Guir Saranga railway station is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside Guir-Seharabazar Road at Guir in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1][2]
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.[3] In 2005, the 118 kilometers long railway section known as Bankura–Masagram line was converted to Template:Track gauge broad gauge.[4] The whole track including Guir Saranga railway station was electrified in 2018–19.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Guir Saranga Railway Station (GSQ) : Station Code, Time Table, Map, Enquiry. NDTV. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ↑ Guir Saranga Railway Station Map/Atlas SER/South Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry, roy, Joydeep. India Rail Info. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ↑ Bankura's Iron Horses. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ↑ Indian Railway History Time line. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ↑ Electrification of Masagram-Bankura stretch to cut travel time. business-standard.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ↑ Electrification of Railway Track. railnews.in. Retrieved June 26, 2019.