Guir_Saranga_railway_station

Guir Saranga railway station

Guir Saranga railway station

Railway station in West Bengal, India

Guir Saranga railway station is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside Guir-Seharabazar Road at Guir in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1][2]

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History

Old narrow-gauge Bankura–Damodar Railway (also called as Bankura Damodar River Railway) connecting Bankura and Rainagar in Bankura and Bardhaman districts was opened to traffic in sections between 1916 and 1917.[3] In 2005, the 118 kilometers long railway section known as Bankura–Masagram line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge.[4] The whole track including Guir Saranga railway station was electrified in 2018–19.[5][6]

References

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    "Guir Saranga Railway Station (GSQ) : Station Code, Time Table, Map, Enquiry". NDTV. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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    roy, Joydeep. "Guir Saranga Railway Station Map/Atlas SER/South Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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    Aitken, Bill (3 July 1998). "Bankura's Iron Horses". Rediff. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
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    "Indian Railway History Time line". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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    "Electrification of Masagram-Bankura stretch to cut travel time". business-standard.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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    "Electrification of Railway Track". railnews.in. Retrieved 26 June 2019.


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