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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Railway Station in West Bengal, India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}<br />
{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Ranaghat Junction<br />
| type = {{Plainlist|<br />
* [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] [[junction station]]<br />
}}<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| symbol = s<br />
| symbol_location = kolkata<br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| image = Ranaghat Station Front.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Ranaghat Junction railway station<br />
| address = GNPC Road, [[Ranaghat]], [[Nadia district|Nadia]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.174077|88.568598|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|13|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Sealdah–Lalgola line]]<br/>[[Ranaghat–Gede line]]<br/>[[Bangaon–Ranaghat line]] of [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = [[Intersection_(road)#At_grade_railways|At grade]]<br />
| platform = 6<br />
| tracks = 10<br />
| parking = Not available<br />
| bicycle = Not available<br />
| opened = {{start date and age|1862}}<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1963–{{start date and age|1965}}<br />
| accessible = Not available<br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = RHA<br />
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| division = {{rwd|Sealdah}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| map_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_dot_label = Ranaghat Junction<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
|line=Eastern|left=Payradanga|right=Kalinarayanpur Junction|to-left=Sealdah|to-right=Lalgola|type=[[Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line]]<br />
|line2=Eastern|left2=Payradanga|right2=Bankimnagar|to-left2=Sealdah|to-right2=Gede|type2=[[Sealdah–Ranaghat line|Main line/Gede line]]<br />
|line3=Eastern|right3=Coopers Halt|to-left3=Sealdah|to-right3=Bangaon Junction|type3=[[Ranaghat–Bangaon line]]}}<br />
| route_map = {{Lalgola and Gede branch lines}}{{Sealdah–Ranaghat line}}{{Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line}}<br />
| map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ranaghat''' is a [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] [[junction station]] on the [[Sealdah–Ranaghat line]], the [[Lalgola branch line]], the [[Lalgola and Gede branch lines|Gede branch line]] and the [[Ranaghat–Bangaon link line]]. It is located in [[Nadia district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It serves [[Ranaghat]] and the surrounding areas.<br />
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==History==<br />
The Calcutta (Sealdah)–Kusthia line of [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] was opened to traffic in 1862.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html|title =IR History: Early days (1832–1865) | publisher=IRFCA | access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref> Eastern Bengal Railway worked on the eastern side of the [[Hooghly River]], which in those days was unbridged.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Eastern_Bengal_Railway |title =Eastern Bengal Railway | publisher=fibis | access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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The Ranaghat–Bangaon link was constructed in 1882–84 by the Bengal Central Railway Company <ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html |title =The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian | publisher=railindia | access-date = 3 May 2013 }}</ref><br />
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The Ranaghat–Lalgola branch line was opened in 1905.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/history/murshidabad.html |title = Murshidabad District (1914) |author= L.S.S. O'Malley | publisher= [[IRFCA]]| access-date = 3 May 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Electrification==<br />
The Sealdah–Ranaghat sector was electrified in 1963–64. The Ranaghat–Shantipur sector was electrified in 1963–64.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,442,462,470|title=TRACTION DISTRIBUTION SEALDAH|website=er.indianrailways.gov.in|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref> The Kalinarayanpur-Krishnanagar City sector was electrified in 1964–65.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title = History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref> The Ranaghat–Gede line was electrified in 1999–2000.The Ranaghat–Lalgola section has been electrified on the 2010s.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ireeindia.org/RE%20Booklet.pdf |title =Railway Electrification | publisher= ireeindia| access-date = 3 May 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Carriage and wagon depot==<br />
It can handle the turn around maintenance of three trains.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,442,462,466 |title = Mechanical (C / W) Activity | publisher= Eastern Railway, Sealdah Division | access-date = 6 May 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery mode="packed"><br />
File:Birds eye-view, Ranaghat Station.jpg|Birds eye-view, Ranaghat Station<br />
File:Ranaghat Junction Railway Station.jpeg|The name board at Ranaghat station<br />
File:Ranaghat railway station 09.jpg|Ranaghat railway station platform<br />
File:Ranaghat railway station 04.jpg|Top view of Ranaghat railway station<br />
</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/kolkata-sealdah-sdah-to-ranaghat-rha/325/0/1163 Trains from Sealdah to Ranaghat]<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/ranaghat-rha-to-kolkata-sealdah-sdah/1163/325 Trains from Ranaghat to Sealdah]<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/ranaghat-rha-to-lalgola-lgl/1163/0/1171 Trains from Ranaghat to Lalgola]<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/ranaghat-rha-to-gede-gede/1163/0/6796 Trains from Ranaghat to Gede]<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/ranaghat-rha-to-bangaon-bnj/1163/0/7814 Trains from Ranaghat to Bangaon]<br />
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{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}<br />
{{Nadia topics}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1862]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Nadia district]]<br />
[[Category:Sealdah railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
[[Category:Railway junction stations in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:1862 establishments in India]]</div>DarellBabcock5