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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Malatipur}}<br />
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station<br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| image = Malatipur railway station.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| image_caption = Malatipur railway station<br />
| address = Malatipur, [[North 24 Parganas district]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{coords|22.651631|88.762694|region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = <br />
| line = [[Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = At Ground<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| tracks = 2<br />
| entrances = <br />
| parking = Not available<br />
| opened = <br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = <br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = MPE<br />
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| division = Sealdah<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| status = Opened<br />
| former = <br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| map_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = Malatipur<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| services =<br />
{{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Kankra Mirzanagar|next=Ghovarash Ghona|line=Eastern |branch= [[Sealdah–Bangaon section]] |type=Sealdah|type2=Hasnabad}}<br />
| route_map = {{Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line}}<br />
| map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
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'''Malatipur''' is a [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station on the [[Barasat–Hasnabad line]]. It is located in [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<br />
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==History==<br />
[[Barasat Basirhat Railway]] constructed a {{track gauge|762mm}} [[narrow-gauge railway|narrow-gauge]] line in 1914 as a part of [[Martin's Light Railways]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |title=Indian Railway History timeline |author=R.P. Saxena |publisher=[[IRFCA]] |access-date=10 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=14 July 2012 }}</ref> The line was closed in 1955.<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 = 10 February 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080316015721/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | archive-date = 16 March 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref><br />
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The {{convert|33.06|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long {{track gauge|1676mm}}-wide {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] Barasat–Hasnabad branch line was constructed between 1957 and 1962.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=v21-4YYgocUC&q=Muri-Chandrapura+line&pg=PA60 |title = Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy| work= page 60|last= Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal|year = 1986|publisher= Concept Publishing Company, A-15/16 Commercial Block, Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110059| isbn = 81-7022-089-0|access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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{{Routemap<br />
| title = Malatipur track layout<br />
|title-bg=<br />
| legend = track<br />
| collapsible = yes<br />
| map =<br />
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cBS\vSTR\cBS ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stnlnk|Hasnabad}}<br />
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| bottom = <div style="width:10em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and two side platforms</div><br />
}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[North 24 Parganas district]]<br />
* [[Indian Railways]]<br />
* [[Sealdah railway station]]<br />
* [[Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line]]<br />
* [[Bangaon Junction railway station]]<br />
* [[Transport in West Bengal]]<br />
* [[List of railway stations in India]]<br />
}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
{{Wikivoyage|Rail travel in India}}<br />
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/8674 Malatipur Station Map]<br />
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{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Eastern}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in North 24 Parganas district]]<br />
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
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