Petrapole railway station

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Petrapole railway station
Indian Railways station
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Petrapole railway station
General information
LocationJayantipur, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal
India
Coordinates 23°02′16″N88°52′06″E / 23.03771026139523°N 88.86846346945615°E / 23.03771026139523; 88.86846346945615
Elevation13 metres (43 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Eastern Railway
Line(s) Sealdah–Bangaon line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
StatusFunctional
Station codePTPL
Zone(s) Eastern Railway
Division(s) Sealdah
History
Opened1947
Location
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Petrapole railway station
Location in West Bengal
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Petrapole railway station
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Petrapole railway station is a railway station of the Indian Railways located in the North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. Its station code is PTPL. [1] It is located near the Indo-Bangladesh border and serves as a major border crossing point for freight trains to Bangladesh, with Benapole being the Bangladesh Railways counterpart. [1] [2] [3]

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History

The Bengal Central Railway Company constructed a broad gauge line connecting Dum Dum with Khulna (now in Bangladesh), via Bangaon (108 miles (174 km)) which opened in stages and was completed in 1884. These lines were merged with Eastern Bengal Railway in 1904. [4]

After partition of India in 1947, Petrapole railway station was created as the terminus on the Indian side while the Benapole railway station became the terminus in the Bangladeshi side of the line. The Barisal Express, launched in 1884, from Sealdah to Khulna continued post-partition until rail services between the two countries were suspended due to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. [5] Freight services between the two countries were restored for a brief period of two years in 1972 but closed again due to a lack of goods. [6] India and Bangladesh signed an agreement in July 2000 to resume freight services and the first freight train ran across the link on 21 January 2001. [6]

Services

Petrapole serves as the major transit point of goods from India to Bangladesh. It directly connects to the Benapole land port, the largest land port in Bangladesh which is responsible for 90% of the Indian goods imported to Bangladesh. [7] [8] [9]

While initially handling only freight traffic, it became a border checkpoint for passengers after the Bandhan Express was introduced on this line in November 2017. It is a weekly service which traces the old route of the Barisal Express except for having its terminus in the Kolkata railway station instead of the Sealdah railway station. [10]

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  10. ↑ "Prime Minister of India & Prime Minister of Bangladesh Jointly along with Chief Minister, West Bengal Flag off New Cross-Border Train between India & Bangladesh, "Kolkata-Khulna Bandhan Express" from Kolkata through Video Confencing. Two Rail Bridges in Bangladesh and International Rail Passenger Terminus at Kolkata Station also Inaugurated" . Retrieved 5 October 2021.


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