Barddhaman Junction railway station
 Barddhaman Junction railway station বর্ধমান জংশন রেলস্টেশন | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Indian Railway Junction Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Grand Trunk Road, Bardhaman, West Bengal India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°14′57″N 87°52′14″E / 23.2491°N 87.8705°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 34.00 metres (111.55 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Eastern Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Howrah-Delhi main line Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line Howrah-New Jalpaiguri line Howrah-Bardhaman main line Howrah-Bardhaman chord Bardhaman-Asansol section Bardhaman–Katwa line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | BWN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1855 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | East Indian Railway Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Barddhaman Junction (station code: BWN) is a railway junction station on the Howrah-Delhi main line and is located in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. EMU services from Howrah along Howrah-Bardhaman main line and Howrah-Bardhaman chord terminate at Bardhaman. It serves Bardhaman, the third most populous city in West Bengal.[1]
History
Barddhaman Junction is a very very important station in the eastern railways. Trains from Howrah, Sealdah, Kolkata towards Mughalsarai (Currently named as Pt. Deen dayal upadhyay, DDU), Gaya etc go through the station. The station consists 8 platforms.
The first passenger train in eastern India ran from Howrah to Hooghly on 15 August 1854.
The track was extended to Raniganj by 1855.[2]
The Howrah–Bardhaman chord, a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the Howrah–Bardhaman main line, was constructed in 1917.[3]
Barddhaman RRI
It has Seimens interlocking[clarification needed] and it was commissioned on 2014. New RRI has considerably increased train punctuality.
Electrification
Electrification of Howrah—Burdwan main line was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1958. Earlier, electrification started (on the Howrah-Bandel sector) with 3 kV DC overhead system in 1953.[4]
Howrah–Bardhaman chord was electrified in 1964–66.[5] Bardhaman-Katwa line was electrified in 2014 (upto Balgona) and 2018 (upto Katwa jn)
Amenities
Bardhaman railway station has one two-bedded non-AC retiring room and an eight-bedded dormitory.[6] Barddhaman railway station has two two-bedded non-AC retiring rooms and one four bedded non-AC dormitory. The whole station platforms are given with high speed wifi access provided by Google. Also the station has escalator service in platform number 2, 3 and 8. Automated ticket vending machines are there at both side of the station where tickets can be got both by giving cash, using card, UTS mobile system etc. Vendors are available with various types of food at the station platforms. Purified and cold water is available at platforms.
Bardhaman Coaching & Wagon Depot
Bardhaman Coaching & Wagon Depot can maintain four passenger trains, including one DEMU rake. It has a capacity of holding 71 coaches.[7]
Diesel & Electric Loco Shed
Bardhaman has a diesel loco shed with WDG-3A, WDM-6, WDM-2 and WDM-3A locos. Recently BWN DLS has been electrified. 15 WAG 9 locomotive from ELS Kalyan and 10 WAG 9 locomotive from ELS Gomoh are transferred to BWN. It has parking slots for EMUs[8]
Incidents
On two different dates, April 6th and 13th of 2003, employees of a private security agency fired at fleeing coal thieves, injuring a passerby and on the later date, a hawker. Following these incidents, a large mob comprising the station's hawkers and residents of the area, clashed with police forces leading to a baton charge and arrests, on April 14th 2003.[9]
On Friday, November 9th 2019, several people were injured in a stampede over a footbridge at the station.[10]
On Saturday, Jan 4th 2020, a major portion of the main entrance gate of the railway station collapsed, injuring several people. Construction activities were taking place at the site of the accident.[11][12]
Gallery
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Barddhaman railway station platform -
Barddhaman Junction railway station nameplate -
Bardhaman Junction
References
- ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ "IR History Part I 1832-1869". IRFCA. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian". railindia. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "IR History Part IV (1947-1970)". IRFCA. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "Retiring Room Details". Eastern Railway. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Carriage and Wagon / Howrah Division" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Sheds and Workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Rogue shot hits station hawker in Burdwan". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "11 hurt in Burdwan station stampede - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Burdwan station collapse live updates: Part of entrance gate at Barddhaman railway station collapses". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Railway Station Building In West Bengal Collapses, 2 Injured". NDTV.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
External links
- Trains at Bardhaman
Bardhaman travel guide from Wikivoyage
