to-run-below-surface-after-airport/articleshow/70342134.cms}}</ref>

Work for the [[Noapara, West Bengal|Noapara]]–[[Barasat]] (via [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|NSC Bose Airport]]) metro extension has come to a halt as construction giant [[Larsen & Toubro|L&T]] has pulled out of the 17 [[Kilometre|km]] metro corridor project. L&T was unable to get on with the work due to the encroachment on railway land. L&T has moved out all major equipment from the project site at Barasat and has closed down two of the three site offices. The lone site office is locked.<ref>{{cite web|title=End of the road for Noapara–Barasat metro extension|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/End-of-the-road-for-Dum-Dum-Barasat-metro-extension/articleshow/17755909.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411033225/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-25/kolkata/35999100_1_railway-land-metro-corridor-encroachment|url-status=live|archive-date=11 April 2013|access-date=25 December 2012|format=Web page|work=[[The Times of India]]|year=2012}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{stack|{{Portal|India|Trains}}}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* [[North 24 Parganas district]]
* [[Indian Railways]]
* [[Sealdah railway station]]
* [[Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line]]
* [[Bangaon Junction railway station]]
* [[Transport in West Bengal]]
* [[List of railway stations in India]]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/madhyamgram-mmg/8652 Madhyamgram railway station map]
* {{Wikivoyage inline|Kolkata/Northern fringes}}
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Madhyamgram/@22.6947381,88.4527216,94m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x39f89f3a6403a015:0x54945a95b0bcb79b!8m2!3d22.6947689!4d88.4528267|title=Madhyamgram Railway station}}

{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Eastern}}
{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1906]]
[[Category:Sealdah railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]

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PhilSalisbury74 at 18:11, 5 February 2026