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Bankura Junction railway station is a railway junction station of Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line and Bankura–Damodar Railway (Bankura–Masagram line) route under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway. It is situated at Lalbazar, Bankura town in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Numerous express trains stop here. Recently, a train platform locator has been installed in the platform, which has been really helpful for the passengers in order to identify the couch location of the train.




Trains


Some of the major trains available from this railway station are as follows:

New Delhi Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express
Yesvantpur–Kamakhya AC Superfast Express
MGR Chennai Central–New Jalpaiguri Superfast Express
Purulia–Villupuram Superfast Express
Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak-Howrah Samarsata Express
Porbandar–Santragachi Kavi Guru Express
Puri Baidyanath Dham Express
Puri–Jaynagar Express
Puri–Kamakhya Express
Puri-Anand Vihar Nandan Kanan Express
Howrah–Purulia Express
Digha–Malda Town Express
Haldia–Asansol Express
Digha–Asansol Express
Howrah–Ranchi Intercity Express
Santragachi-Purulia Rupasi Bangla Express
Ernakulam-Patna Express
Kolkata Shalimar- Bhojudih Aranyak Express
Gomoh-Kharagpur Memu Express




History


Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line was opened in 1901. This railway track including Bankura Junction railway station was electrified in 1997–98. 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. In 2005, the 118 kilometer-long railway section known as Bankura–Masagram line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge. The whole track was electrified in 2018–19.




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• Daftar kode pos di India
• Bankura Junction railway station
• Bankura–Masagram line
• Bishnupur Railway Station
• Bankura
• Bankura district
• Masagram railway station
• Kharagpur Junction railway station
• Culture of Bankura district
• Bankura horse
• Bankura Lok Sabha constituency