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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Saktigarh}}<br />
| type = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] [[junction station]]<br />
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway<br />
| image = Saktigarh railway station.jpg<br />
| image_caption = <br />
| address = Grand Trunk Road, Saktigarh, Distt. Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal<br />
| country = <br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.207213|87.968882|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|36.27|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]]<br/>[[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]] <br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br />
| platform = 7<br />
| tracks = <br />
| entrances = <br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = Yes<br />
| opened = 1855<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1958<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = SKG<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 |access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref><br />
| zone = <br />
| division = {{rwd|Howrah}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = [[East Indian Railway Company]]<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = India <br />
| map_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = Saktigarh<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| services =<br />
{{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Palsit|next= Gangpur|line= Eastern |branch= [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]] & [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]]|type= Howrah Junction|type2= Barddhaman Junction|rowsmid=2|rows2=2 }}<br />
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous=Palla Road|next= Gangpur|line= Eastern |type= Howrah Junction|type2= Barddhaman Junction|hidemid=yes |hide2=yes}}<br />
|route_map = {{Howrah–Bardhaman main line}}{{Howrah–Bardhaman chord}}<br />
|map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
'''Saktigarh''' is a [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] junction station on the [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]] and [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]]. It is located in [[Purba Bardhaman district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It serves [[Saktigarh, Bardhaman|Saktigarh]] and surrounding areas.<br />
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==History==<br />
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><br />
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The [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]], a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]], was constructed in 1917.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html |title =The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern India | publisher=railindia | access-date = 13 April 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Electrification==<br />
Electrification of Howrah–Burdwan main line was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1958. Howrah–Bardhaman chord was electrified in 1964–66.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history4.html|title =IR History Part IV (1947-1970) | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 13 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/kolkata-howrah-hwh-to-saktigarh-skg/1/0/9079 Trains from Howrah]<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/saktigarh-skg-to-kolkata-howrah-hwh/9079/1 Trains to Howrah]<br />
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{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Eastern}}<br />
{{Purba Bardhaman topics}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Purba Bardhaman district]]<br />
[[Category:Howrah railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]<br />
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