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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Railway station in West Bengal, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Matla Halt<br />
| other_name = Chandkhali Halt<br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| type = [[File:Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg|30px]] [[List of Kolkata Suburban Railway stations|Kolkata Suburban Railway Station]]<br />
| image = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| address = [[Matla, Canning|Matla]], [[Chadkhali]], [[Canning I]] [[South 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|22.333146|N|88.630248|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|6|m|ft}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| line = [[Sealdah South lines#Canning Branch line|Canning Branch line]]<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| tracks = 2<br />
| other = <br />
| accessible = Not Available<br />
| bicycle = Not Available<br />
| parking = Not Available<br />
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = MATL<br />
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| division = {{rwd|Sealdah}}<br />
}}<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| closed = <br />
| former = [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]<br />
| opened = {{start date and age|15 August 2022}}<br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1965–66<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|line=Sealdah South|left=Canning|right=Taldi|to-left=Canning|type=[[Sealdah South lines#Canning Branch line|Canning Branch line]]}}<br />
| services_collapsible = yes<br />
| route_map = {{Sealdah South lines}}<br />
| map_state = collapsed<br />
| mapframe = yes<br />
| mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=14|type=point|marker=rail}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Matla Halt railway station''' (formerly known as '''Chandkhali Halt railway station''')<ref>{{cite news|url=https://zeenews.india.com/bengali/state/new-matla-station-inaugurated-for-canning-people-on-independence-day-2022_440236.html|title=Independence Day 2022: নদীর নামেই পরিচয়, স্বাধীনতার ৭৫ পূর্তিতে নতুন স্টেশন পেল ক্যানিংবাসী|language=bn|date=15 August 2022|access-date=15 August 2022|first=Prasanjit|last=Sarder|newspaper=[[Zee News]]}}</ref> is a [[List of Kolkata Suburban Railway stations|Kolkata Suburban Railway Station]] on the [[Sealdah South lines#Canning Branch line|Canning Branch line]]. It is under the jurisdiction of the [[Sealdah railway division]] in the [[Eastern Railway zone]] of the [[Indian Railways]]. Matla Halt railway station is situated at [[Matla, Canning|Matla]] in [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/timeline/edits-matla-halt-matl/12662|title=MATL/Matla Halt|access-date=May 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/indian-railway/matla-halt-matl-station|title=MATLA HALT (MATL) Railway Station|publisher=NDTV|access-date=May 25, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
In 1862, the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] constructed a {{track gauge|1676mm}}-wide [[5 ft 6 in gauge railway|broad-gauge railway]] from {{stnlnk|Sonarpur Junction}} to {{stnlnk|Canning|India}} via Matla Halt.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |title=Indian Railways History Time Line |access-date=May 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=14 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Electrification==<br />
Electrification from {{stnlnk|Sonarpur Junction}} to {{stnlnk|Canning|India}} including Matla Halt was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1965–66.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title=History of The Electrification of Indian Railways|access-date=May 25, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Station complex==<br />
The platform is very much well sheltered. The station possesses many facilities including water and sanitation. There is a proper approach road to this station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html |title=The Chronology of Railway Development in Eastern India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327200122/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html|access-date=May 25, 2019|archive-date=27 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}<br />
{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Sealdah South}}<br />
{{South 24 Parganas topics}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1862]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in South 24 Parganas district]]<br />
[[Category:Sealdah railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
[[Category:1862 establishments in the British Empire]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2022]]<br />
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