Sealdah–Bangaon line
Railway Route in West Bengal, India
The Sealdah–Bangaon line is a 78 km (48 mi) long broad gauge railway line that connects the Sealdah railway station of Kolkata with Bangaon of North 24 Parganas in the Indian state of West Bengal. Once a part of the old Calcutta–Jessore–Khulna line, today it is a busy suburban section of the Kolkata Suburban Railway. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division of the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways.
The line has two branch lines. The 53 km (33 mi) long Barasat–Basirhat–Hasnabad branch line with 20 stations provides connectivity to much of the Basirhat subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district, while the 28 km (17 mi) long Ranaghat–Bangaon branch line with 9 stations connects this line with the Ranaghat Junction on the Sealdah–Ranaghat section.
Services
The line was a part of the old Calcutta–Jessore–Khulna line with trains such as the Barisal Express running through it. Today however it is primarily a suburban section with a total of 138 daily and 112 Sunday EMU services serving the Sealdah–Bangaon section. A further 31 EMU services between Bangaon and Ranaghat junctions, and 2 EMU services, between Bangaon and Shantipur junctions, run via the Ranaghat–Bangaon branch line. The Barasat–Hasnabad branch line is served by a total of 46 daily and 38 Sunday EMU services. Majority of the services are provided by 9-car and 12-car EMU rakes from the Barasat EMU Carshed.
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