Asansol railway division

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Asansol railway division is one of the four railway divisions under Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 1925 and its headquarter is located at Asansol in the state of West Bengal of India. Currently[when?] it is the highest revenue generating division of Eastern Railways.[citation needed]

Howrah railway division, Sealdah railway division and Malda railway division are the other railway divisions under ER Zone headquartered at Kolkata.[1][2]

List of railway stations and towns[edit]

The list includes the stations under the Asansol railway division and their station category.[3][4]

Category of station No. of stations Names of stations
A-1 Category 0
A Category 4 Asansol, Durgapur, Jasidih, Madhupur
B Category 4 Chittaranjan
C Category - Suburban stations
D Category 12 Siuri
E Category 36 Jamtara, Vidyasagar, Sitarampur Jn
F Category 26 Halt stations
Total 82 -

Stations closed for Passengers -

References[edit]

  1. "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. "Asansol Railway Division". Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  3. "Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  4. "PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation of Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.