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{{Infobox rail line
| name = Krishnanagar City–Karimpur line
| other_name = Krishnanagar–Karimpur line
| native_name = কৃষ্ণনগর সিটি–করিমপুর রেলপথ
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| status = Proposed
| locale = [[Nadia district|Nadia]], [[West Bengal]]
| start = [[Krishnanagar City Junction railway station|Krishnanagar City]]
| end = Karimpur
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| owner = [[Indian Railway]]
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
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| linelength_km = 80
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| gauge = {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}}
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The '''Krishnanagar City–Karimpur line''' is a proposed [[Broad-gauge railway|broad gauge]] railway line, which is 80 km long. The railway line will connect [[Krishnanagar City Junction railway station|Krishnanagar City]] Junction with [[Karimpur]] in [[Nadia district|Nadia]] district of [[East India|Eastern]] Indian [[States and union territories of India|state]] [[West Bengal]]; there are also plans to expand to [[Jalangi]] in [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]] district in the next phase. The railway line will run parallel to [[State Highway 14 (West Bengal)|State Highway 14]], and will be constructed as a new line of the [[Sealdah railway division]] of the [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]].<ref name="anandabazar1"/>

== History ==
===Pre-independence===
The first attempt to connects [[Tehatta subdivision|Tehatta]] and [[Domkal subdivision|Domkol]] sub-divisions by rail with [[Krishnanagar City Junction railway station|Krishnanagar City]] junction was started in [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]. In 1905, M Radice and Captain Magniac of the East Bengal State Railway while conducting the survey proposed 26 stations in the railway line with an estimated cost of Rs 18,41,560. Five years later, following the decision of the Nadia District Board, HV Low & Co, a British firm in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] (Now [[Kolkata]]), commissioned a further comprehensive survey and submitted a revised estimate for the construction of a light railway from [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]] to [[Jalangi]]. According to this survey, the estimated cost of construction of the railway line was Rs.17,56,376 and the work was proposed to be completed within ten months. Two more surveys were conducted by the British government in the 1940s.<ref name="newsfromnadia1">{{cite web |title=Demand For Rail Link Revived In Karimpur |url=https://newsfromnadia.in/demand-for-rail-link-revived-in-karimpur/ |website=www.newsfromnadia.in |access-date=10 September 2023 }}</ref>

===Post-independence===
The first survey was conducted by the [[Government of India]] 53 years after [[Independence Day (India)|independence]], and no results of the survey were published. In 2000, Former Indian Railway Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] announced a new survey for Krishnanagar–Karimpur rail link in her railway budget speech. The railway line was announced by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee while presenting the Railway Budget 2009–2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Railway budget 2009-10: Full text of Mamata Banerjee's speech |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-railway-budget-2009-10-full-text-of-mamata-banerjee-s-speech-1270794 |website=DNA India |access-date=10 September 2023}}</ref> The sanction for Krishnanagar to Chapra railway line was given in the [[Railway budget of India|railway budget]] for the [[Fiscal year|financial year]] 2010–2011.<ref name="newsfromnadia1"/><ref name="telegraphindia1">{{cite web |last1=Subhasish |first1=Chaudhuri |title=Bengal Polls 2021: Rail link remains elusive to Karimpur |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-rail-link-remains-elusive-to-karimpur/cid/1813465 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |access-date=10 September 2023 |location=Karimpur }}</ref>

In January 2023, the [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Indian Ministry of Railways]] has given approval to start survey work on Krishnanagar–Karimpur railway line at a cost of Rs.2 crore.<ref name="anandabazar2">{{cite web |last1=Biswas |first1=Amitabh |title=করিমপুরে রেল চলার সমীক্ষা, পোস্ট মহুয়ার |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/nadia-murshidabad/mahua-moitra-added-extra-boost-about-krishnanagar-karimpur-railway-track/cid/1396749 |website=www.anandabazar.com |publisher=Anandabazar Patrika |access-date=10 September 2023 |location=Karimpur |language=bn }}</ref> As per the plans, the survey work started in August 2023, and five survey teams were engaged in the survey.<ref name="anandabazar1">{{cite web |title=দু’মাসে দু’বার সমীক্ষা, দিনের আলো দেখবে কি কৃষ্ণনগর-করিমপুর রেল প্রকল্প? প্রশ্ন দুই জনপদে |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/nadia-murshidabad/is-krishnanagar-karimpur-rail-project-really-going-to-be-implemented-dgtld/cid/1458377 |website=www.anandabazar.com |publisher=Anandabazar Patrika |access-date=10 September 2023 |location=Krisnanagar |language=bn }}</ref>

== Route ==
The final route for the railway line was not decided until August 2023. But according to various newspaper articles, the railway line will connect [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]], [[Chapra, Nadia|Chapra]], [[Tehatta]], [[Betai]] and [[Karimpur]].<ref name="anandabazar1"/><ref name="newsfromnadia1"/>

==References==
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[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Proposed infrastructure in West Bengal]]

Krishnanagar City–Karimpur line - Revision history

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