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| Location | Ultadanga,Kolkata,West Bengal 700054 India | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°35′28″N88°23′27″E / 22.591230°N 88.390737°E /22.591230; 88.390737 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 8.00 metres (26.25 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| System |  Kolkata Suburban Railwayjunction station | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Eastern Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Sealdah–Ranaghat line | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Not available | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Not available | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Not available | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Active | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | BNXR | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | Eastern Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Sealdah | |||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1862; 163 years ago (1862) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1963–1964; 61 years ago (1964) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Eastern Bengal Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Bidhannagar Road (formerly known asUltadanga Road) is aKolkata Suburban Railwayjunction station on theSealdah–Ranaghat line. Its code isBNXR. It is linked to theSealdah South lines viaSir Gurudas Banerjee Halt railway station. It is located inUltadanga,Kolkata,West Bengal,India. It servesUltadanga,Kankurgachi,Salt Lake and other surrounding areas inKolkata.
Under the initiative offormerWest BengalChief MinisterDr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the town was built by pumping thealluvium containing the Ganges'saline water to fill the low-lying areas, hence the name was made 'Saline Lake' or 'Salt Lake'. In 1972, under theleadership ofIndian Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi, the Calcutta Session of theIndian National Congress was to be held in this 'Salt Lake'.
Congressdelegates from all over India kept coming throughUltadanga station ofIndian Railways. Incidentally, at that time, i.e. in 1972AD, the name of 'Salt Lake' town was changed to 'Bidhanagar' and 'Ultadanga railway station' was renamed to 'Bidhanagar Road railway station'.
The station is rather uniquely designed. Platform no. 2 and 3 share the sameisland platform. However, the platform is very long (double the length of a normal platform) and is half the width of an island platform serving trains of both sides. Thesouthern half of the platform is used asplatform 2 and thenorthern half is used asplatform 3. The section of track which is not being used by the platforms has been fenced to provide safety from theaccelerating trains.
TheSealdah–Kusthia line ofEastern Bengal Railway was opened to traffic in 1862.[1]Eastern Bengal Railway worked on the eastern side of theHooghly River.[2]
TheSealdah–Ranaghat sector was electrified in 1963–64.[3]
Bidhannagar Road railway station handles 975,000passengers every day, with about 325 trains in both directions.[4]
Bus route number 12C/2, 30C/1, 32A, 43/1, 44, 44A, 45, 46, 46A, 46B, 47/1, 79D, 91C, 201, 206, 211, 211B, 215, 215A, 215A/1, 217, 217A, 217B, 221, 223, 237, L238, 253, 260, DN8, DN16/1, DN17, KB16, KB17, KB21, KB22, JM2, JM4, 007, K1, 5 (Mini), 20 (Mini), 20A (Mini), 29 (Mini), S138 (Mini), S151 (Mini), S152 (Mini), S171 (Mini), S172 (Mini), S175 (Mini), S184 (Mini), C14/1, C41, C42, C48, D7/1, D11A, D20, D22, E17, E25, E25A, E36, E39, E46, E47, MX1, MX3, S12C, S14C, S16, S19, S21, S30A, S30D, S37, S37A, S58, T11, 15, AC2, AC10, AC30, AC30S, AC35, AC37, AC37C, AC39, AC49A, AC50, AC50A, ACT5, ACT7, ACT9, M4, M10, MN5, MN10, MN20, MW7, V1, VS1, VS2, VS14, ST7, ST15, ST21 serve the station.[5]
Shyambazar metro station,Shobhabazar Sutanuti metro station,Bengal Chemical metro station andPhoolbagan metro station are located nearby.
Tram route number 18 serves the station.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport is about 9km at the distance viaVIP Road.
Kolkata/North Kolkata travel guide from Wikivoyage
