Dunlop, Kolkata

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Dunlop
Neighbourhood of Kolkata
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Dunlop Crossing
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Dunlop
Location in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Dunlop (West Bengal)
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Coordinates: 22°39′08″N88°22′37″E / 22.65222°N 88.37694°E / 22.65222; 88.37694
CountryIndia
State West Bengal
Division Presidency
District North 24 Parganas [1] [2]
Metro Station Baranagar
Railway station Baranagar Road
Government
  Type Municipality
  Body Baranagar Municipality
Elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Languages
  Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700108 [3]
Telephone code+91 33 [4]
Vehicle registration WB-23, WB-24 [5]
Lok Sabha constituency Dum Dum [6]
Vidhan Sabha constituency Baranagar [6]
Website baranagarmunicipality.org

Dunlop is a neighbourhood in Baranagar of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Geography

Location

The boundary of Dunlop is :- in the east – the Rail line from Sealdah towards Dankuni and Baruipara; in the west – Dakshineswar and Hooghly river; in the north – Kamarhati and Belgharia and in the south – Alambazar, Baranagar Bazar and Bonhooghly. Dakshineswar Kali Temple lies just a quarter of a mile from this place.

Transport

Road

Belghoria Expressway, Dunlop Belghoria Expressway - Kolkata 2011-09-09 4955.JPG
Belghoria Expressway, Dunlop

B.T. Road (part of both SH 1 and SH 2) passes through Dunlop. [7] Belghoria Expressway also passes through Dunlop. "Dunlop Crossing" (B.T. Road, Gopal Lal Tagore Road and PWD Road Junction) is one of the largest crossings near Kolkata which connects Kolkata with Northern suburban areas and Howrah, Hooghly. [8]

Shahid Bhagat Singh Flyover (Dunlop Bridge) connects B.T. Road (Saket Nagar) with PWD Road (Ashokgarh). It has easened smooth passing of the light vehicles at Dunlop Crossing. The flyover was opened on 8 October 2012. [9]

Bus route numbers 26, 26C, 32A, 34B, 43, 56, 78, 78/1, 79, 81/1, 201, 214, 214A, 222, 230, 234, 234/1, 285, DN2, DN2/1, DN9/1, DN43, DN44, DN46, K4, S159 (Mini), S180 (Mini), S185 (Mini), C28, E32, S11, S9A, S17A, S15G, S23A, S32, S32A, S57, AC2B, AC20, AC23A, AC50A, AC54, AC54B, EB1A etc. ply through Dunlop in Baranagar. [10]

Railways

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Baranagar Road railway station

Baranagar Road railway station is situated at Dunlop. It is a Kolkata suburban railway station. It is one of the oldest railway station. Sealdah - Dankuni line's trains pass through this station. [11]

Metro railways

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Baranagar metro station

The extension of Kolkata Metro Blue Line from Dum Dum to Dakshineswar was sanctioned in 2010–11. It was extended up to Noapara in 2013. The subsequent work was held up because of the encroachments on railway land. The Baranagar metro station was inaugurated on 22 February 2021 and commercial metro services were started on the following day. [12] [13] [14]

References

  1. "History of North 24 Parganas district" . Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  2. Singh, Ravi S (5 June 2019). "Centre shows urgency in TMC-ruled West Bengal; clears projects". m.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  3. "Pin Code of Dunlop".
  4. "India Dial Codes". dialcode.org.
  5. "REGISTRATION OF VEHICLE". transport.wb.gov.in. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  7. Google maps
  8. "Bus Services".
  9. "Dunlop Flyover".
  10. "Bus route". The Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  11. "BARN/Baranagar Road railway station". India Rail Info. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  12. "Dakshineswar Metro by 2019 Pujas: says Chairman, Railway Board". Rail News 6 March 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  13. "Land cloud over Dakshineswar Metro set to lift". The Telegraph, 13 October 2017. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  14. "Dakshineswar won't feature in Metro map by December 2019". The Times of India, 14 October 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

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