South Eastern line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)

South Eastern line
Overview
System	Kolkata Suburban Railway
Status	Operational
Locale	Howrah, West Bengal; Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal; Purba Medinipur, West Bengal
Termini	Howrah Junction & Shalimar; Midnapore, Kharagpur, Amta, Haldia, Digha
Stations	81
Daily ridership	0.875 million
Operation
Opened	19 April 1900
Owner	Indian Railway
Operator(s)	South Eastern Railway (SER)
Character	At Grade
Depot(s)	Tikiapara, Panskura & Kharagpur
Technical
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge
Electrification	25,000 V

The South Eastern line of Kolkata Suburban Railway is a public transit system serving Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It consists of 37 stations from Howrah Junction to Midnapore. The entire line is at grade. It has section of triple track starting from Howrah Junction and ends at Midnapore, Amta, Haldia and Digha stations in West Bengal.[1]

The South Eastern line in Kolkata consists of 3 major corridors, which bifurcate as they run into the suburban satellite towns. Two corridors (one local and other through) follow the South Eastern Railway run from Howrah Junction (HWH) to Midnapore (128 km), at the mainline there, is a bifurcation into two branch lines – one from Panskura to Haldia (69 km) in the south-east and the other from Shalimar to Amta (50 km) in the west. These two corridors constitute the 'main' South Eastern line.[2]

The major car sheds on this line are at Tikiapara, Panskura & Kharagpur. There are fast and slow locals here for suburban service. Trains usually start from and terminate at important stations.

Stations with Routes

Routes

The South Eastern line consists of the following routes:

Howrah Jn – Midnapore
Panskura Jn – Haldia
Shalimar – Amta
Tamluk – Digha
Andul - Baltikuri

Stations

Names in bold indicate that the station is a fast train stop as well as important terminal.

Main line

Howrah–Kharagpur line

km

Asansol–Tatanagar–

Kharagpur line

Kharagpur–Puri line

Kharagpur–Bankura–

Adra line

Kalaikunda

Kharagpur–Bankura

–Adra line

Nimpura

Nimpura Through Yard

Nimpura Goods Yard

Girimaidan

Hijli

Kharagpur-Puri line

0

Kharagpur

7

13

19

24

27

30

35

39

km

44

Panskura

Raghunathbari

20

to Ghatal on Sheoraphuli–

Bishnupur branch line (u/c)

Rajgoda

28

48

Narayan Pakuria Murail

Saheed Matangini

33

51

Bhogpur

Tamluk

36

00

54

Nandaigajan

Nandakumar

10

57

Mecheda

(planned)

Mayana

43

Keshabpur

(planned)

Bolaipanda

49

51

60

Lavan Satyagrah Smarak

21

66

Basulya Sutahata

Deshapran

33

Tata Chemicals

(planned)

Nandigram

71

Durgachak

(planned)

Kandiamari

74

Durgachak Town

Henria

39

Haldia Petrochemicals

Nachinda

52

IOC Haldia Refinery

Kanthi

63

79

Bandar

Sitalpur

69

Haldia Dock Complex

Sujalpur

71

81

Haldia

Ashapurna Devi

Kolaghat Thermal

Power Station

Badalpur

78

60

Kolaghat

Ramnagar (Bengal)

Rupnarayan River

Talga Chhari River

64

Deulti

(planned)

Egra

67

Ghoraghata

Tikra

88

70

Bagnan

to Jaleswar on Kharagpur–

Puri line (under construction)

to Amta on Santragachi–

Amta branch line (planned)

Digha

94

Damodar River

78

Kulgachia

km

79

Bir Shibpur

to Pujali on

Sealdah South lines (planned)

83

Uluberia

85

Phuleswar

88

Chengel

Fort Gloster Jute Mill

(abandoned)

91

Bauria

95

Nalpur

Ambuja Cement

97

Abada │

Abada

rail yard

99

Sankrail

Delta Jute Mill

103

Andul

105

Mourigram

Santragachi–Amta

branch line

Hindustan Industries

and Engineering

108

Santragachi

Padmapukur

(Kona Expressway)

109

111

Shalimar │

112

Howrah–Bardhaman main line

& Howrah–Bardhaman chord

115

Howrah

km

Sources:[3][4][5][6]

South Eastern line (Main)
#	Distance from Howrah Jn (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Howrah Junction	HWH	^†Eastern line
2	3	Tikiapara		None
3	4	Dasnagar		None
4	6	Ramarajatala		None
5	7	Santragachi Junction	SRC	Shalimar/Amta (South Eastern line)
6	11	Maurigram		None
7	12	Andul		None
8	16	Sankrail		None
9	18	Abada		None
10	20	Nalpur		None
11	24	Bauria		None
12	27	Chengel		None
13	30	Phuleswar		None
14	32	Uluberia		None
15	36	Bir Shibpur		None
16	40	Kulgachia		None
17	45	Bagnan		None
18	48	Ghoraghata		None
19	51	Deulti		None
20	55	Kolaghat		None
21	58	Mecheda	MCA	None
22	61	Nandaigajan		None
23	64	Bhogpur		None
24	67	Narayan Pakuria Murail		Haldia/Digha (South Eastern line)
25	71	Panskura Junction	PKU	Haldia/Digha (South Eastern line)
26	76	Khirai		None
27	80	Haur		None
28	85	Radhamohanpur		None
29	88	Duan		None
30	91	Balichak		None
31	96	Shyamchak		None
32	102	Madpur		None
33	108	Jakpur		None
34	115	Kharagpur Junction	KGP	None
35	117	Girimaidan		None
36	121	Gokulpur		None
37	128	Midnapore	MDN	None

†Howrah Junction railway station is a terminus for South Eastern Railway and Eastern Railway.

Main line Branches

At the main line of South Eastern line, there is a bifurcation in two sections and one line crosses onto it.

West branch line

Santragachi–Amta
branch line

(under construction)

(under construction)

to Dankuni

Bhattanagar

Calcutta Chord

to Dum Dum

Baltikuri

Bankranayabaz

Howrah–Kharagpur line

Andul

NH 117 (Kona Epressway)

Mourigram

Hindustan Industries

and Engineering

Santragachi

Padmapukur

Guest Keen Williams

Shalimar │

Shalimar

rail yard

NH 117 (Kona Epressway)

Ramrajatala

Dasnagar

Tikiapara

Howrah–Bardhaman main line

& Howrah–Bardhaman chord

Howrah

Source: Google Maps

[7]

West branch line
#	Distance from Shalimar (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Shalimar	SHM	None
2	3	Padmapukur		None
3	5	Santragachi Junction	SRC	South Eastern line (Main)
4	11	Bankranayabaz		None
5	15	Kona		None
6	18	Dansi		None
7	20	Jhaluarber		None
8	21	Makardaha		None
9	23	Domjur Road		None
10	25	Domjur		None
11	28	Dakshinbari		None
12	32	Bargachia		None
13	35	Pantihal		None
14	37	Munsirhat		None
15	38	Mahendralalnagar		None
16	42	Maju		None
17	45	Jalasi		None
18	47	Harshidadpur		None
19	50	Amta	AMZ	None

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South East branch line

South East branch line
#	Distance from Panskura Jn (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Panskura Junction^†	PKU	South Eastern line (Main)
2	8	Raghunathbari		None
3	16	Rajgoda		None
4	21	Saheed Matangini		None
5	24	Tamluk^†	TMZ	Digha (South Eastern line)
6	31	Keshabpur		None
7	36	Satish Samanta		None
8	39	Mahishadal		None
9	47	Barda		None
10	53	Basulyasutahata		None
11	59	Durgachak		None
12	62	Durgachak Town		None
13	67	Bandar		None
14	69	Haldia	HLZ	None
† – Branch Line starts at Panskura

| 15|| 70 || Andul-baltikuri double line †Tamluk railway station acts as a Junction station and makes a branch line to Digha.

South branch line

South branch line
#	Distance from Tamluk (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Tamluk^†	TMZ	Panskura / Haldia (South Eastern line)
2	10	Nandakumar		None
3	21	Lavan Satyagrah Smarak		None
4	32	Deshapran		None
5	39	Henria		None
6	51	Nachinda		None
7	62	Kanthi		None
8	68	Sitalpur		None
9	71	Sujalpur		None
10	76	Ashapurna Devi		None
11	78	Badalpur		None
12	86	Ramnagar		None
13	88	Tikra		None
14	94	Digha	DGHA	None
† – Branch Line starts at Tamluk

Electrification

SER electrified the South Eastern line to 25,000 V AC in the period of 1967 to 1969 with the different phases: Howrah – Maurigram, Maurigram – Bauria, Bauria – Uluberia, Uluberia – Shyamchak, Shyamchak – Kharagpur. During this period the first EMU train on this line was started on Howrah – Mecheda route after completion of this route it was extended to Kharagpur on 1st Feb 1969.

In the period 1974 to 1976, Panskura – Haldia line was also electrified with the two phases: Panskura – Durgachak & Durgachak – Haldia, After that EMU services was started on this line at 1st May 1976.

In 1985, The Kharagpur – Midnapore line was also electrified.[8]

Services

Currently, the South Eastern Railway Running 12 Car Services on South Eastern line, Before May 2018 The 9 Car rakes was running due to an increase in passenger transport conversion of 9 Car Rakes into 12 Car rakes was started for ease of transportation.[9]

And also, South Eastern Railway is also Running a GPS based 3-phase Medha ICF EMU train with CCTV cameras in ladies compartment in suburban sections, which was flagged off on 22 March 2018.[10]

References

History of South Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway
"Kharagpur Divisional Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.
Google maps
Kharagpur-Howrah Local 38606 Indiarailinfo
Howrah-Haldia Local 68689 ⇒ 38089 Indiarailinfo
Santragachi-Digha EMU 78001 ⇒ 68687 Indiarailinfo
SER Pink Book 2018-19, Indian Railways
"History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
Successful Completion of 50 yrs of EMU services., South Eastern Railway, 2 May 2018
New 3-phase EMU train is launched., South Eastern Railway, 22 March 2018

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[1] History of South Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway

[2] "Kharagpur Divisional Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.

[3] Google maps

[4] Kharagpur-Howrah Local 38606 Indiarailinfo

[5] Howrah-Haldia Local 68689 ⇒ 38089 Indiarailinfo

[6] Santragachi-Digha EMU 78001 ⇒ 68687 Indiarailinfo

[7] SER Pink Book 2018-19, Indian Railways

[History_of_Electrification-8] "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

[9] Successful Completion of 50 yrs of EMU services., South Eastern Railway, 2 May 2018

[10] New 3-phase EMU train is launched., South Eastern Railway, 22 March 2018

Stations on the South Eastern line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway
Main line	Howrah Junction Tikiapara Dasnagar Ramrajatala Santragachi Junction Mourigram Andul Sankrail Abada Nalpur Bauria Chengel Phuleswar Uluberia Bir Shibpur Kulgachia Bagnan Ghoraghata Deulti Kolaghat Mecheda Nandaigajan Bhogpur Narayan Pakuria Murail Panskura Junction Khirai Haur Radhamohanpur Duan Balichak Shyam Chak Madpur Jakpur Kharagpur Junction Girimaidan Gokulpur Midnapore
Shalimar–Amta line	Shalimar Padmapukur Santragachi Junction Bankranayabaz Kona Dansi Jhaluarber Makardaha Domjur Road Domjur Dakshinbari Baragachia Pantihal Munsirhat Mahendralalnagar Maju Jalasi Harshidadpur Amta
Panskura–Haldia line	Panskura Junction Raghunathbari Rajgoda Saheed Matangini Tamluk Keshabpur Satish Samanta Halt Mahishadal Barda Basulya Sutahata Durgachak Durgachak Town Silpaprabesh Bandar Haldia
Tamluk–Digha line	Tamluk Nandakumar Lavan Satyagrah Smarak Deshapran Henria Nachinda Kanthi Sitalpur Sujalpur Ashapurna Devi Badalpur Ramnagar Tikra Digha

South Eastern line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)

Stations with Routes

Routes

Stations

Main line

Main line Branches

West branch line

South East branch line

South branch line

Electrification

Services

See also

References