Komagata_Maru_Budge_Budge_railway_station

Komagata Maru Budge Budge railway station

Komagata Maru Budge Budge railway station

Railway Station in West Bengal, India


Komagata Maru Budge Budge (previously known as Budge Budge) is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Budge Budge Branch line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It serves the local area of Budge Budge in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1][2]

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History

In 1890, the Eastern Bengal Railway constructed a 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide broad-gauge railway from Ballygunge Junction to Budge Budge.[3]

In 2013, the station was renamed from Budge Budge to commemorate the martyrs of the Komagata Maru incident who fell to British bullets near the station.[4]

Electrification

Electrification from Ballygunge Junction to Budge Budge was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1965–66.[5]

Station complex

The platform is very much well sheltered. The station possesses many facilities including water and sanitation. There is a proper approach road to this station.[6]


References

  1. "BGB/Budge Budge". Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  2. "BUDGE BUDGE (BGB) Railway Station". NDTV. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. "Indian Railways History Time Line". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. "Continuing the voyage of Komagata Maru". The Tribune India. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  5. "The Chronology of Railway Development in Eastern India". Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.



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