Malatipur railway station

History[]

References[]

Route map
Sealdah–Bangaon line ; incl. Barasat–Hasnabad & Ranaghat–Bangaon branch lines;
	Legend
	Bangladesh
	India
	Lalgola and Gede
	branch lines
	Calcutta chord link
	to Dankuni
	Sir Gurudas
	Banerjee Halt
	Source: Indian Railway Time Table[full citation needed]
	This diagram: view; ; ;

Malatipur
; Malatipur
Kolkata Suburban Railway station
	Malatipur railway station
Location	Malatipur, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal; India
Coordinates	22°39′06″N 88°45′46″E / 22.651631°N 88.762694°ECoordinates: 22°39′06″N 88°45′46″E / 22.651631°N 88.762694°E
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At Ground
Parking	Not available
Other information
Status	Opened
Station code	MPE
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Sealdah
Services
Route map
Route map
Sealdah–Bangaon line ; incl. Barasat–Hasnabad & Ranaghat–Bangaon branch lines;
	Legend
	Bangladesh
	India
	Lalgola and Gede
	branch lines
	Calcutta chord link
	to Dankuni
	Sir Gurudas
	Banerjee Halt
	Source: Indian Railway Time Table[full citation needed]
	This diagram: view; ; ;
Location
	Malatipur Location in West Bengal Malatipur Location in India

Malatipur is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Barasat–Hasnabad line. It is located in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Barasat Basirhat Railway constructed a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow-gauge line in 1914 as a part of Martin's Light Railways.^[1] The line was closed in 1955.^[2]

The 33.06 km (21 mi) long 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Barasat–Hasnabad branch line was constructed between 1957 and 1962.^[3]

Malatipur track layout

Legend

Station with two tracks and two side platforms

to Hasnabad

to Sealdah

^ R.P. Saxena. "Indian Railway History timeline". . Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
^ "The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian". Rail India. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
^ Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal (1986). Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy. page 60. Concept Publishing Company, A-15/16 Commercial Block, Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110059. ISBN 81-7022-089-0. Retrieved 2 May 2013.