Ashoknagar Road railway station
Ashoknagar Road railway station is a small railway station in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. Its code is ASKR. It serves Ashoknagar town. The station consists of two platforms. The platform is not well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation.[1]
Location[edit]
Ashoknagar Road is located on Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line of Kolkata Suburban Railway. Link between Dum Dum to Khulna now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon was constructed by Bengal Central Railway Company in 1882–84.[2] The Sealdah–Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64.[3]
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "ASKR/Ashoknagar Road". India Rail Info.
- ↑ "The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian". Rail India. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
External links[edit]
- Ashoknagar Road Station Map
- Google. "Ashoknagar Road Railway station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
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