Santragachi Junction
General information
Location	Santragachi,Howrah,West Bengal  India
Coordinates	22°35′04″N88°16′59″E / 22.584395°N 88.283082°E /22.584395; 88.283082
Elevation	12 metres (39 ft)
System	Indian Railways and Kolkata Suburban Railway station
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	South Eastern Railways
Lines	Howrah–Kharagpur Howrah–Amta Santragachi -Shalimar
Platforms	8
Tracks	22
Connections	Kona Expressway Santragachi Bus Terminus Taxi Stand
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	SRC
Zone(s)	South Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Kharagpur
History
Opened	1900; 126 years ago (1900)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Bengal Nagpur Railway
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station Mourigram towardsMidnapore South Eastern Line Main line &Santragachi–Amta branch line Ramrajatala towardsHowrah Junction Bankranayabaz towardsAmta Padmapukur towardsShalimar
Route map Legend km Asansol–Tatanagar– Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Puri line Kharagpur–Bankura– Adra line Kalaikunda Kharagpur–Bankura –Adra line Nimpura Nimpura Through Yard Nimpura Goods Yard Girimaidan Hijli Kharagpur-Puri line 0 Kharagpur NH 60 7 Jakpur 13 Madpur 19 Shyam Chak 24 Balichak 27 Duan 30 Radhamohanpur 35 Haur 39 Khirai km Kangsabati River 44 Panskura Raghunathbari 20 to Ghatal (planned) Rajgoda 28 48 Narayan Pakuria Murail Saheed Matangini 33 51 Bhogpur Tamluk 36 00 54 Nandaigajan Nandakumar 10 57 Mecheda Nandakumar-Balaipanda new line (planned) 43 Keshabpur Chak Simulia 49 Satish Samanta Halt Bargoda 51 Mahishadal Moyna 60 Barda Balaipanda 66 Basulya Sutahata NH 41 Haldia Energy Power Station Haldi River 71 Durgachak Lavan Satyagrah Smarak 21 HPCL Siding Deshapran 33 Indorama Checmicals Siding Deshapran-Kendamari new line (planned) Gholpukur 74 Durgachak Town New Krishnanagar 77 Silpaprabesh Hampigram Haldia Industrial Belt Nandigram Kendamari Henria 39 Haldia Dock Complex Nachinda 52 Kanthi 63 79 Bandar ICF Haldia Sitalpur 69 81 Haldia Sujalpur 71 Ashapurna Devi 76 Kolaghat Thermal Power Station Badalpur 78 60 Kolaghat Kanthi-Egra new line (planned) Rupnarayan River Raipur 64 Deulti Satmile 67 Ghoraghata Paschimbatya 70 Bagnan Balighai Bagnan–Amta line (planned) Egra Damodar River Bhatda 78 Kulgachia Dubda 79 Bir Shibpur Paniparul Road Pujali–Uluberia line (planned) Depal 83 Uluberia Champa River 85 Phuleswar Ramnagar (Bengal) 86 88 Chengel Egra-Digha new line (planned) Fort Gloster Jute Mill Tikra 88 91 Bauria Digha–Jaleswar line (planned) 95 Nalpur Digha 94 Ambuja Cement 97 Abada Sankrail Goods yard 99 Sankrail Delta Jute Mill 103 Andul 105 Mourigram Santragachi–Amta branch line Hindustan Industries and Engineering 108 Santragachi Padmapukur NH 12 (Kona Expressway) Guest Keen Williams 109 Ramrajatala 111 Dasnagar Shalimar │ Shalimar rail yard 112 Tikiapara Howrah–Bardhaman main line &Howrah–Bardhaman chord 115 Howrah km Sources:[1][2][3][4] Legend to Bagnan (under construction) Amta Harishdadpur Jalalsi Maju Mahendralalnagar Munsirhat Pantihal to Champadanga (under construction) Bargachia Dakshinbari Domjur Domjur Road Makardaha Jhaluarbar Dansi Kona Calcutta Chord toDankuni Bhattanagar Calcutta Chord toDum Dum Baltikuri Bankranayabaz Howrah–Kharagpur line Andul NH 117 (Kona Epressway) Mourigram Hindustan Industries and Engineering Santragachi Padmapukur Guest Keen Williams Shalimar │ Shalimar rail yard NH 117 (Kona Expressway) Ramrajatala Dasnagar Tikiapara Howrah–Bardhaman main line &Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah Source: Google Maps
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Santragachi Junction railway station (SRC) is arailway junction inSouth Eastern Railway Zone ofIndian Railways, situated inSantragachhi,Howrah, India.^[5] The station is operated by theSouth Eastern Railway (SER) zone ofIndian Railways.^[5] It is one of the important railway station serving theKolkata metropolitan region, India. The other stations areSealdah,Howrah,Shalimar,Dankuni andKolkata station.

While the station had existed for many years on the line toHowrah railway station, work for its upgrade to a railway terminal started in 2015.^[5]SER wished to use it for their long-distance trains which reduces the load on the crowdedHowrah railway station, which is operated byEastern Railway.^[5]

Major trains available from Santragachi railway station are as follows:

●Santragachi–Chennai Central AC Superfast Express (22807/22808)

●Shalimar–Secunderabad AC Superfast Express (12773/12774)

●Santragachi–Pune Humsafar Express (20821/20822)

●Santragachi - Jabalpur Humsafar Express (20827/20828)

●Santragachi–Rani Kamalapati Humsafar Express (22169/22170)

●Santragachi–Tirupati Express (22855/22856)

●Santragachi–Mangaluru Central Vivek Express (22851/22852)

●Santragachi - Porbandar Kavi Guru Express (12949/12950)

●Santragachi - Tambaram Amrit Bharat Express (16107/16108)

●Santragachi - Purulia Rupashi Bangla Express (12883/12884)

●Santragachi–Anand Vihar Superfast Express (22857/22858)

●Santragachi–Ajmer Weekly Express (18009/18010)

●Santragachi - Hazur Sahib Nanded Express (12767/12768)

●Howrah–Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express (12021/12022)

●New Jalpaiguri - Digha Paharia Express (15721/15722)

●Shalimar–Chennai Central Superfast Express (22825/22826)

●Shalimar – Vasco da Gama Amaravati Express (18047/18048)

●Shalimar - Nagercoil Gurudev Express (12659/12660)

●Shalimar - Thiruvananthapuram Express (22641/22642)

●Shalimar - Hyderabad East Coast Express (18045/18046)

●Shalimar–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express (18029/18030)

●Shalimar - Puri Sri Jagannath Express (18409/18410)

●Shalimar - Bhojudih Aranyak Express (12885/12886)

●Shalimar - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Samarsata Express (12151/12152)

●Shalimar - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Jnaneswari Express (12101/12102)

●Shalimar - Visakhapatnam Superfast Express (22853/22854)

●Shalimar - Sambalpur Mahima Gosain Express (20831/20832)

●Shalimar - Badampahar Express (18049/18050)

●Shalimar–Gorakhpur Express (15021/15022)

●Shalimar–Udaipur City Weekly Express (20971/20972)

●Shalimar–Porbandar Superfast Express (12905/12906)

●Shalimar–Bhuj Weekly Superfast Express (22829/22830)

●Shalimar - Okha Superfast Express (22905/22906)

●Shalimar - Puri Express (12887/12888)

●Shalimar - Puri Garib Rath Express (12881/12882)

●Shalimar - Sambalpur Superfast Express (22803/22804)

●Shalimar - Bhanjpur Simlipal Intercity Express (18007/18008)

●Howrah - Jagdalpur Samaleshwari Express (18005/18006)

●Howrah–Mumbai CSMT Mail (via Nagpur) (12809/12810)

●Howrah–Chennai Mail (12839/12840)

●Howrah - Hatia Kriya Yoga Express (18615/18616)

●Howrah - Digha Tamralipta Express (12857/12858)

●Howrah - Puri Dhauli Express (12821/12822)

●Howrah - Jamshedpur Steel Express (12813/12814)

●Howrah - Chennai Central Coromandel Express (12841/12842)

●Howrah–Mysore Express (22817/22818)

●Howrah - Mumbai CSMT Gitanjali Express (12859/12860)

●Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast Express (12833/12834)

●Howrah - Digha Kandri Express (22897/22898)

●Howrah - Secunderabad Falaknuma Express (12703/12704)

●Howrah - Titlagarh Ispat Express (12871/12872)

●Howrah - Kantabanji Ispat Express (22861/22862)

●Howrah - Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal Superfast Express (12863/12864)

●Santragachi–Tambaram Antyodaya Express (22841/22842)

In 2018 two people died due to a stampede at the railway station.^[6] According toThe Hindu, the two were killed when a train hit them when they were crossing the railway tracks on foot.

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  Narrow-gauge steam locomotive is preserved at Santragachi Railway Station
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  Santragachi railway station passenger terminal

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