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{{Short description|Railway Route in West Bengal, India}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width = 28em
| name = Sealdah–Bangaon line
| color =
| logo =
| logo_width =
| image = KolkataLocalTrain.JPG
| image_width = 250px
| caption = A local train at the [[Hridaypur railway station]]
| type = Commuter rail
| system = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]
| status = Operational
| locale = [[West Bengal]]
| start = {{stnlnk|Sealdah}}
| end = {{stnlnk|Bangaon}}
| stations = 24
| routes = Sealdah–Barasat and Barasat–Bangaon
| daily_ridership = 0.5 million
| open = {{Start date and age|1884}}
| close =
| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| character = At grade
| depot = {{stnlnk|Sealdah}}<br>[[Barasat Junction railway station|Barasat]]
| stock =
| linelength = {{convert|77|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
| tracklength =
| tracks = 2
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
| old_gauge = {{track gauge|762mm|lk=on}} [[narrow gauge]]
| minradius =
| racksystem =
| electrification = 25 kV overhead line
| speed = up to 100 km per hour
| elevation =
| website = {{url|http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in|Eastern Railway}}
| map = {{Sealdah–Bangaon line|inline=1}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
The '''Sealdah–Bangaon line''' connects {{stnlnk|Sealdah}} and [[Bangaon Junction railway station|Bangaon]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It is connected to the [[Sealdah–Ranaghat line]] at {{stnlnk|Dum Dum Junction}}, the Barasat–Hasnabad line at {{stnlnk|Barasat Junction}} and the Bangaon–Ranaghat line at {{stnlnk|Bangaon Junction}}. This line has change-over facilities with both the [[Kolkata Metro]] and the [[Kolkata Circular Railway]] at {{stnlnk|Dum Dum Junction}} and with the [[Kolkata Metro]] at {{stnlnk|Dum Dum Cantonment}}. It is part of the [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] system and is under the jurisdiction of the [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]].

==History==
The main line of the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]], from {{stnlnk|Sealdah}} to [[Ranaghat Junction railway station|Ranaghat]], was opened way back in the year 1862. It was then extended during the same year up to [[Kushtia Sadar Upazila|Kushtia]], which is now located in [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=history>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120802133149/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-08-02 | title = The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian |publisher=Rail India | access-date = 2012-02-10 }}</ref> In 1882–84, the Bengal Central Railway Company was commissioned to construct two lines: one from [[Dum Dum Junction railway station|Dum Dum]] to {{stnlnk|Khulna}}, now in [[Bangladesh]], via [[Bangaon Junction railway station|Bangaon]]; and the other linking [[Ranaghat Junction railway station|Ranaghat]] and [[Bangaon Junction railway station|Bangaon]].<ref name=history/> The line was converted into a {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] between 1957 and 1962.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=v21-4YYgocUC&q=Muri-Chandrapura+line&pg=PA60 |title = Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy| work= page 60|last= Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal|year = 1986|publisher= Concept Publishing Company, A-15/16 Commercial Block, Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110059| isbn = 81-7022-089-0|access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-nonir.html |title = Non-IR Railways in India | publisher= [[IRFCA]] | access-date = 2012-02-10 }}</ref> It was merged with [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] in 1903.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Bengal_Central_Railway |title = Bengal Central Railway |publisher= fibis| access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref>

==Electrification==
The Sealdah–Ashoknagar sector was electrified in 1963–64.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title = History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 4 May 2013}}</ref> The remaining line was electrified in the 1970s.

==Passengers==
Line-wise or route-wise passenger data is not available, but Sealdah station handles 1.5 million passengers arriving or departing in 704 trains daily (including EMU locals), and a good proportion of that uses this line, as it is the main line out of the station.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-11-28/kolkata/27256235_1_toilets-sealdah-howrah| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120708081937/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-11-28/kolkata/27256235_1_toilets-sealdah-howrah| url-status = dead| archive-date = 8 July 2012|title = Few Toilets at Howrah, Sealdah |date=28 November 2001| work = [[The Times of India]]| access-date = 2012-02-10 }}</ref>

==Car shed==
There is a large [[Electrical Multiple Unit|EMU]] car shed beside the Narkeldanga Canal, near [[Sealdah]], which has a lot of space to accommodate locomotives. [[Barasat]] also has an EMU car shed which forms a part of that station's overall structure, having been designed to accommodate trains for rail engine and car maintenance.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title = Sheds and Workshops| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 4 May 2013}}</ref>

==Tracks==
The Sealdah–Bangaon line presently has two tracks; though at some stations, an additional platform and track has been built to originate and halt certain local trains.

==Border==
Though Bangaon is the last station on this particular route, the line extends up to the Indo-Bangladesh border and beyond that.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://bongaon.blogspot.in/2009_07_01_archive.html |title =Bongaon a green fresh border | publisher= Travel template| access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2004/03/26/stories/2004032601920600.htm |title =Capexil plea to convert Petrapole LCS into port | work=The Hindu Business Line|date=26 March 2004| access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref>

[[Petrapole]], which is pn the Indian side of the international border, has a land customs station and handles about more than half of the 4 billion dollar trade between India and Bangladesh. With the remote possibility of improvements in the extremely narrow roads leading to the Indo-Bangladesh border, because of land acquisition problems, the principal focus is now on improving the railway system.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/customs-wants-better-rail-link-thru-petrapole/article4577426.ece |title = Customs wants better rail link through Petrapole| last= Pratim Ranjan Bose and Abhisek Law |work=The Hindu Business Line|date=3 April 2013| access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref>

==Trains==
The only and the most important train from that uses this track is the [[Bandhan Express]] which runs from {{stnlnk|Kolkata}} to [[Khulna railway station|Dhaka]]. Apart from that a lot of local trains ply on this route which are:<ref>{{cite web| url = https://indiarailinfo.com/search/ddj-dum-dum-junction-to-bnj-bangaon-junction/3239/0/7814|title = Trains from Dum Dum to Bangaon| website=India Rail Info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://erail.in/trains-between-stations/dum-dum-DDJ/dumdum-cantonment-DDC|title = Trains from Dum Dum to Dum Dum Cantonment| website=erail.in}}</ref>
* The Sealdah–Bangaon Local
* The Sealdah–Thakurnagar Local
* The Sealdah–Gobardanga Local
* The Sealdah–Habra Local
* The Sealdah–Duttapukur Local
* The Sealdah–Barasat Local
* The Sealdah–Madhyamgram Local
* The Sealdah–Dum Dum Cantonment Local
* The Sealdah–Hasnabad Local
* The Sealdah–Basirhat Local

==Stations==
The railway stations on this route are:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Station No'''
! '''Railway Station'''

|-
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Sealdah}}

|-
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Bidhannagar Road}}

|-
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Dum Dum Junction}}

|-
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Dum Dum Cantonment}}
|-
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Durganagar}}
|-
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Birati}}
|-
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Bisharpara Kodaliya}}

|-
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|New Barrackpur}}

|-
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Madhyamgram}}

|-
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Hridaypur}}

|-
| align="center" | 11
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Barasat Junction}}

|-
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Bamangachhi}}

|-
| align="center" | 13
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Duttapukur}}

|-
| align="center" | 14
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Bira}}

|-
| align="center" | 15
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Guma}}

|-
| align="center" | 16
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Ashoknagar Road}}

|-
| align="center" | 17
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Habra}}

|-
| align="center" | 18
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Sanhati Halt}}

|-
| align="center" | 19
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Machlandapur}}
|-
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Gobardanga}}

|-
| align="center" | 21
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Thakurnagar}}

|-
| align="center" | 22
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Chandpara}}

|-
| align="center" | 23
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Bibhuti Bhushan Halt}}

|-
| align="center" | 24
| align="center" | {{stnlnk|Bangaon Junction}}
|-
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Sealdah Railway Station - Kolkata 2011-10-03 030250.JPG|Main Entrance of the [[Sealdah railway station]]
File:Dumdum Junction.jpg|[[Dum Dum Junction railway station]] platform board
File:BIRATI RAILWAY.jpg|Bird's eye view of [[Birati railway station]]
File:Madhyamgram Station.jpg|Platform of [[Madhyamgram railway station]]
File:Barasat Junction railway station (1).jpg|Bird's eye view of [[Barasat Junction railway station]]
File:Barasat Junction railway station (3).jpg|Main Entrance of [[Barasat Junction railway station]]
File:Habra railway station (1).jpg|[[Habra railway station]] platform board
File:Gobardanga railway station.jpg|Platform of [[Gobardanga railway station]]
File:Thakurnagar railway station (3).jpg|[[Thakurnagar railway station]] platform board
File:Bongaon Station platforms.jpg|Platforms of [[Bangaon railway station]]
File:Bangaon Rail Station.jpg|Main Entrance of the [[Bangaon railway station]]
File:Petrapole Railway Station.JPG|[[Petrapole railway station]]
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/Northern fringes}}

{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
|{{Railways in Eastern India}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sealdah-Bangaon line}}
[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:1862 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1862]]
[[Category:Railway stations in North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Sealdah railway division]]
[[Category:Transport in Kolkata]]

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