Indas_railway_station

Indas railway station

Indas railway station

Railway station in West Bengal, India

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

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History

The old narrow-gauge Bankura–Damodar Railway (also called the 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 kilometres (73 mi) long railway section known as the Bankura–Masagram line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge.[4] The whole track including Indas railway station was electrified in 2018–19.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    roy, Joydeep. "Indas Railway Station Map/Atlas SER/South Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Indas Railway Station (INS) : Station Code, Time Table, Map, Enquiry". NDTV. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Bankura's Iron Horses". Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Indian Railway History Time line". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Electrification of Masagram–Bankura stretch to cut travel time". Business-Standard. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
    - "Electrification of Railway Track". Rail News. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.


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