Bangaon is a Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station on the Sealdah–Bangaon line and Ranaghat–Bangaon line. It is located in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves Bangaon and the surrounding areas.
History
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.[1]
The Bengal Central Railway was formed in 1881 to construct and operate a line to Khulna. It was merged with Eastern Bengal Railway in 1903.[2]
Dum Dum–Barasat–Habra–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64.[3]
Routes
In North line commuter trains run up to Ranaghat Jn. (2 trains goes up to Shantipur & 1 train goes up to Lalgola). In South line commuter trains run mostly up to Template:Stnlnk via Barasat Jn. Four trains run on circular route via Dum Dum Jn. and Ballygunge Jn. Three of them go up to Template:Stnlnk and one goes to Canning. Bandhan Express, connecting Template:Stnlnk to Template:Stnlnk (Bangladesh) also runs through this station on every Thursday.
- Extended trains timetable
| Train | Daily frequency |
|---|---|
| Bongaon–Template:Stnlnk Local | 3 |
| Bongaon–Template:Stnlnk Local | 1 |
| Bongaon–Shantipur Jn Local | 1 |
| Bongaon–Ranaghat–Lalgola Passenger Special (EMU) | 1 |
| International link | |
| Bandhan Express (13129/30) | 1 (weekly) |
Border
Bangaon is the last station on the line, but the line goes up to the India–Bangladesh border and beyond.[4][5]
Petrapole, the Indian side of the international border, with a land customs station, handles more than half of the 4 billion dollar trade between India and Bangladesh. With the remote possibility of improvements in the narrow roads leading to the border, because of land acquisition problems, the focus is now on improving the rail transportation system.[6]
Gallery
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Local train at Bangaon station -
A journey ticket to Bongaon station -
Bongaon station platforms 2 and 3
References
- ↑ The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian. Rail India. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ Bengal Central Railway. fibis. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ History of Electrification. IRFCA. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ Bongaon a green fresh border. Travel template. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ Capexil plea to convert Petrapole LCS into port(26 March 2004). Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ Customs wants better rail link through Petrapole, Pratim Ranjan Bose and Abhisek Law. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
External links
Template:Railway stations in West Bengal Template:Kolkata Suburban Railway, Eastern Template:North 24-Parganas topics