Template:Infobox station Jirat railway station is a railway station on Bandel–Katwa line connecting from Template:Stnlnk to Katwa, and under the jurisdiction of Howrah railway division of Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Kaliagarh, Jirat, Hooghly in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] Number of EMU local and passenger trains stop at Jirat railway station.[2]
History
The Hooghly–Katwa Railway constructed a line from Bandel to Katwa in 1913.[3] This line including Jirat railway station was electrified in 1994–96 with 25 kV overhead line.[4]
References
- ↑ JIT/Jirat. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ↑ JIRAT (JIT) Railway Station. NDTV. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ↑ HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE – THE FIRST JOURNEY. indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ↑ STATEMENT OF RECENTLY COMPLETED WORKS. Retrieved April 28, 2019.