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1 History  



1.1  Access to Howrah station  





1.2  Other routes  







2 Electrification  





3 Tracks  





4 Loco and car sheds  





5 Speed limits  





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Howrah–Barddhaman main line
Bardhaman Junction Railway Station, the terminal station of the line
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerIndian Railways
LocaleWest Bengal
Termini
  • Barddhaman
  • Stations34
    Service
    SystemCommuter rail
    Operator(s)Eastern Railway
    History
    Opened1854
    Technical
    Line length108 km (67 mi)
    Number of tracks4
    Track gauge5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
    Electrification1958 with 25 kV AC
    Operating speedup to 130 km/ h

    Route map

    km
    km
    Up arrow

    Barddhaman Down Yard

    Up arrow

    Left arrowRight arrow
    Bardhaman#Road Barddhaman Junction
    107
    00

    143
    53
    Katwa Junction

    136
    Dainhat
    Barddhaman Up Yard

    Barddhaman Diesel Loco shed
    Gangpur
    100

    LowerLeft arrow
    Dainhat–Manteswar
    –Memari line
    (planned)
    Saktigarh
    95

    Down arrow

    LowerLeft arrow

    Manteswar (planned)
    Palsit
    91

    87
    Rasulpur
    Nimo
    84

    UpperRight arrow
    Dainhat–Manteswar
    –Memari line
    (planned)

    81
    Memari
    Bagila
    78

    74
    Debipur
    Bainchi
    70

    67
    Bainchigram
    Simlagarh
    65

    60
    Pundooah
    Khanyan
    55

    50
    Talandu
    Up arrow

    Up arrow

    Dhaniakhali Halt
    00

    46
    Magra
    (planned)
    Tarakeswar–Dhaniakhali
    –Magra line
    Left arrow

    Saraswati river
    Down arrow

    43
    Adisaptagram

    Bandel EMU car shed

    Up arrow

    Bandel goods yard
    Bandel#Road_and_bus Bandel Junction
    39

    Bandel Steam Loco shed

    Right arrow
    Hooghly
    37

    35
    Chuchura
    Chandannagar
    32

    30
    Mankundu

    Victoria jute mill siding

    Bhadreshwar jute mill siding

    Angus jute mill siding
    Bhadreshwar
    28

    Champdani coal depot siding

    30
    Bhadreshwar Ghat

    North Brook jute mill siding

    Dalhousie jute mill siding

    Champdani jute mill siding

    24
    Baidyabati
    Left arrow

    22
    Seoraphuli Junction
    (planned) Shrirampur

    19
    Shrirampur
    (planned)
    Howrah Maidan–Dankuni
    –Srirampur metro
    Down arrow

    Standard Pharma siding

    Grasim Industries factory siding

    Wellington jute mill siding

    16
    Rishra
    Rishra cotton mill siding

    Berger Paints factory siding
    Hindustan Motors factory siding

    13
    Konnagar

    11
    Hind Motor

    9
    Uttarpara

    Condemned Coach Dismantling
    & Cutting Yard

    Bone mill siding

    Bally Khal
    Up arrow

    Bally jute mill siding

    8
    Bally

    Left arrow Right arrow

    6
    Belur Math Belur,_West_Bengal#Transport

    Belur Railway Scrap Yard
    Belur
    5

    Belur Store Yard

    4
    Liluah
    Up arrow

    Liluah C & W Workshop
    Santragachi Locomotive Shed

    Santragachi Coaching Yard

    Hindustan Industries
    & Engineering siding

    Right arrow

    (planned)
    Howrah–Santragachi
    –Dhulagarh metro
    Up arrow

    Santragachhi#Roadways Santragachi Junction
    07
    10

    Santragachi (planned)
    (planned)
    Howrah–Santragachi
    –Dhulagarh metro
    Down arrow

    Liluah Sorting Yard

    Ramrajatala
    06

    Howrah Diesel Loco Shed
    Dasnagar
    04

    Tikiapara–Liluah line
    (Howrah bypass line)

    Tikiapara
    02

    Tikiapara EMU Car Shed
    Padmapukur Coaching Yard

    Tikiapara Coaching Yard
    Padmapukur
    08

    (planned)
    Howrah–Santragachi
    –Dhulagarh metro
    Up arrow

    Howrah EMU Car Shed

    ferry/water interchange Shalimar
    05

    Shalimar (planned)

    Shalimar Goods Shed

    Salt Golah Goods Yard (abandoned)
    (planned) Coal Depot

    Up arrow
    Howrah Maidan–Dankuni
    –Srirampur metro
    (planned)
    (planned) Foreshore Road

    Jheel Siding Coaching Yard
    Howrah–Shalimar line
    (abandoned)

     KM Line 2  (u/c)
    Howrah Goods Shed

    0
    Howrah Transport in Kolkata Buses in Kolkata Trams in Kolkata

    Down arrow
     KM Line 2  (u/c)
    km
    km

    Key

    Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm)

    Kolkata Metro (KM) standard gauge (1435 mm)
    in use
    out of use, planned, or
    under construction (u/c)
    tunnel

    The Howrah–Barddhaman main line is a broad-gauge railway line connecting Howrah and Barddhaman via Bandel. The 107 kilometres (66 mi) railway line operates in Howrah, Hooghly and Purba Barddhaman districts in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is part of the Howrah–Delhi main line and the Kolkata Suburban Railway system.

    History[edit]

    The East Indian Railway Company which was formed on 1 June 1845, planned to construct a line from Howrah to Delhi. After surveys, construction began in 1851.

    Howrah station was a tin shed and to reach it from Kolkata one had to cross the Hooghly River in a ferry. On 15 August 1854, the first passenger train in the eastern section was operated up to Hooghly railway station, 39 kilometres (24 mi) away. On 1 February 1855 the first train ran from Howrah to Raniganj, 195 kilometres (121 mi) from Howrah.

    Access to Howrah station[edit]

    A pontoon bridge was built across the Hooghly River in 1874 to provide easy access to Howrah Station, and in 1943 the cantilever Howrah Bridge, later renamed Rabindra Setu, was built.[1]

    First train of the East Indian Railway, 1854
    A Howrah-bound EMU train leaving Bandel Jn.

    Other routes[edit]

    The Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar branch line was constructed in 1885, and the Howrah–Barddhaman chord line, a shorter link to Barddhaman, was constructed in 1917.[2] (See route diagram for Sheoraphuli-Tarakeswar Line with this page also).

    With the construction of the Jubilee Bridge in 1887 across the Hooghly, railway lines on the eastern side of the Hooghly were linked to the main line at Bandel. In 1932, the Calcutta chord line was built over the Willingdon Bridge joining Dum Dum with Dankuni.

    In 1913, the Hooghly–Katwa Railway constructed a line from Bandel to Katwa, and the Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa Railway constructed the Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop.(See route diagram for the Bandel–Katwa line with this page).

    The railway track was extended to Belur Math in 2003.[3]

    In 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the third line between Rasulpur and Magra of this route to reduce the congestion of the trains in this route.

    Electrification[edit]

    Electrification of the Howrah–Barddhaman main line was initiated up to Bandel in 1957, with the 3000 v DC system, and the entire Howrah–Barddhaman route completed with AC system, along with conversion of earlier DC portions to 25 kV AC, in 1958.

    Tracks[edit]

    There are 5 tracks between Howrah and Bally, 3 tracks between Bally and Serampore, 4 tracks between Serampore and Seoraphuli Junction, 3 tracks between Seoraphuli Junction and Bandel Junction and 3 tracks between Bandel Junction and Saktigarh and from Saktigarh up to Barddhaman Junction 4 tracks. This line uses automatic block signalling [4]

    Loco and car sheds[edit]

    Howrah has a diesel and an electric loco shed. Both of them rank among the largest in India. The diesel loco shed houses WDM-2, WDM-3(A, B and D), WDP-4D and WDS-6 locos. Some WDS-4 are also occasionally seen shunting alongside the regular WDS-6 ones . The electric loco shed houses WAP-4 and WAP-7 locos. Commissioned in 2001, it is one of the largest WAP-4 sheds in Indian Railways. There used to be a time when, 60% of the shed was occupied by WAP-4 alone. It is also growing in stature as it can also now handle large no. of locos of one of the premier passenger WORKHORSE locos of India...i.e.WAP-7.it currently holds ownership of more than 30+ WAP-7 locos. It has facilities for handling 100+ locos. Some of these, like WAM-4 and WAG-5 are borrowed in temporarily from the Asansol electric loco shed, The main hub for handling WAM and WAG types (except WAG-9., whose ownership resides with Howrah shed ). The Howrah electric loco shed has a very detailed planning of the infrastructure that allows it to hold and maintain its own locos as well as locos from other sheds. There is a diesel loco shed at Bamangachi with WDM-2(not more than 7 generally ), WDS-4 and WDS-6(some of them being diesel hydraulic shunters). Barddhaman has a diesel loco shed with WDG-3(A and B), WDM-6(generally a couple of them), WDM-2 and WDM-3(A, B, D) locos. It can handle 35+ locos. There is a diesel loco shed at Liluah and an Electrical multiple unit (EMU) car shed at Howrah and Bandel. Liluah Carriage & Wagon Workshop maintains coaches and freight wagons.[5]

    Tikiapara Coaching Depot maintains 22 primary base trains and 6 round trip trains. Total coach holding capacity is 744 coaches. It handles prestigious trains like Rajdhani Express and Duronto Express. The Coaching Depot is under Howrah Division, Eastern Railway. Barddhaman Coaching & Wagon Depot can maintain four passenger trains, including one DEMU rake. It has a capacity of holding 71 coaches.[6]

    Speed limits[edit]

    The Howrah–Barddhaman main line is classified as 'B' class line where trains can run at up to 130 km per hour .[7]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Bridge Highlights". Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  • ^ "The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian". Rail India. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  • ^ "New rail link to Belur Math from August 16". The Times of India. 13 August 2003. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  • ^ "Howrah Division Operating Department". Eastern Railway. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  • ^ "Sheds and Workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  • ^ "Carriage and Wagon / Howrah Division" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  • ^ "Permanent Way". Track Classifications. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

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