Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line
Railway route in West Bengal, India
The Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line connects the Sealdah Main and North terminus of Kolkata and Gede of Nadia district of West Bengal, India, with Naihati and Ranaghat serving as major junction points. Once a part of the old Calcutta–Siliguri main line, today it is a busy suburban section of the Kolkata Suburban Railway's Sealdah North section connecting the North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts with Kolkata. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division of the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.
The Naihati Jn –Bandel Jn branch line connects this line with the Howrah–Bardhaman main line and Bandel–Katwa line through the Sampreeti Bridge, and previously the Jubilee Bridge, over the Hooghly river. The Kalyani–Kalyani Simanta branch line caters to the Kalyani town and industrial area of the Nadia district.
Services
Once a part of the old Calcutta–Siliguri main line with prestigious trains such as Darjeeling Mail, East Bengal Express and East Bengal Mail running through it, today the section is primarily a suburban section with a total of 231 daily and 187 Sunday EMU services serving the Sealdah–Ranaghat section. A further 40 EMU services also run between Sealdah and Gede via Ranaghat junction. A majority of the services are served by 9-car EMU rakes from the Narkeldanga EMU Carshed. They are also served with a few 12-car EMU rakes from the Ranaghat EMU Carshed as well.
Gede railway station serves as a major international transit point for freight and passengers to Bangladesh with the Darsana railway station serving as its Bangladeshi counterpart.
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