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{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Prinsep Ghat}}
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station
| image = Prinsep Ghat Railway Station Arnab Dutta 2011.jpg
| image_caption = Prinsep Ghat railway station
| address = [[Strand Road, Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.557012|88.331681}}
| elevation = {{convert|7|m|ft}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| line = 
| platform = 2
| tracks = 2
| other =
| ADA = Not available
| bicycle = Not available
| depth =
| levels =
| parking = Not available
| structure = At grade
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = PPGT
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| division = [[Sealdah railway division|Sealdah]]
}}
| status = Functioning
| closed =
| former =
| opened = 1984
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1984
| passengers =
| mpassengers =
| pass_system =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| map_type = India Kolkata#India
| map_size = 300
| map_dot_label = Prinsep Ghat
| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Eden Gardens|next= Khiddirpur|line= Circular}}
| route_map = {{Kolkata Circular Railway routemap}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

'''Prinsep Ghat railway station''' is a small railway station adjacent to [[Prinsep Ghat|James Prinsep Memorial]] in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India. Only a few local trains halt here. The station has two platforms. Its station code is '''PPGT'''.

==Station complex==
The platform is not very well sheltered. The station lacks many facilities including water and sanitation. It is well connected to the Strand Road. There is a proper approach road to this station.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/8894|title=Prinsep Ghat| website=India Rail Info}}</ref>

===Station layout===
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/Entrance

|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=4 valign=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=100|
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards →{{stnlnk|Khiddirpur}}→ →
|-
|
|<span style=color:white>→</span>Towards ←{{stnlnk|Eden Gardens}}← ←
|-
|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>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=top|'''P2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|
|-
|}

{{Routemap
| title =Prinsep Ghat track layout
|title-bg=
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map =
vCONTgfa
cBS\vSTR\cBS ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stnlnk|Eden Gardens}}
cBS\vSTR\cBS
cBS\vSTR\cBS ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stnlnk|Khiddirpur}}
vCONTgfe
| bottom = <div style="width:10em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and two side platforms</div>
}}

==Connections==
=== Bus ===
=== Ferry ===
The station is adjacent to Prisnep ghat. One can easily avail ferry services from there.

=== Airport ===
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is 23.6 km from the station via [[Strand Road, Kolkata|Strand Road]], [[Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road|Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Road]], [[Maa Flyover]], [[Eastern Metropolitan Bypass|EM Bypass]] and [[VIP Road, Kolkata|VIP Road]].

== See also ==
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* [[North 24 Parganas district]]
* [[Indian Railways]]
* [[Sealdah railway station]]
* [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]
* [[Dum Dum Cantonment railway station]]
* [[Transport in West Bengal]]
* [[List of railway stations in India]]
}}
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== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/Northern fringes}}
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Princep+Ghat/@22.556774,88.3311068,164m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x3a02777a31f46b07:0x76903e56b31776f0!8m2!3d22.5569546!4d88.331604|title=Prinsep Ghat Railway station}}

{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}
{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Circular}}

[[Category:Sealdah railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Transport in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]
[[Category:Kolkata Circular Railway]]

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>Jeet Dev at 11:31, 14 February 2021