Dakshineswar_railway_station

Dakshineswar railway station

Dakshineswar railway station

Railway station in West Bengal, India

Dakshineswar is a railway station of Eastern Railway. It is 13 km away from Sealdah and 9 km from Dankuni Junction on the Sealdah–Dankuni line of Eastern Railway. Dankuni and Bardhaman local train connects this place to Sealdah Station and other stations of the Sealdah main line. It is an important railway station between Dum Dum and Dankuni railway stations.

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History

Sealdah–Dankuni line was opened in 1932 by the Eastern Bengal Railway.[4][5] The line was electrified in 1965.[6]

The station

Dakshineswar Railway Station (in middle) building built as a replica of the iconic Dakshineswar Temple, and the Dakshineswar metro station (in right) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Station layout

Platform layout

G Street level Exit/Entrance
P1 Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left Disabled access
Towards →Dankuni→ →
Towards ←Sealdah← ←
P2 Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left Disabled access

Track layout

Dakshineswar track layout
Legend
to Dankuni
to Sealdah
Station with two tracks
and two side platforms

Major trains

References

  1. [1]
    "List of Railway Stations and their Codes". Indian Railways. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Eastern Railway System Map" (PNG). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. [3]
    "datameet/railways/stations.json" (JSON). GitHub. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  4. [4]
    "HOWRAH DIVISION : HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE - THE FIRST JOURNEY". Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  5. [5]
    "US Archive .org pdf download of 'History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress', 31 March 1937 by 'The Government of India - Railway Department' page 70 pdf 95" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  6. [6]
    "History of Electrification". Archived from the original on 6 May 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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