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South Eastern Railway Colony BNR BNR Colony | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
![]() Headquarter of the South Eastern Railway | |
Coordinates: 22°32′36″N88°18′34″E / 22.54333°N 88.30944°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
City | Kolkata |
District | Kolkata |
Parliamentary constituency | Kolkata Dakshin |
Assembly constituency | Kolkata Port |
Municipal Corporation | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
KMC ward | 80 |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 700023 |
Area code | +91 33 |
South Eastern Railway Colony (also known as BNR Colony) popularly known as BNR, is a locality in the Garden Reach neighbourhood [1] of Kolkata city, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.
Garden Reach Road passes through BNR Colony. The road is connected to Karl Marx Sarani via Dumayne Avenue and Ram Surat Singh Road. [2]
Khiddirpur railway station on the Kolkata Circular Railway line is the nearest railway station.
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