Patrasayer railway station
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Patrasayer railway station | |||||||||||
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Indian Railway | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Kankar Danga—Rasulpur Chati Road, Patrasayer, Bankura district, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 23°12′56″N 87°32′16″E / 23.215646°N 87.537856°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 64 metres (210 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 | PSF | ||||||||||
Division(s) | Adra | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1916 | ||||||||||
Closed | 1995 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2005 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Previous names | Bankura Damodar Railway | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Patrasayer railway station is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside Kankar Danga–Rasulpur Chati Road at Patrasayer 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 Patrasayer railway station was electrified in 2018–19.[4][5]
References
- ^ roy, Joydeep. "Patrasayer Railway Station Map/Atlas SER/South Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ Aitken, Bill (3 July 1998). "Bankura's Iron Horses". Rediff. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ "Indian Railway History Time line". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Electrification of Masagram–Bankura stretch to cut travel time". business-standard.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Electrification of Railway Track". railnews.in. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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