Serampore Town Railway Station
Serampore Town শ্রীরামপুর টাউন श्रीरामपुर टाऊन |
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Embankment of the Calcutta Railway behind the town of Serampore, 1853
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Location in the network | Intermediate station |
Design | Through station |
Platform tracks | 4 platforms |
opening | August 14, 1854 |
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Place / district | Serampore |
State | West Bengal |
Country | India |
Coordinates | 22 ° 45 '14 " N , 88 ° 20' 19" E |
Height ( SO ) | 17 m |
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The Serampore Town station is a station of the main route Howrah - Bardhaman in India.
location
The transit station is located near the town of Serampore in Hooghly district of the Indian state of West Bengal on the main line Howrah - Delhi and the suburban railway from Calcutta ( Engl. Kolkata Suburban Railway).
The station has four platforms. There are three broad gauge through tracks on the section from Belur to Bandel . Serampore Town is 20 km by train to Howrah Junction Railway Station , 3 km to Sheoraphuli , 20 km to Bandel and 87 km to Bardhaman. The address is Roy Bahadur MC Lahiri Street, Town Station Bazaar, Serampore-01 (712201), West Bengal.
history
The East Indian Railway Company was founded on June 1, 1845 to build and operate a railway line from Howrah near Calcutta to Delhi . The corrugated iron hut at Howrah station could only be reached from Calcutta by ferry across the Hugli River . After the planning and surveying work, construction began in 1851.
The first train on the Eastern Railway ran from Howrah to Hugli on August 15, 1854 . His first stop was Bally and the second stop was Serampore.
Speed limit
The Howrah – Bardhaman route is categorized as a 'B' class route, allowing trains to travel at speeds of up to 130 km / h.
Individual evidence
- ^ Railways in India. - The Calcutta Railway. The Illustrated London News from a sketch by GK Ingelow, Esq., Volume XXII, No. 617, for the week ended April 16, 1853, pp. 281-282.
- ^ Race, class and gender. In: Marian Aguiar: Tracking Modernity: India's Railway and the Culture of Mobility. University of Minnesota Press, 2011, p. 17.
- ^ Howrah Division Operating Department . Eastern Railway. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
- ↑ Permanent Way . In: Track Classifications . Retrieved January 15, 2012.