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Ahmadpur–Katwa line

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Railway line in India

Ahmadpur–Katwa line

Railcar No 10607 in March 2012

Overview

Status

Operational

Owner

Indian Railways

Locale

West Bengal

Termini

Stations

Service

System

Electrified

Operator(s)

1917-1966McLeod's Light Railways 1966-presentEastern Railway

History

Opened

29 September 1917 (NG) 24 May 2018 (BG)

Closed

14 January 2013 (NG)

Technical

Line length

52 km (32 mi)

Track gauge

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

Old gauge

2 ft 6 in (762 mm)

Route map

Legend

Sahibganj loop Right arrow

Ahmadpur Junction

Nirolgram Halt

Kandor River

Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop

Nabagram Kankurhati

Ajay River

Bardhaman–Katwa line

Katwa Junction

Bandel–Katwa line

Sources:^[1]

TheAhmadpur–Katwa line is a railway branch line connectingAhmadpur Junction railway station inBirbhum district andKatwa inPurba Bardhaman district of the Indian state ofWest Bengal. It is under the jurisdiction of theEastern Railway.^[2] This branch is crucial as it connects theKatwa-Bandel-Howrah/Sealdah route with theKhana-Rampurhat section of theSahibganj loop, bypassing theBarddhaman Station.

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. The railways were built and owned by McLeod & Company, a subsidiary of a London company of managing agents, McLeod Russell & Co. Ltd.^[3]

Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway connectingAhmadpur (nowBirbhum district) andKatwa (nowPurba Bardhaman district),West Bengal opened on 29 September 1917. The railway was built in2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge and total length was 52 kilometres (32 mi).^[4]

The engines chugged along at a maximum speed of 30 km per hour.^[5]^[6]

In 1966, ownership of the AKR, together with its sister line, theBurdwan–Katwa Railway, was transferred to the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways.^[7]

Gauge conversion

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This 52 km-long railway section was converted to1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge, work for which began on 14 January 2013. The line was opened to the public on 24 May 2018.^[8]^[9]

Stations between Ahmadpur- Katwa Line

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Trains

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This route is served by six local trains that run daily :

⁦03037 Katwa - Ahmadpur MEMU special
03055 Katwa - Ahmadpur Express special
03099 Katwa - Ahmadpur MEMU Special
03038 Ahmadpur - Katwa MEMU special
03056 Ahmadpur - Katwa Express Special
03100 Ahmadpur - Katwa MEMU Special

References

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^"Howrah Division System Map".ER Railway.
^Chakraborty, Snehamoy (14 January 2013)."Emotions pasted – One last run".The Telegraph. Archived fromthe original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved2 May 2013.
^"McLeod's Light Railways". Retrieved22 August 2009.
^"Ahmedpur-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.
^"Ahmadpur-Katwa Railway". FIBIS Wiki. Retrieved22 August 2009.
^"First train starts running on newly constructed Ahmedpur Katwa broadgauge line" (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika. Retrieved25 August 2018.
^"Passenger train to start on newly constructed Ahmedpur Katwa broadgauge line". Indian Railways. Retrieved25 August 2018.

Railways in Eastern India

National network/
trunk lines

Other lines/sections

Interstate	Asansol–Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barsoi–New Farakka section Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line Dumka–Bhagalpur line Gaya–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction section Hatia–Rourkela line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
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

Indian railheads
near India–Nepal border

Railway companies

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History

McLeod's Light Railways

Gauge conversion

Stations between Ahmadpur- Katwa Line

Trains

See also

References