Madhukunda | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Mdhukunda, Purulia district, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°37′37″N86°52′10″E / 23.6269°N 86.8695°E /23.6269; 86.8695 | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 128 metres (420 ft) | ||||||||||
| System | Indian Railways station | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | South Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Line | Asansol–Adra line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | MDKD | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Adra | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1891 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 1957–62 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Bengal Nagpur Railway | ||||||||||
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Madhukunda railway station servesMadhukunda, Tiluri village and surrounding areas inPurulia andBankura districts in the Indian state ofWest Bengal. It is located on the southern bank of theDamodar and a railway bridge connects it toDamodar railway station.
TheBengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur toAsansol, on theHowrah–Delhi main line, was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.[1]
The Tatanagar–Adra–Asansol section was electrified in the 1957–1962 period.[2] The Asansol–Purulia sector was electrified in 1961–62.[3]
There is a cement plant, Damodhar Cement Works, owned byACC Ltd. at Madhukunda.[4]
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