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| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]] Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line<br />
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| caption = Midnapore is an important railway station on Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line<br />
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| system = Electrified <br />
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| locale = [[West Bengal]]<br />
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| end = {{stnlnk|Adra}}<br />
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| open = 1901<br />
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| owner = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]]<br />
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The '''Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line''' is part of Mednipur, [[Bankura district|Bankura]], [[Purulia district]]. It links Kharagpur to Adra and Bankura in Eastern India,<ref name="indiarailinfo">{{cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/bankura-junction-bqa/955|title=Bankura Station – 75 Train Departures SER/South Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry|website=India Rail Info|access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref> and also serves as a major freight line for transporting iron ore, coal and steel products to [[Haldia Port]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The Kharagpur–Midnapur branch line was opened in 1901.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | title = The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern India |publisher=Rail India | access-date = 16 April 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080316015721/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | archive-date = 16 March 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The Midnapore–Jharia extension of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]], passing through Bankura District, was opened around 1903–04.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/great-britain-india-office/imperial-gazetteer-of-india--volume-6-aer/page-46-imperial-gazetteer-of-india--volume-6-aer.shtml| title = 388 Bankura District| work = Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 6| publisher = Electronic Library| access-date = 16 April 2013| archive-date = 3 December 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004234/http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/great-britain-india-office/imperial-gazetteer-of-india--volume-6-aer/page-46-imperial-gazetteer-of-india--volume-6-aer.shtml| url-status = dead}}</ref> The Kharagpur–Gomoh section of BNR was opened up to {{stnlnk|Bhojudih}} in February 1903.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |title=Indian Railway History timeline |author=R.P. Saxena |publisher=[[IRFCA]] |access-date=22 September 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=14 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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==Electrification==<br />
The Adra–[[Bheduasole|Bheduasol]] sector was electrified in 1997–98, and the Bheduasol–Salboni sector in 1998–99.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 16 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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