Malatipur
Malatipur | |||||||||||
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| Indian Railway Station | |||||||||||
 Malatipur railway station | |||||||||||
| Location |
Malatipur, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | Not available | ||||||||||
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| Status | Opened | ||||||||||
| Station code | MPE | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Sealdah | ||||||||||
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Malatipur is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Barasat-Hasnabad line. It is located in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Barasat Basirhat Railway constructed a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge line in 1914 as a part of Martin's Light Railways.[1] The line was closed in 1955.[2]
The 33.06 km (21 mi) long 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge Barasat-Hasnabad branch line was constructed between 1957 and 1962.[3]
References
- ↑ R.P. Saxena. "Indian Railway History timeline". IRFCA. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ↑ "The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian". railindia. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ↑ Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal. "Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy". page 60. Concept Publishing Company, A-15/16 Commercial Block, Mohan Garden, New Delhi - 110059. ISBN 81-7022-089-0. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
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