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{{Infobox station
| name = Sitarampur Junction
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Sitarampur railway station nameplate.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>
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = STN
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| division = Asansol Division
}}
| owned =
| operator =
| status = Functional
| former =
| 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 =
}}
{{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=live}}</ref> Sitarampur Junction is connected to [[metropolitan area]]s of India, Delhi–Kolkata main line via 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 (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." 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 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 of 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 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|2}}

== External links ==

{{commons category|Sitarampur 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 Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in India]]
[[Category:Asansol railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1901]]

Sitarampur railway station - Revision history

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