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{{Short description|Railway station in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]] {{font color|blue|SITARAMPUR JUNCTION}}
| type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Sitarampur Junction.jpg
| image_caption = Sitarampur railway station nameplate
| address = [[Sitarampur]], [[Asansol]], [[Paschim Bardhaman district]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|23|43|24|N|86|53|48|E|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|99|m|ft}}
| line = [[Howrah–Delhi main line]] [[Asansol–Patna section]] [[Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line]] [[Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line]] [[Grand Chord]] [[Asansol–Gaya section]]
| other =
| structure =
| platform = 5
| tracks = Quadruple Electric-Line
| entrances =
| parking = Available
| opened =
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1960–1961<ref name=elec>{{cite web|title=History of Electrification|url=http://www.irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|publisher=CORE (Central Organisation for Railway Electrification)|access-date=1 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225163912/http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|archive-date=25 December 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
| accessible =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = STN
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| division = Asansol Division
}}
| owned =
| operator =
| status = Functional
| former =
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| map_type = India West Bengal#India
| map_dot_label = Sitarampur Junction
| map_caption = Location in [[West Bengal]]##Location in India
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map
| mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=14|type=point|marker=rail}}
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{{Railways in Asansol|collapse=y}}
'''Sitarampur Junction''' (station code: '''STN''') is the railway station serving the neighbourhood of [[Neamatpur]] and [[Sitarampur]] in [[Asansol]], [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. Sitarampur Junction is part of the [[Asansol railway division|Asansol Division]] of the [[Eastern Railway zone]] of the [[Indian Railways]].<ref name=witness>{{cite news|title=No witness to nail train gangs|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100712/jsp/bengal/story_12672342.jsp|access-date=11 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)]]|date=12 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912064835/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100712/jsp/bengal/story_12672342.jsp|archive-date=12 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sitarampur Junction is connected to [[metropolitan area]]s of India, Delhi–Kolkata main line via the Mugalsarai–Patna route as well as the [[Grand Chord]] route. It has an average elevation of {{convert|99|m|ft}}.

==Overview==

===Mining-industry zone===
"The entire belt between Durgapur ({{Convert|158|km|abbr=on}} from Howrah), and all the way up to Dhanbad and beyond is industrialized. Apart from factories, there are many coal mines, 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." This description is from "Gomoh loco shed and CLW trip record" by Samit Roychoudhury.<ref>{{cite web|title= Gomoh loco shed and CLW trip record |work= Indian Railway Reports|publisher=IRFCA }}</ref>

==History==
As the movement of coal by trains increased considerably a new railway line, the [[Grand Chord]], was laid from Sitarampur to Mughalsarai. At that time, Sitarampur boasted the largest steam locomotive shed and the second largest coal moving yard in the country. Now the steam loco shed is gone as steam engines were phased out.

==Facilities==
[[File:Sitarampur railway station platform.JPG|thumb|Sitarampur railway station platform]]
The major facilities available are waiting rooms, reservation counter,2 wheeler and 4 wheeler vehicle parking. The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. The station also has an STD/ISD/PCO telephone booth, ATM counter, toilets, tea stall and book stall.<ref name=amenities>{{cite web|title=Major passenger amenities available in stations over Asansol Division|url=http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,443,529,542|work=Commercial Information|publisher=Official Website of the Eastern Railway|access-date=1 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015233919/http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C6%2C443%2C529%2C542|archivedate=15 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Platforms===
The platforms are connected by [[foot overbridge]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Sitarampur Junction railway station}}
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/585 Sitarampur Junction map]
* [http://bardhaman.nic.in/ Official website of the Bardhaman district]

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

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1901]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Asansol railway division]]

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Bogdanwyo at 13:12, 21 February 2026