Belgharia
Belgharia railway station
General information
Location	Belgharia,Kolkata,West Bengal 700056 India
Coordinates	22°39′41″N88°23′21″E / 22.661363°N 88.389209°E /22.661363; 88.389209
Elevation	10 metres (33 ft)
System	Kolkata Suburban Railway
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railway
Line	Sealdah–Ranaghat line ofKolkata Suburban Railway
Platforms	4
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available forbicycles &motorcycles
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	BLH[1]
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Sealdah
History
Opened	1862; 163 years ago (1862)
Electrified	1963–1965; 60 years ago (1965)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station Dum Dum Junction towardsSealdah Eastern Line Main line Agarpara towardsRanaghat Junction
Route map Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line including Naihati–Bandel & Kalyani–Kalyani Simanta branch lines Legend km Chilahati–Parbatipur –Santahar–Darshana line Darshana–Jessore line 121 Darshana Bangladesh India border 117 Gede 114 Harish Nagar Halt 112 Banpur 106 Majhdia Mathabhanga river 100 Tarak Nagar Halt 97 Mayurhat Halt 94 Bagula 91 Bhayna Halt 89 Shantinagar Halt 87 Bahirgachhi Halt 91 Duttapulia (planned) 83 Aranghata km 80 Panchberia Halt 78 Bankimnagar Halt Ranaghat–Lalgola line old ferry route to Aistalaghat– Santipur dismantled NG line 76 Churni Ghat 74 Ranaghat Junction Ranaghat–Bangaon line Kalyani Simanta 56 69 Payradanga Kalyani Ghosh Para 53 63 Chakdaha Kalyani Silpanchal 51 61 Palpara FCI siding 58 Simurali Howrah–Bardhaman main line 54 Madanpur Bandel–Katwa line Bandel Junction 47 49 Kalyani Howrah–Bardhaman main line Kalyani Expressway Hooghly Ghat 43 46 Kanchrapara Jubilee Bridge overHooghly River 45   Kanchrapara Workshop Gate Kanchrapara Railway Workshop Sampreeti Bridge Hukumchand jute mill siding 43 Halisahar Indian Pulp & Paper Mill siding Naihati jute mill siding Sealdah–Ranaghat line Garifa 42 Naihati–Bandel line Gauripur jute mill siding 39 Naihati Junction Nadia jute mill siding Naihati Rail Yard Reliance jute mills siding 36 Kankinara abandoned lines Kankinara jute mill siding 34 Jagaddal Kankinara paper mill siding Weaverly jute mill siding Anglo-India jute mill siding 31 Shyamnagar Jagaddal jute mill siding Shyamnagar jute mill siding Alliance jute mill siding Dunbar cotton mill siding Alexandra jute mills siding 28 Ichhapur Meghna jute mills siding Ishapore Rifle Factory siding 26 Palta India jute mills siding 27 Racecourse Barrackpore Army Cantonment Craig jute mills siding 24 Barrackpore Auckland jute mills siding Bhatpara power house siding Empire jute mill siding Kelvin jute mill siding Kinnison jute mill siding Titagarh Wagons siding Standard jute mill siding abandoned lines Titagarh paper mill siding 22 Titagarh Titagarh jute mill siding CESC TTPS siding Khardaha jute mill siding 20 Khardaha Electrosteel Castings siding TEXMACO Sodpur siding 17 Sodpur 15 Agarpara Calcutta Chord link line Kamarhati jute mill siding Vivekananda Setu over Hooghly River M/s Diamond Products siding Dakshineswar 14  KM Pink Line  (planned) Baranagar jute mill siding TEXMACO Belgharia siding Baranagar Road 13 13 Belgharia Noapara 00 Noapara Metro Depot Kestopur Canal 15 Biman Bandar 13 Jessore Road Sealdah–Bangaon line line dismantled 11 Dum Dum Cantonment line dismantled Dum Dum Junction 08 Jessop & Co. factory siding Jessore Road Ordnance Factory siding Jai Hind (Bimanbandar) Patipukur loop line (dismantled)  KM Yellow Line  (u/c) Jessore Road Belgachia 00 10 Patipukur Chitpur Rail Yard Ultadanga Road 011 Lansdown mill siding Kolkata 012 Brown Blanket mill siding Kolkata Circular Railway  KM Blue Line  Kestopur Canal Bidhan Nagar Road 5 Bidhannagar Road Press House siding Kankurgachi Road 2 Kankurgachi Road Junction Narkeldanga EMU Carshed 3 Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Circular Canal Kankurgachi Chord line Sealdah North 00 0 Sealdah Main Sealdah  KM Green Line  Sealdah South 00 Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed 6 Kamardanga Halt Beruck & Comens Siding 3│7 Park Circus Sealdah South section km km Key Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm) Kolkata Metro (KM)broad gauge (1676 mm) Kolkata Metro (KM)standard gauge (1435 mm) in use   out of use, planned, or under construction (u/c)   tunnel This diagram: view talk edit
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Belgharia railway station is aKolkata Suburban Railway station on theSealdah–Ranaghat line. It servesBelgharia,Nimta and surrounding areas. It situates between theDum Dum Junction railway station and theAgarpara railway station.

The main line fromSealdah toRanaghat byEastern Bengal Railway was opened to railway traffic in the year 1862^[2] and extended toKushtia in present-dayBangladesh within two months.^[3][4] The Sealdah–Kusthia line of theEastern Bengal Railway used to work only on theeastern side of theHooghly River.^[5]

Thisrailway station and itstrack is located on theSealdah Ranaghat railway line that stretches betweenKolkata district,North 24 Parganas district andNadia district. This railway currently has 4 tracks fromSealdah toNaihati Junction and 2 tracks fromNaihati Junction toRanaghat Junction.

Thetrack of this station is classified as C-class track, is not a speed classification. But it is used forsuburban rail services inmetropolitan areas.^[6]

Theinfrastructure of the station is terrestrial. Therailway platform is almost fully sheltered. At the station, the building for station management and thestation master's building are located adjacent to theplatform no. 1. The station has two ticket counters one is outside theplatform no. 4 and another is onplatform no. 1. Passengers are issuedtickets from thoseplatforms by station ticket officers fortrain travel.

TheDown Train leaves fromplatform no. 2 and 4. On the other hand, theUp Train leaves fromplatform no. 1 and 3. There are manyapproach roads to this station.^[7] The Madhusudan Banarjee Road fromBirati side connects theFeeder Road fromBarrackpore Trunk Road side andJessore Road through the railway stationBelgharia.

There areauto rickshaw stands,E-rickshaw stands outside Platform 1 and Platform 4. All the platforms are connected withsubway andfoot-over bridge. The station hasseating,toilet,drinking water facilities for passenger convenience. There is nofour wheels vehiclesparking facility at the station. But available only forbicycles andmotorcycles..

Mostlocal passenger trains are electric trains and run on the tracks of Agarpara railway station. Electrification of this railway through theSealdah–Ranaghat line was completed in 1963–1965.^[8]

This station provides rail services to its surrounding area of the station. Trains approach forRanaghat,Kalyani Simanta,Gede,Sealdah andMajerhat run through this station. Local trains ofKolkata Suburban Railway serve rail passengers daily at this station.

Belgharia railway station belongs toSealdah Railway Division ofEastern Railway Zone ofIndian Railways. All the responsibilities of station management are given on the head of the station "Station Master". Apart from this, temporary mobile GRP personnel are employed for the security of the station and its premises. There is a GRP office on platform no. 1. Thesecurity of station adjoining areas is provided by thelocalpolice administration.

• Agarpara railway station
• Dum Dum Junction railway station
• Sealdah railway station
• Howrah railway station, the oldest and the busiest railway station ofIndia.

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