Ashoknagar Road railway station

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Ashoknagar Road
Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg Kolkata Suburban Railway station
General information
Location Ashoknagar, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal
India
Coordinates 22°49′36″N88°37′43″E / 22.826563°N 88.628568°E / 22.826563; 88.628568
Elevation13 metres (43 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Eastern Railway
Line(s) Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line of Kolkata Suburban Railway
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
StatusFunctional
Station codeASKR
Zone(s) Eastern Railway
Division(s) Sealdah
History
Opened1906;118 years ago (1906)
Electrified1972;52 years ago (1972)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station
Guma
towards Sealdah
Eastern Line Habra
towards Bangaon Junction
Location
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Ashoknagar Road
Location in West Bengal
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Ashoknagar Road
Location in India

Ashoknagar Road is a small railway station in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. Its code is ASKR. It serves Ashoknagar Kalyangarh City. The station consists of two platforms. The platform is not well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation. [1]

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Location

Ashoknagar Road is located on Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line of Kolkata Suburban Railway. Link between Dum Dum to Khulna now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon was constructed by Bengal Central Railway Company in 1882–84. [2] The Sealdah–Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64. [3]

Layout

Ashoknagar Road track layout
Legend
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to Bangaon
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to Sealdah
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Station with two tracks
and two side platforms

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References

  1. ↑ "ASKR/Ashoknagar Road". India Rail Info.
  2. ↑ "The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian". Rail India. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 28 August 2017.


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