Pundooah railway station

Coordinates: 23°04′14″N 88°16′11″E / 23.070651°N 88.269680°E / 23.070651; 88.269680
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Pundooah
Howrah–Bardhaman main line
Platforms5
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
ParkingNo
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codePDA
Division(s) Howrah
History
Opened1855
Electrified1958
Previous namesEast Indian Railway Company
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station
Howrah Junction
Howrah–Bardhaman main line
Simlagarh
Location
Pundooah is located in West Bengal
Pundooah
Pundooah
Location in West Bengal
Pundooah is located in India
Pundooah
Pundooah
Location in India

Pundooah railway station is a

Howrah–Bardhaman main line operated by Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is situated beside Station Road at Pandua in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] Number of EMU and passenger trains stop at Pundooah railway station.[2] The distance between Howrah and Pundooah railway station is approximately 61 km.[3]

History

The

Howrah–Bardhaman main line. Bandel to Bardhaman rout was opened for traffic on 1 January 1885. Electrification of the Howrah–Bardhaman main line was initiated up to Bandel in 1957, with the 3000V DC system, and the entire Howrah–Bardhaman route including Pundooah railway station completed with AC system, along with conversion of earlier DC portions to 25 kV AC, in 1958.[4]

References

  1. ^ "PDA/Pundooah". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. ^ "PUNDOOAH (PDA) Railway Station". NDTV. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  3. ^ "PDA/Pundooah to HWH/Howrah Junction". Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  4. ^ "HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE – THE FIRST JOURNEY". er.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 9 May 2019.