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-The '''Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bongaon–Ranaghat line''' is a set of three lines interlinked with each other: the Sealdah–Bangaon line connecting {{stnlnk|Sealdah}} and {{stnlnk|Bangaon}}, the Barasat–Basirhat–Hasnabad line connecting [[Barasat Junction railway station|Barasat]] and {{stnlnk|Hasnabad}} and the Ranaghat–Bangaon line connecting {{stnlnk|Ranaghat}} and {{stnlnk|Bangaon}}. It is part of the [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] system and is under the jurisdiction of [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]].
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| name = Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line
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| caption = Local EMU train of the line between {{stnlnk|Harua Road}} and {{stnlnk|Bhasila}}
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| system = Electrified
| status = Operational
| locale = [[West Bengal]]
| start = {{stnlnk|Sealdah}}
| end = {{stnlnk|Hasnabad}}, {{stnlnk|Bangaon}}, {{stnlnk|Ranaghat}}
| stations = 30
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| daily_ridership = 0.5 million
| open = {{Start date and age|1862}}
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| owner = [[Indian Railways|Indian Railway]]
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
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Ranaghat–Bangaon: {{convert|33|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
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| electrification = 25 kV overhead line
| speed = up to 100 km per hour
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The '''Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bongaon–Ranaghat line''' is a set of three lines interlinked with each other: the Sealdah–Bangaon line connecting {{stnlnk|Sealdah}} and {{stnlnk|Bangaon}}, the Barasat–Basirhat–Hasnabad line connecting [[Barasat Junction railway station|Barasat]] and {{stnlnk|Hasnabad}} and the Ranaghat–Bangaon line connecting {{stnlnk|Ranaghat}} and {{stnlnk|Bangaon}}. It is part of the [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] system and is under the jurisdiction of [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]].

==History==
The main line of the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] from Sealdah to Ranaghat, was opened in 1862 and extended the same year to [[Kushtia Sadar Upazila|Kushtia]], now in Bangladesh.<ref name=history>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html | archive-url = https://archive.is/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><ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/history/nadia.html |title =Nadia, Bengal District Gazetteers (1910) |last= J.H.E.Garrett | publisher= [[IRFCA]] | access-date = 2012-02-10 }}</ref> In 1882–84 the Bengal Central Railway Company constructed two lines: one from Dum Dum to [[Khulna]], now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon and the other linking Ranaghat and Bangaon.<ref name=history/> [[Martin's Light Railways]] constructed the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) light railway from Barasat to Basirhat in 1914 and later extended to Hasnabad.<ref name=history/> The line was converted into {{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}}</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> The Sealah–Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64.<ref name="History of Electrification">{{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 1970s.

==Electrification==
The Sealah–Ashoknagar sector was electrified in 1963–64.<ref name="History of Electrification"/> The remaining line was electrified in 1970s.

==Car shed==
There is an [[Electrical Multiple Unit|EMU]] car shed at Narkeldanga Canal, near Sealdah, which also has space for some locomotives. [[Barasat]] also has an EMU car shed, having been designed to accommodate trains for rail engine and car maintenance.<ref name="Sheds and Workshops">{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title = Sheds and Workshops| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 4 May 2013}}</ref>

==Trains==
The only mainline train from that uses this track is the [[Bandhan Express]] which runs from {{stnlnk|Kolkata}} to {{stnlnk|Dhaka}}. Many local trains also ply on this route.<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>

==See also==
{{main|Sealdah–Bangaon line}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

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