Murshidabad railway station
Murshidabad মুর্শিদাবাদ मुर्शिदाबाद | |||||||||||
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| Express train and Passenger train station | |||||||||||
| Location |
Lalbagh, Murshidabad district, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°10′37″N 88°17′03″E / 24.176898°N 88.2841460°ECoordinates: 24°10′37″N 88°17′03″E / 24.176898°N 88.2841460°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 24 m (79 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Eastern Railway zone | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sealdah-Lalgola Main Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | Doubled | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Station code | MBB | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | Eastern Railway zone | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Sealdah | ||||||||||
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| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | East Indian Railway Company | ||||||||||
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Murshidabad (Bengali: মুর্শিদাবাদ, Hindi: मुर्शिदाबाद) is a railway station on the Sealdah-Ranaghat-Krishnanagar-Berhampore-Lalgola line and is located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Murshidabad railway station lies in Murshidabad.
Location
It is located in Murshidabad district, 199 km (124 mi) from Sealdah railway station.
History
Ranaghat-Lalgola Branch Line was opened in 1905 during British reign.
Electrification
The 128 km long Krishnanagar-Lalgola stretch was electrified in 2004 for EMU services.
Infrastructure
The railway station has currently 4 platforms after putting double railway track. But now platform no.1 is under maintenance.
Expansion
Railway Ministry tried to connect the railway station to Azimganj Junction railway station. But due to land acquisition problems, the work of connecting these two stations was stopped. However with help of Mamata Banerjee, the expansion work has been started again in full swing. The bridge named as Nashipur Rail Bridge over the Bhagirathi River is complete. The Murshidabad-Azimgunj link is expected to be commissioned by the end of December, 2017. Some North Bengal trains like Darjeeling Mail, Haldibari Express are likely to move through SDHA-RHA-BPC-MBB-AZ instead of crossing Bali Bridge and move through BWN-BHP-MLDT. Rail Ministry reports say that this linkage will minimise the travel distance(25 KM) as well as time.
Mail/Express Trains
- SDAH-LGL Bhagirathi Express
- KOAA-LGL Hazarduari Express
- KOAA-LGL Dhanodhanya Express
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