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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	===Mining-industry zone===		===Mining-industry zone===
	"The entire belt between Durgapur (158 km from Howrah), and all the way up to Dhanbad and beyond is industrialized. Apart from factories, there are many coalmines, some closed now, and some with fires burning deep in the mineshafts. The mining area extends for a large area, mostly to the south of the tracks. Quite a portion of the track passes through cuttings, where the surrounding area is higher than the track level, resulting in the profusion of characteristic small masonry bridges crossing the tracks." <ref>{{cite web\|title= Gomoh loco shed and CLW trip record \|work= Indian Railway Reports\|publisher=IRFCA }}</ref>		"The entire belt between Durgapur (158 km from Howrah), and all the way up to Dhanbad and beyond is industrialized. Apart from factories, there are many coalmines, some closed now, and some with fires burning deep in the mineshafts. The mining area extends for a large area, mostly to the south of the tracks. Quite a portion of the track passes through cuttings, where the surrounding area is higher than the track level, resulting in the profusion of characteristic small masonry bridges crossing the tracks."<ref>{{cite web\|title= Gomoh loco shed and CLW trip record \|work= Indian Railway Reports\|publisher=IRFCA }}</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Raniganj railway station
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Raniganj railway station nameplate.JPG
| image_caption = Raniganj railway station nameplate
| address = Station Road, Raniganj, Asansol, West Bengal
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.6037|87.1174|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|92|m|ft}}
| line = [[Bardhaman–Asansol section]]<br/>[[Howrah–Delhi main line]]<br/>[[Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line]]<br/>[[Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line]]
| other =
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 4
| tracks =
| entrances =
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = Yes
| opened = 1855
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1960–61
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = RNG
| zone = ER
| division = Asansol
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former = [[East Indian Railway Company]]
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India
| map_dot_label =
}}
{{Bardhaman–Asansol section|collapse=y}}
'''Raniganj''' is a railway station on the [[Bardhaman–Asansol section]]. It is located in [[Asansol]], [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It lies in the heart of [[Raniganj Coalfield]] and serves the neighbourhood of [[Raniganj]] in Asansol, and the surrounding mining-industrial area of Asansol.

==Overview==
===Mining-industry zone===
"The entire belt between Durgapur (158 km from Howrah), and all the way up to Dhanbad and beyond is industrialized. Apart from factories, there are many coalmines, some closed now, and some with fires burning deep in the mineshafts. The mining area extends for a large area, mostly to the south of the tracks. Quite a portion of the track passes through cuttings, where the surrounding area is higher than the track level, resulting in the profusion of characteristic small masonry bridges crossing the tracks." <ref>{{cite web|title= Gomoh loco shed and CLW trip record |work= Indian Railway Reports|publisher=IRFCA }}</ref>

==History==
The first passenger train in eastern India ran from Howrah to Hooghly on 15 August 1854. The track was extended to Raniganj by 1855.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html|title = IR History Part I 1832–1869| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 13 April 2013}}</ref>

==Electrification ==
The Waria–Asansol sector was electrified in 1960–61.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 16 April 2013}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/raniganj-rng/6 Trains at Raniganj]
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Biharinath}}

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{{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Baktarnagar|next= Kalipahari|line= Eastern Railway zone|branch= [[Bardhaman–Asansol section]] }}
{{s-end}}

{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}
{{Paschim Bardhaman topics}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Asansol railway division]]

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Raniganj railway station - Revision history

->SdkbBot: /* Mining-industry zone */removed erroneous space

>Colonies Chris: minor fixes, replaced: Waria-A → Waria–A, (on ground station) → (on-ground station)