Kumrul railway station
Kumrul railway station | |||||||||||
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| Indian Railway | |||||||||||
| Location | Indas-Rasulpur Road, Padua, Kumrul, Bankura district, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°10′50″N 87°36′14″E / 23.180441°N 87.603855°ECoordinates: 23°10′50″N 87°36′14″E / 23.180441°N 87.603855°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 53 metres (174 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 | KMRL | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Adra | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1916 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1995 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2005 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 2018–19 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Bankura Damodar Railway | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Kumrul railway station is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside Indas-Rasulpur Road, Padua at Kumrul in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1][2]
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.[3] 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.[4] The whole track including Kumrul railway station was electrified in 2018–19.[5][6]
References[]
- ^ "Kumrul Railway Station Picture & Video Gallery – Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ "Kumrul Railway Station (KMRL) : Station Code, Time Table, Map, Enquiry". NDTV. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ "Bankura's Iron Horses". Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- ^ "Indian Railway History Time line". Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- ^ "Electrification of Masagram–Bankura stretch to cut travel time". business-standard.com. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- ^ "Electrification of Railway Track". railnews.in. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
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