Bally Ghat railway station is a station of Eastern Railway in Howrah. It is 15 km away from Sealdah and 7 km from Dankuni Junction on the Sealdah–Dankuni line of Eastern Railway. It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. Dankuni and Bardhaman local trains connect this place to Sealdah Station and other stations of the Sealdah main line. It is an important railway station between Dum Dum and Dankuni.
History[edit | edit source]
Sealdah–Dankuni line was opened in 1865 and converted to electrification in 1965,[4] On that time the Freight Services was passed on this line which was profitable for railways and the EMU trains also runs on this line for connecting to Chord line to Howrah Jn for plying long-distance trains.
The station[edit | edit source]
Station layout[edit | edit source]
Platform layout[edit | edit source]
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| P1 | Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left 
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| Towards →Dankuni→ → | ||
| Towards ←Sealdah← ← | ||
| P2 | Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
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Track layout[edit | edit source]
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Indian railway codes". Indian Railways. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ↑ "Timetable". www.er.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- ↑ "Code". raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- ↑ Electrification of Railways, irfca.org, 10 December 2018
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| South Eastern Railway | |
| North East Frontier Railway |
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| Suburban rail and urban transit | |
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