Bikna railway station
Bikna railway station | |||||||||||
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| Indian Railway | |||||||||||
| Location | Bikna More, Bikna, Bankura district, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°08′38″N 87°33′00″E / 23.1440078°N 87.549956°ECoordinates: 23°08′38″N 87°33′00″E / 23.1440078°N 87.549956°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 82 metres (269 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | South Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Bankura–Masagram line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Station code | BKNO | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Adra | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1916 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1995 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2005 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 2018–19 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Bankura Damodar Railway | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Bikna railway station is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Bikna More at Bikna in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1]
History[]
Old narrow-gauge Bankura–Damodar Railway (also called as Bankura Damodar River Railway) connecting Bankura and Rainagar in Bankura and Bardhaman districts was opened to traffic in sections between 1916 and 1917.[2] In 2005, the 118 kilometers long railway section known as Bankura–Masagram line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge.[3] The whole track including Bikna railway station was electrified in 2018–19.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ "BKNO/Bikna". Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ "Bankura's Iron Horses". Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ "Indian Railway History Time line". Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ "Electrification of Masagram–Bankura stretch to cut travel time". business-standard.com. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ "Electrification of Railway Track". railnews.in. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
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