Belboni railway station

Railway station in West Bengal, India

23°09′49″N 87°58′34″E / 23.16350677°N 87.976043°E / 23.16350677; 87.976043Elevation104 metres (341 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated bySouth Eastern RailwayLine(s)Bankura–Masagram linePlatforms1Tracks1ConstructionStructure typeStandard (on-ground station)ParkingNoOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeBEX Division(s) AdraHistoryOpened1916Closed1995Rebuilt2005Electrified2018–19Previous namesBankura Damodar RailwayServices
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Nobanda
towards ?
South Eastern Railway zone Beliatore
towards ?
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Bankura–Masagram line
Legend
km
0
 Bankura Junction
Gandheswari River
4
 Bikna
9
 Nobanda
11
 Belboni
20
 Beliatore
23
 Chhandar
26
 Brindabanpur
30
 Srirampur
35
 Hamirhati
41
 Sonamukhi
47
 Dhansimla
52
 Dhagaria
57
 Patrasayer
62
 Betur
64
 Kumrul
69
 Indas
71
 Shankrul
73
 Sahaspur Road
Up arrow
Arambagh-Bowaichandi
line (planned)
37
 Arambagh
Down arrow
Chandur
Bulchandrapur
Uchalan
Torkona
Arambagh-Bowaichandi
line (planned)
79
0
 Bowaichandi
Khana-Bowaichandi
line (under construction)
 Chagram
Khorkol
Masila
Syamsundarpur
Up arrow
35
 Khana
82
 Guir Saranga
84
 Kaiyar
87
 Seharabazar
92
 Gopinathpur
94
 Shyamsundar
97
 Rainagar
103
 Bokra
108
 Mathnashipur
110
 Berugram
112
 Gramdadpur
113
 Habaspur
115
 Mustaphachak
118
 Masagram
km
Sources: [1] [2] [3]

Belboni railway station is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated Banhambirpur at Belboni in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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.[4] 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.[5] The whole track including Belboni railway station was electrified in 2018–19.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Bankura-Masagram DEMU 78052". India Rail Info.
  2. ^ "Adra Division Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.
  3. ^ "South Eastern Railway Pink Book 2017-18" (PDF). Indian Railways Pink Book.
  4. ^ "Bankura's Iron Horses". Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Indian Railway History Time line". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Electrification of Masagram-Bankura stretch to cut travel time". business-standard.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Electrification of Railway Track". railnews.in. Retrieved 9 June 2019.


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