Malda Town railway station
Malda Town | |
|---|---|
| Indian Railway Station | |
 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Station Road, English Bazar, West Bengal India |
| Coordinates | 25°00′58″N 88°07′49″E / 25.0162°N 88.1302°E |
| Elevation | 30 metres (98 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | Eastern Railway |
| Line(s) | Howrah-New Jalpaiguri line |
| Platforms | 5 |
| Tracks | Broad Gauge |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) |
| Parking | Available |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | MLDT |
| Zone(s) | Eastern Railway |
| Division(s) | Malda |
| History | |
| Electrified | No |
Malda Town (Template:Lang-bn) is a railway station, serves English Bazar city in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the rail head for a visit to Gauḍa (city) and Pandua.
History
In the early 1960s, when Farakka Barrage was being constructed, a radical change was made in the railway system north of the Ganges. Indian Railways created a new broad-gauge rail link from Kolkata.[1]
The 2,240 m (7,350 ft) long Farakka Barrage carries a rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges. The rail bridge was opened in 1971 thereby linking the Barharwa-Azimganj-Katwa loop to Malda, New Jalpaiguri and other railway stations in North Bengal.[2][3]
Busy station
Malda Town railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[4]One of the reason for it being a busy station is that every train that passes through the station stops here since it is the meeting point of two railway zone (The Eastern Railway and the Northeast Frontier Railway). To the north of the station starts the Northeast Frontier Railway and to the south starts the Eastern Railway.
Malda railway division
Malda railway division was established in 1984.[5]
Tourism
The ruins of the historic cities of Gauda and Pandua are approachable from Malda Town railway station.[6]
References
- ^ "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Salman, Salman M. A.; Uprety, Kishor (2002). Conflict and cooperation on South Asia's international rivers: a legal perspective. World Bank Publications. pp. 135–136. ISBN 978-0-8213-5352-3. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ R.P.Saxena. "Indian Railway History timeline". Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ "Malda rail snip riles Congress". The Telegraph, 24 December 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Gaur-Pandua". India Unveiled. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
External links
- Trains at Malda Town railway station
Gour-Pandua travel guide from Wikivoyage- Malda City travel guide from Wikivoyage
| Preceding station | Indian Railway | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Indian Railways lines |
Template:Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways
