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{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Bally Ghat}}
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway
| image = Ballyghat railway station.jpg
| image_caption = Bally Ghat railway station
| address = [[Bally, Howrah]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.652433|N|88.348028|E|region:IN-WB_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|15|m|ft}}
| line = 
| other =
| structure = At grade
| platform = 2 {{small|([[Side platform]]s)}}
| tracks = 2
| parking = Not available
| bicycle = Not available
| opened = {{Start date and age|1865|df=yes}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1964–65
| ADA = Not available
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code =BLYH <ref name="Indian railway codes">{{cite web |title=Indian railway codes |url=http://www.icf.indianrailways.gov.in/PB/pass/stations.html |publisher=Indian Railways |accessdate=26 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1540989334194-ER2.png |title=Timetable |publisher=www.er.indianrailways.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2020-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/datameet/railways/master/stations.json |title=Code |publisher=raw.githubusercontent.com |date= |accessdate=2020-05-17}}</ref>
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| division = [[Sealdah railway division|Sealdah]]
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former = [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India Kolkata#India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in Kolkata##Location in West Bengal##Location in India
| map_dot_label = Bally Ghat
| map_size = 300
| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous=Dakshineswar |next=Bally Halt |line=Chord link}}
| connections = {{Bus icon}} 54 Bus Stand <br> Bally Ghat Auto Stand
|route_map = {{Chord link line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)}}
|map_state = collapsed
}}
{{Contains special characters|Indic}}
'''Bally Ghat railway station''' is a station of [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]] in [[Howrah]]. It is 15 km away from {{stnlnk|Sealdah}} and 7 km from [[Dankuni railway station|Dankuni Junction]] on the [[Sealdah–Dankuni line]] of Eastern Railway. It is part of the [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] system. Dankuni and Bardhaman local trains connect this place to Sealdah Station and other stations of the Sealdah main line. It is an important railway station between [[Dum Dum Junction railway station|Dum Dum]] and [[Dankuni Junction railway station|Dankuni]].

== History ==
Sealdah–Dankuni line was opened in 1865 and converted to electrification in 1965,<ref>[https://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html Electrification of Railways], ''irfca.org'', 10 December 2018</ref> On that time the Freight Services was passed on this line which was profitable for railways and the EMU trains also runs on this line for connecting to Chord line to Howrah Jn for plying long-distance trains.

==The station==
===Station layout===
====Platform layout====
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
| style="width:50px; border-bottom:solid 1px gray; border-top:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;"|'''G'''
| style="width:100px; border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;"|Street level
| style="width:500px; border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;"|Exit/Entrance
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width:50px; border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;"|'''P1'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]] No- 1, doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
|-
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; width:100px;"|
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; width:500px;"|Towards →[[Dankuni Junction railway station|Dankuni]]→ →
|-
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; width:100px;"|
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; width:500px;"|Towards ←{{stnlnk|Sealdah}}← ←
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width:50px; border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;"|'''P2'''
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]] No- 2, doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
|}

====Track layout====
{{Routemap
| title =Bally Ghat track layout
|title-bg=
| legend = track
| collapsible = yes
| map =
vCONTgfa
cBS\vSTR\cBS ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Dankuni Junction railway station|Dankuni]]
\cBS\vSTR\cBS\BUILDING
cBS\vSTR\cBS ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stnlnk|Sealdah}}
vCONTgfe
| bottom = <div style="width:10em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and two side platforms</div>
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Eastern}}
{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Chord link}}
{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Railway stations in North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Sealdah railway division]]
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]
[[Category:1865 establishments in British India]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1865]]

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