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{{short description|Railway station in West Bengal, India}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br />{{font color|blue|Rajchandrapur}}
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway
| image = File:Rajchandrapur railway station 03.jpg
| image_caption = Rajchandrapur railway station
| address = National Highway 34 (old), Ghoshpara, [[Bally Jagachha]] Block, [[Howrah district]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.652908|N|88.320868|E|region:IN-WB_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|10|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|1932|df=yes}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1964–65
| ADA = Not available
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code =RCD<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>http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1540989334194-ER2.png</ref><ref>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/datameet/railways/master/stations.json</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 = Rajchandrapur
| map_size = 300
| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous=Bally Halt|next=Bhattanagar |line=Chord link|type2=Andul|rows1=2|rowsmid=2}}
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous=Bally Halt|next=Dankuni Junction |line=Chord link|type2=Dankuni Junction|hide1=yes|hidemid=yes}}
| route_map = {{Chord link line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
{{Contains special characters|Indic}}
'''Rajchandrapur railway station''' is a station of [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]. It is 17 km away from {{stnlnk|Sealdah}} and 5 km from [[Dankuni railway station|Dankuni Junction]] on the [[Chord link line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)|Sealdah–Dankuni line]] of Eastern Railway. It is a part of the [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] system. Dankuni and Bardhaman local train connects this place to Sealdah Station and other stations of the Sealdah main line. It is an important railway station between Dum Dum and Dankuni railway stations.

== History ==
[[Calcutta Chord link line|Sealdah–Dankuni line]] was opened in 1932 by the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=HOWRAH DIVISION : HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE - THE FIRST JOURNEY|url=https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?fontColor=black&backgroundColor=LIGHTSTEELBLUE&lang=0&id=0,6,441,737|url-status=live|access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 70 pdf 95|url=https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=28 October 2021}}</ref> The line was electrified on 1965.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Electrification|url=https://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|url-status=live|access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>

==The station==
===Station layout===
====Platform 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=2 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 →[[Dankuni Junction railway station|Dankuni]]→ →
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards ←{{stnlnk|Sealdah}}← ←
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=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 =Rajchandrapur 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}}

{{commons category|Rajchandrapur railway station}}

{{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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