Kalikapur railway station
Kalikapur railway station | |||||||||||
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| Kolkata Suburban Railway Station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Station Road, Benebou, Kalikapur, Sonarpur, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°14′40″N 88°16′59″E / 22.2445°N 88.2830°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 6 metres (20 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sealdah–Canning line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
| Parking | Not available | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Not available | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Station code | KLKR | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Sealdah | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1862 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 1965–66 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Eastern Bengal Railway | ||||||||||
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Kalikapur railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Sealdah–Canning line. It is under the jurisdiction of Sealdah railway division in Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. The station is situated beside station road at Benebou, Kalikapur, Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.[1][2]
History
The 45 km long line from Calcutta to Port Canning via Sonarpur Junction railway station, constructed in 1862 by the Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway, was the first railway track on the east bank of the Hooghly River. It ran from the then Beliaghata station (presently Sealdah South station) to Canning on the Matla River.[3][4] Sonarpur to Canning railway track including Kalikapur railway station was electrified in 1965-66[5]
References
- ^ "KLKR/Kalikapur". Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "KALIKAPUR (KLKR) Railway Station". ndtv.com. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "The Chronology of Railway Development in Eastern India". Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Priyanka Rastogi. "Early Sunrise, Early Sunset: Tales of a Solo Woman Traveler Across North". Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "TRACTION DISTRIBUTION SEALDAH". Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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