Aranghata | |
Type: | Indian Railways station Kolkata Suburban Railway station |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Address: | Ranaghat Road, Aranghata, Nadia, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Line: | Ranaghat–Gede line of Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Bicycle: | Not available |
Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Opened: | 1862 |
Electrified: | 1997–98 |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | Eastern Bengal Railway |
Map Type: | India West Bengal#India |
Map Dot Label: | Aranghata |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Aranghata railway station is a railway station on the Ranaghat–Gede line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system and operated by Eastern Railway. It is situated beside Ranaghat Road, Sabdalpur, Aranghata of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] This railway station serves in Ranaghat II and Aranghata area.[2]
The Ranaghat– section was the part of the Eastern Bengal Railway which was opened in 1862 and extended to Kushtia, now in Bangladesh. This was the Calcutta–Siliguri main line but after Partition of India in 1947, this got truncated and what remained India named the Gede branch line.[3] The line including Aranghata railway station was electrified in 1997–98.[4]