Mayurhat railway station

Coordinates: 23°21′46″N 88°39′39″E / 23.362763°N 88.660972°E / 23.362763; 88.660972
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Mayurhat
Ranaghat–Gede line of Kolkata Suburban Railway
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
Bicycle facilitiesNot available
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeMYHT
Zone(s) Eastern Railway
Division(s) Sealdah
History
Opened1862
Electrified1997–98
Previous namesEastern Bengal Railway
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station
Bagula
towards Sealdah
Gede line
Taraknagar
towards Gede
Location
Mayurhat is located in West Bengal
Mayurhat
Mayurhat
Location in West Bengal
Mayurhat is located in India
Mayurhat
Mayurhat
Location in India

Mayurhat railway station is a halt railway station on the

Ranaghat–Gede line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system and operated by Eastern Railway. It is situated at Mayurhat, Hanshkhali of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1]

History

The RanaghatGede section was the part of the Eastern Bengal Railway which was opened in 1862 and extended to Kushtia, now in Bangladesh. This was the CalcuttaSiliguri main line but after Partition of India in 1947, this got truncated and what remained India named the Gede Branch Line.[2] The line including Mayurhat railway station was electrified in 1997–98.[3]

References

  1. ^ "MYHT/Mayurhat". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Eastern Bengal Railway". Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. ^ "TRACTION DISTRIBUTION SEALDAH". indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 6 May 2019.