Belboni railway station

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Belboni railway station
Indian Railway
LocationBanhambirpur, Belboni, Bankura district, West Bengal
India
Coordinates23°09′49″N 87°58′34″E / 23.16350677°N 87.976043°E / 23.16350677; 87.976043Coordinates: 23°09′49″N 87°58′34″E / 23.16350677°N 87.976043°E / 23.16350677; 87.976043
Elevation104 metres (341 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouth Eastern Railway
Line(s)Bankura–Masagram line
Platforms1
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingNo
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeBEX
Division(s) Adra
History
Opened1916
Closed1995
Rebuilt2005
Electrified2018–19
Previous namesBankura Damodar Railway
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
toward ?
South Eastern Railway zone
toward ?
Bankura–Masagram line
Legend
km
0
 Bankura Junction
Kharagpur–Bankura–
Adra line
Gandheswari River
4
 Bikna
9
 Nobanda
11
 Belboni
20
 Beliatore
23
 Chander
26
 Brindabanpur
30
 Srirampur
35
 Hamirhati
41
 Sonamukhi
47
 Dhansimla
52
 Dhagaria
57
 Patrasayer
62
 Betur
64
 Kumrul
69
 Indas
71
 Shankrul
73
 Sahaspur Road
to Arambagh & Sheoraphuli–
Bishnupur branch line
(
under
construction
)
79
 Bowaichandi
to Khana & Bardhaman–
Asansol section
(
under
construction
)
82
 Guir Saranga
84
 Kaiyar
87
 Seharabazar
92
 Gopinathpur
94
 Shyamsundar
97
 Rainagar
103
 Bokra
108
 Mathnashipur
110
 Berugram
Damodar River
112
 Gramdadpur
113
 Habaspur
115
 Gram Masagram
118
 Masagram
Howrah–Bardhaman
chord
km
Sources: [1] [2] [3]

Belboni railway station is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated Banhambirpur at Belboni in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History[edit]

Old narrow gauge Bankura–Damodar Railway (also called as Bankura Damodar River Railway) connecting Bankura and Rainagar in Bankura and Bardhaman districts was opened to traffic in sections between 1916 and 1917.[4] In 2005, the 118 kilometers long railway section known as Bankura–Masagram line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge.[5] The whole track including Belboni railway station was electrified in 2018–19.[6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Bankura-Masagram DEMU 78052". India Rail Info.
  2. ↑ "Adra Division Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.
  3. ↑ "South Eastern Railway Pink Book 2017-18" (PDF). Indian Railways Pink Book.
  4. ↑ "Bankura's Iron Horses". Retrieved June 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Indian Railway History Time line". Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Electrification of Masagram-Bankura stretch to cut travel time". business-standard.com. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Electrification of Railway Track". railnews.in. Retrieved June 9, 2019.


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