Baranagar Road railway station

History

Station complex

Electrification

Connections

References

External links

Track layout

Metro

Bus

Auto

Location
	Baranagar Road Location in Kolkata Baranagar Road Location in West Bengal Baranagar Road Location in India

Route map
v; t; e; Calcutta Chord link line (C.C link line) ; (including A.C.C. link branch line)
	Legend
	14
	0
	Kona
	Expressway
	Howrah–
	Kharagpur line
	A.C.C. Link
	branch line
	Dankuni Loco
	Factory
	Belghoria
	Expressway
	Belghoria
	Expressway
	Vivekananda Setu over
	Hooghly River
	9
	0
	Baranagar jute
	mill siding
	10
	1
	15
	4
	Patipukur Loop
	line (dismantled)
	Kolkata Circular
	Railway
	Narkeldanga
	EMU Carshed
	Kankurgachi
	Chord line
Key
	out of use, planned, or
	under construction (u/c)

Baranagar Road
; Baranagar Road
Kolkata Suburban Railway station
	Baranagar Road railway station
General information
Location	Barrackpore Trunk Road, Baranagar, Kolkata, West Bengal; India
Coordinates	22°39′13″N 88°22′44″E / 22.653482°N 88.378856°E
Elevation	10.00 metres (32.81 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railway
Platforms	2 (Side platforms)
Tracks	2
Connections	Baranagar; Belghoria Expressway; Barrackpore Trunk Road
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Not available
Bicycle facilities	Not available
Accessible	Not available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	BARN
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Sealdah
History
Opened	1865; 159 years ago
Electrified	1964–65
Previous names	Eastern Bengal Railway
Services
Route map
Route map
v; t; e; Calcutta Chord link line (C.C link line) ; (including A.C.C. link branch line)
	Legend
	14
	0
	Kona
	Expressway
	Howrah–
	Kharagpur line
	A.C.C. Link
	branch line
	Dankuni Loco
	Factory
	Belghoria
	Expressway
	Belghoria
	Expressway
	Vivekananda Setu over
	Hooghly River
	9
	0
	Baranagar jute
	mill siding
	10
	1
	15
	4
	Patipukur Loop
	line (dismantled)
	Kolkata Circular
	Railway
	Narkeldanga
	EMU Carshed
	Kankurgachi
	Chord line
Key
	out of use, planned, or
	under construction (u/c)
Location
Location
	Baranagar Road Location in Kolkata Baranagar Road Location in West Bengal Baranagar Road Location in India

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Baranagar Road railway station is the railway station in the city of Baranagar. It serves the local areas of Baranagar in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India.

Chord link 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 for plying long-distance trains. But due to passenger demand was increased for long-distance trains start from Sealdah to pass through to this line and connects to the rest of India.

Baranagar Road track layout

Legend

Station with two tracks and two side platforms

The station complex is overall clean, porters/escalators, foods are available. There are excellent transport systems are available–Belghoria Expressway is beside the station and Barrackpore Trunk Road is under the station. There are also good lodging system and excellent railfanning systems are available in station complex. Sightseeing of this station is excellent.^[5]

The Sealdah–Dankuni sector was electrified in 1964–65.^[4]

It is connected with Baranagar metro station (under construction) of Kolkata Metro Line 1 and Kolkata Metro Line 5 .

This station is connected with B. T. Road and Belghoria Expressway. Various buses serve the station.

Several auto services are available on B. T. Road towards Sodepur, Dakshineswar, Sinthee.

^ "Indian railway codes". Indian Railways. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
^ http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1540989334194-ER2.png
^ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/datameet/railways/master/stations.json
^ ^a ^b "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
^ "BARN/Baranagar Road railway station". India Rail Info. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

to Dankuni

to Sealdah

[Indian_railway_codes-1] "Indian railway codes". Indian Railways. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

[2] ttp://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1540989334194-ER2.png

[3] ttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/datameet/railways/master/stations.json

[Electrification-4] "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

[5] "BARN/Baranagar Road railway station". India Rail Info. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

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Main line	Sealdah Bidhannagar Road Dum Dum Junction Baranagar Road Dakshineswar Bally Ghat Bally Halt Rajchandrapur Dankuni Junction
Branch line	Dankuni Junction Rajchandrapur Bhattanagar Baltikuri Bankra Nayabaz Andul

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