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Dum Dum Cantonment railway station is a small railway station in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. Its code is DDC. It serves Dum Dum Cantonment town. The station consists of three platforms. The platform is very much well sheltered with newly installed seating arrangements and fans. It still lacks many facilities including proper water availability and clean sanitation.[1]
Dum Dum Cantonment is located on Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line of Kolkata Suburban Railway. Link between Dum Dum to Khulna now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon was constructed by Bengal Central Railway Company in 1882–84.It was named by the cantonment area near Dum Dum.[2] The Sealdah–Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64.[3]
See also
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References
- ↑ DDC/Dum Dum Cantt. India Rail Info. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian. Rail India. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ History of Electrification. IRFCA. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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