Kaiyar railway station is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Gopalpur in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1]
History
Old narrow-gauge Bankura–Damodar Railway (also called as Bankura Damodar River Railway) connecting Bankura and Rainagar in Bankura and Bardhaman districts was opened to traffic in sections between 1916 and 1917.[2] In 2005, the 118 kilometers long railway section known as Bankura–Masagram line was converted to Template:Track gauge broad gauge.[3] The whole track including Kaiyar railway station was electrified in 2018–19.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Kaiyar Railway Station Map/Atlas SER/South Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry, roy, Joydeep. India Rail Info. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ↑ Bankura's Iron Horses. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
- ↑ Indian Railway History Time line. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
- ↑ Electrification of Masagram–Bankura stretch to cut travel time. business-standard.com. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
- ↑ Electrification of Railway Track. railnews.in. Retrieved June 27, 2019.