Baranagar Road railway station

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.


Baranagar Road
বরাহ নগর রোড
वराह नगर रोड
Kolkata Suburban Railway Station
Baranagar Road railway station
LocationBarrackpore Trunk Road, Baranagar, Kolkata, West Bengal
India
Coordinates22°39′12.5482″N 88°22′43.8899″E
Elevation10.00 metres (32.81 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byEastern Railway
Platforms2 (Side platforms)
Tracks2
Connections Baranagar
Belghoria Expressway
Barrackpore Trunk Road
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingNot available
Bicycle facilitiesNot available
Disabled accessNot available
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeBARN[1][2][3]
Zone(s) Eastern Railway
Division(s) Sealdah
History
Opened1865 (1865)
Electrified1964-65
Previous namesEastern Bengal Railway
Services
Preceding station   Kolkata Suburban Railway   Following station
Dum Dum
toward Sealdah
Chord link Line
Location
Baranagar Road railway station
Location in Kolkata
Baranagar Road railway station
Location in West Bengal
Baranagar Road railway station
Location in India
Kolkata Chord Link line
 Chord Main line 
Sealdah metro
Sealdah Main
Sealdah South
to Namkhana  SDAH-NMKA Main 
Circular Canal
Narkeldanga Shed
Kankurgachi Road
Kankurgachi Road Cabin
Bidhannagar Road
Keshtopur Canal
Bidhannnagar Road
to Majerhat  DDJ-MJT Circular 
Jessore Road
to Kavi Subhash
Dum Dum Road
Dum Dum metro(left)
Dum Dum Jn. (right)
to Bangaon Jn.  SDAH-BNJ Main 
Keshtopur Canal
Noapara
to Ranaghat Jn.  SDAH-RHA Main 
Belghoria Expressway
B.T. Road
Dakshineshwar
PWD Road
 Hooghly River 
Bally Ghat
PWD Road
Belghoria Expressway
to Howrah  HWH-BWN Chord 
Bally Halt
Belanagar (left)
Rajchandrapur (right)
to Andul  SDAH-DKAE Branch 
Dankuni Electric Loco Factory
Dankuni Jn.
 Chord Main line Branch 
Dankuni Jn.
Rajchandrapur
to Sealdah  SDAH-DKAE Chord 
Bhattanagar
Benaras Road
to Amta  SRC-AMZ Branch 
Baltikuri Cabin
Bankra Nayabaz
Kona Expressway
to Howrah  HWH-MDN Main 
Maurigram
Andul

History

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.

The station

Station layout

Platform layout
G Street Level Exit/Entrance
P1 Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left
Towards →Dankuni→ →
P2 Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
Towards ←Sealdah← ←

Track layout
Baranagar Road track layout
to Dankuni
to Sealdah
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

Station complex
A view of station complex at afternoon

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]

Electrification

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

Connections

Metro

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

Bus
Belghoria Expressway beside railway station

This station is connected with B. T. Road and Belghoria Expressway. Bus route numbers 3, 26, 26C, 32A, 34B, 56, 78, 78/1, 79, 81/1, 201, 214, 214A, 222, 230, 234, 234/1, 237/1, 285, DN2, DN2/1, DN8/1, DN9/1, DN43, DN44, DN46, K4, JM4, S159 (Mini), S180 (Mini), S185 (Mini), C23, C28, C45, C50, D4/1, D5, E14, E17/1, E19, E20, E32, E33, E39, E41, E46, E51, E51/1, E52, E55, E56, EXE1, S9A, S11, S14C, S15G, S23A, S32, S32A, S57, S58, AC2B, AC20, AC23A, AC25, AC50, AC50A, AC54, ACT2, ACT8, ACT9, ACT10 serve the station.[6][7]

Auto

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

See also

References
  1. "Indian railway codes". Indian Railways. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  2. http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1540989334194-ER2.png
  3. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/datameet/railways/master/stations.json
  4. "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  5. "BARN/Baranagar Road railway station". India Rail Info. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/
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