Dankuni Junction | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Dankuni Station Road, Station Pally,Dankuni,Hooghly District, West Bengal India | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°40′41″N88°17′28″E / 22.677995°N 88.290975°E /22.677995; 88.290975 | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 7 metres (23 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| System |  Indian Railways andKolkata Suburban Railway station | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Eastern Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Lines | Howrah–Bardhaman chord and Calcutta Chord / Dankuni–Sealdah | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 5 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | DKAE[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | Eastern Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Howrah | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1917 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1964–66 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | East Indian Railway Company | |||||||||||||||
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Dankuni Junction is a railway junction on theHowrah–Bardhaman chord and is located inHooghly district in the Indian state ofWest Bengal. The station is linked with bothHowrah andSealdah.
Dankuni has grown into an important intercity railway station serving theKolkata metropolitan region. It is a major intermediate stoppage for mail and express trains plying to and fro thesouthern states of India and thenortheastern states of India.
TheHowrah–Bardhaman chord, a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than theHowrah–Bardhaman main line, was constructed in 1917. In 1932, the Calcutta chord line was built over theWillingdon Bridge joining Dum Dum and Dankuni.[2]
Howrah–Bardhaman chord was electrified in 1964–66.[8]
Trial production has started in the Diesel Component Factory at Dankuni.[9] Built at a cost of Rs. 84.21 crores, it was inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal on 28 May 2012. The components manufactured are being supplied toBanaras Locomotive Works.[10]
Construction of the Rs. 270.77 crore Electric Loco Component Factory is in progress.[10]
A project is on to remodel the Dankuni Goods Yard and develop it as Dankuni Freight Yard. It will be a multi-purpose freight terminal that would consolidate the entire freight movement in one place. It will ease the load of Howrah, Sealdah, Shalimar and Chitpur yards.[11][12]
The 1839 km long easterndedicated freight corridor has been proposed from Dankuni toLudhiana, inPunjab.[13]
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 Moving through Dankuni railway station with freight terminal in the distance |
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