Ashoknagar Road | |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway station |
Address: | Ashoknagar, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 22.8266°N 88.6286°W |
Elevation: | 13m (43feet) |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway |
Line: | Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line of Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Bicycle: | Yes |
Parking: | No |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Functional |
Map Type: | India West Bengal#India |
Map Dot Label: | Ashoknagar Road |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Ashoknagar Road is a small railway station in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. Its code is ASKR. It serves Ashoknagar Kalyangarh City. The station consists of two platforms. The platform is not well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation.[1]
Ashoknagar Road is located on Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line of Kolkata Suburban Railway. Link between Dum Dum to Khulna now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon was constructed by Bengal Central Railway Company in 1882–84.[2] The Sealdah–Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64.[3]