Gourinathdham | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | NH 32, Gourinathdham, Purulia district, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°23′45″N86°16′29″E / 23.3958°N 86.2746°E /23.3958; 86.2746 | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 277 metres (909 ft) | ||||||||||
| System | Indian Railways station | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | South Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Line | Purulia–Kotshila line | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard at ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | GTD | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Adra | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1907 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 1998–99 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Bengal Nagpur Railway | ||||||||||
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Gourinathdham railway station serves Gourinathdham and surrounding areas inPurulia district in the Indian state ofWest Bengal.
The railway station is onNH 18. It is located at an altitude of 277 metres (909 ft) above sea level. It has a single platform and track doubling work is going on from middle of the year 2018 and also a new platform built then it has 2 platforms. The railway station was allotted the station code of GTD and is under the jurisdiction of Adra railway division ofSouth Eastern Railway.[1]
The Purulia–Ranchi line was opened as a2 ft 6 in (762 mm)-widenarrow-gauge railway in 1907. It was named Ranchi–Purulia Railway and operated byBengal Nagpur Railway.[2]The Kotshila–Ranchi sector was converted to5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)broad gauge in 1962 and the Purlia–Kotshila sector in 1992.[3]
The Purulia–Kotshila sector was electrified in 1998–99.[4]
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