Gourdaha Halt railway station

Gourdaha Halt
Kolkata Suburban Railway Station
Gourdaha Halt Railway Station
General information
Location	Gourdaha, Gaur Daha, Canning I, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal India
Coordinates	22°22′42″N88°32′05″E / 22.378294°N 88.534757°E / 22.378294; 88.534757
Elevation	6 metres (20 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railway
Line(s)	Canning Branch line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Not Available
Bicycle facilities	Not Available
Accessible	Not Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	GQD
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Sealdah
History
Opened	1862;162 years ago (1862)
Electrified	1965–66
Previous names	Eastern Bengal Railway
Services Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station Ghutiari Sharif towards Canning Sealdah South Canning Branch line Piali towards Sealdah
Route map v t e Sealdah South section Legend km Sealdah Main & North section 5 Bidhannagar Road Press House siding Kankurgachi Road 2 Kankurgachi Road Junction Narkeldanga EMU Carshed 3 Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Circular Canal Kankurgachi Chord line Sealdah North 00 0 Sealdah Main Sealdah   KM Line 2   Sealdah South 00 Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed 6 Kamardanga Halt Beruck & Comens Siding 3│7 Park Circus Maa Flyover Hindusthan Engineering & Industrial Ltd. siding BESCO siding Bijon Setu 5 Ballygunge Junction Lake Gardens 07 6 Dhakuria Tollygunge 08 8 Jadabpur Rabindra Sarobar 0   KM Line 1   Tollygunge Bridge 0 10 Bagha Jatin Adi Ganga river 0   KM Line 6   New Alipore 09 Jai Hind Bridge New Garia Metro Depot New Garia–Baruipur Metro (planned) Kavi Subhash   KM Line 1   0 11 New Garia Kalighat–Falta Railway (NG) (dismantled) Majerhat 10   KM Line 3   Kolkata Circular Railway 12 Garia KDS Railway 14 Narendrapur Brace Bridge 12 16 Sonarpur Junction KDS Railway Sonarpur EMU Carshed Santoshpur 15 Clive jute mill siding 19 Bidyadharpur Union jute mill siding 22 Kalikapur Akra 18 planned extension Nangi 21 46 Ghatakpukur Batanagar factory siding 60 Minakhan Caledonian jute mill siding 24 Champahati K.M. Budge Budge 24 27 Piali IBP/IOCL Depot 29 Gourdaha Budge Budge Rail Yard 31 Ghutiari Shariff HPCL Siding 34 Betberia Ghola Budge Budge jute mill siding 38 Taldi BPCL Siding 41 Matla Halt IOCL Siding 45 Canning Charial Canal planned extension Lothian jute mill siding Matla River (planned) Kalipur 29 50 Bhangankhali Magadi Soda factory siding 60 Sonakhali Orient jute mill siding 65 Basanti Albion jute mill siding 87 Jharkhali FCI Siding Charial Extension Canal CESC Siding planned extension Pujali 31 Howrah–Kharagpur line Hooghly River Bir Shibpur 41 Howrah–Kharagpur line Pujali–Bankrahat line (planned) Bankrahat 42 Gurudasnagar–Bankrahat line (planned) 19 Subhasgram 22 Mallikpur New Garia–Baruipur Metro (planned) BESCO Siding (planned) Baruipur 00 25 Baruipur Junction Baruipur Metro Depot Kalyanpur 28 27 Shasan Road Dakshin Durgapur 30 29 Krishna Mohan Hotar 32 31 Dhapdhapi Dhamua 34 33 Surjyapur Uttar Radhanagar 37 35 Gocharan Magra Hat 40 38 Hogla Bahirpuya 43 41 Dakshin Barasat Sangrampur 45 44 Baharu (planned) Sangrampur– Krishnachandrapur line 49 Jaynagar Majilpur Deula 50 87 Durgapur (planned) Netra 53 planned extension Basuldanga 55 Gurudas Nagar 63 57 70 57 Krishnachandrapur 61 Uttar Kashinagar 66 Companirthek Diamond Harbour 60 70 Raidighi Hara Fort goods siding 54 Mathurapur Road 59 Madhabpur 62 Lakshmikantapur Gurudasnagar–Kulpi line (planned) 67 Udairampur 75 71 Kulpi 76 Karanjali 82 Nischintapur Market 84 Nischintapur 88 Madhabnagar 92 Kashinagar 95 Kakdwip Budhakhali 103 planned extension Muriganga river 103 Ukilerhat Sagar Island 108 110 Namkhana planned extension 112 Namkhana Ghat 124 Chandranagar 141 Bakkhali km Key Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm) Kolkata Metro (KM) broad gauge (1676 mm) Kolkata Metro (KM) standard gauge (1435 mm) narrow gauge (762 mm) in use │ out of use, planned, or under construction (u/c) │ tunnel
Location

Gourdaha Halt railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Canning 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 Gaur Daha in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ^{[1] [2]}

History

In 1862, the Eastern Bengal Railway constructed a 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide broad-gauge railway from Sonarpur Junction to Canning via Gourdaha Halt. ^[3]

Tourist spot

Gourdaha Maa Kali Temple is a temple in Gourdaha, Canning. It is close to Gourdaha Railway Station beside a holy pond. Though it doesn't has any amenities like that of a tourist spot.^{[ citation needed ]} You can sit there and enjoy the serenity. It is very "Jagroto".^{[ citation needed ]} Lots of ill peoples visit Tuesday and Saturday at noon to seek blessings from the Goddess.^{[ citation needed ]}

Electrification

Electrification from Sonarpur Junction to Canning including Gourdaha Halt was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1965–66. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

Station layout

Gourdaha Halt track layout
Legend
to Piali to Ghutiari Sharif
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
P1	Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left
		Towards →Piali→ →
		→Towards ←Ghutiari Sharif← ←
	Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
P2

References

1. "GQD/Gourdaha Halt" . Retrieved 25 May 2019.
2. "GOURDAHA HALT (GQD) 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. "History of The Electrification of Indian Railways" . Retrieved 25 May 2019.
5. "The Chronology of Railway Development in Eastern India". Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.