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Bardhaman–Katwa line

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Railway line in India

Bardhaman–Katwa line

Katwa Junction is one of the termini
of the Bardhaman–Katwa line

Overview

Status

Operational

Owner

Indian Railways

Locale

West Bengal

Termini

Stations

Service

System

Electrified

Operator(s)

1915-1966McLeod's Light Railways
1966-presentEastern Railway

History

Opened

1 December 1915 (NG),
11 February 2014 (BG) (Bardhaman - Balgona Section),
12 January 2018 (BG) (Balgona - Katwa Section)

Closed

15 April 2010 (Bardhaman - Balgona section);
1 December 2014 (Balgona - Katwa section)

Technical

Line length

53 km (33 mi)

Track gauge

5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)broad gauge

Old gauge

2 ft 6 in (762 mm)

Electrification

25 kV AC overhead
since 11 February 2014 (Bardhaman - Balgona section);
since 12 January 2018 (Balgona - Katwa Section)

Route map

Legend

Bardhaman–Asansol section Right arrow

Khari River

Mangalkot

(planned)

Bandel–Katwa line

Sources:^[1]

TheBardhaman–Katwa line is a5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)broad gauge branch line connectingBardhaman andKatwa inPurba Bardhaman district ofWest Bengal. It is under the jurisdiction ofEastern Railway. The line was anarrow gauge line, before its gauge conversion began on 2010. The gauge conversion was done in two phases along with electrification and the full broad gauge line was open to the public again on 12 January 2018.^[2]

History

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McLeod's Light Railways

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McLeod's Light Railways (MLR) consisted of four2 ft 6 in (762 mm)narrow gauge lines inWest Bengal inIndia. The railways were built and owned by McLeod & Company, which was the subsidiary of a London company of managing agents, McLeod Russell & Co. Ltd.^[3]

Burdwan-Katwa Railway connectingBardhaman (earlier known as Burdwan) andKatwa in nowPurba Bardhaman district,West Bengal was opened to traffic on 1 December 1915. The railway was built in2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge and total length was 53 kilometres (33 mi).^[4]

The railway had a maximum speed of 30 kilometres per hour (19 mph).^[5]^[6]

Gauge Conversion

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The 53 km long railway section was converted to5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)broad gauge,^[7]^[8] work for which began on 15 April 2010.^[9]

The Bardhaman-Balogna section of the line, after conversion from narrow gauge to electrified broad gauge, was opened to the public on 11 February 2014.^[10] The Balogna-Katwa section of the line, after conversion from narrow gauge to electrified broad gauge, was opened to the public on 12 January 2018.^[11]

References

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^"Howrah Division System Map".ER Railway.
^"Baro rail Katwae, jamlo bhidr (Big railway in Katwa, crowd gathers)".Bengali. Ananda Bazar Patrika, 13 January 2018. Retrieved13 January 2018.
^"McLeod's Light Railways". Retrieved22 August 2009.
^"Burdwan-Katwa Railway". Retrieved22 August 2009.
^"Narrow gauge gets a new lease of life".The Statesman, 14 October 2004. Retrieved22 August 2009.^{[dead link]}
^Manning, Ian."The Katwa Railways".From Bengal Towards Nagpur. Indian Railway Fan Club. Retrieved22 August 2009.
^"Burdwan-Katwa Railway". fibis. Retrieved2 May 2013.
^Siddiqui, Kanchan."Burdwan bids adieu to vintage narrow gauge trains". The Statesman, 14 April 2010. Retrieved2 May 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^"Villagers stall rail project in Burdwan".The Times of India. Retrieved25 August 2018.
^"Bardhaman-Balogna new EMU service introduced". Indian Railways. Archived fromthe original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved25 August 2018.
^"Baro rail Katwae, jamlo bhidr (Big railway in Katwa, crowd gathers)".Bengali. Ananda Bazar Patrika, 13 January 2018. Retrieved13 January 2018.

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Bihar	Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Samastipur section Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Jogbani–Katihar line Mansi–Saharsa line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Saharsa–Purnia line Saharsa–Forbesganj line Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
Jharkhand	Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Dhanbad–Chandrapura line Railways in Jharia Coalfield Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
Odisha	Khurda Road–Bolangir line Cuttack–Sambalpur line
West Bengal	Ahmadpur–Katwa line Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line Andal–Sainthia branch line Andal–Sitarampur loop line Bandel–Howrah Line Bandel–Katwa line Bankura–Masagram line Bardhaman–Asansol section Bardhaman–Katwa line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Howrah–Barddhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line Santragachi–Amta branch line Sealdah Main and North section Calcutta Chord link line Kolkata Circular Railway Sealdah–Bangaon line Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line Sealdah South section Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line

Suburban
rail transport

Monorail

Defunct lines

Revived/ Under revival	Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway Bankura–Damodar Railway Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway Burdwan–Katwa Railway Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
Inactive	Bengal Provincial Railway East Coast State Railway Kalighat Falta Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway Dehri Rohtas Light Railway Patna–Digha Ghat line Parlakimedi Light Railway

Zones & Divisions

Eastern	Asansol Howrah Malda Sealdah
East Central	Danapur Dhanbad Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Samastipur Sonpur
East Coast	Sambalpur Khurda Road Waltair
North Eastern	Varanasi
Northeast Frontier	Katihar Alipurduar
South Eastern	Adra Chakradharpur Kharagpur Ranchi

Production units/
workshops

Transit points
with Bangladesh

Active	Haldibari–Chilahati Singhabad–Rohanpur Radhikapur–Biral Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole
Defunct	Mahisasan–Shahbajpur Changrabandha–Burimari New Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

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