Balichak | |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway station |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Address: | Balichak, Debra, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 22.3577°N 87.5529°W |
Elevation: | 20m (70feet) |
Line: | Howrah–Kharagpur line |
Structure: | Standard on-ground station |
Platform: | 5 |
Parking: | No |
Bicycle: | yes |
Opened: | 1900 |
Electrified: | 1967–69 |
Code: | BCK |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Zone: | South Eastern Railway |
Map Type: | India West Bengal |
Map Dot Label: | Balichak |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map State: | collapsed |
See main article: article and Howrah–Kharagpur line.
The Balichak railway station in the Indian state of West Bengal, serves Balichak, India in Paschim Medinipur district. It is under the jurisdiction of South Eastern Railway zone. Balichak railway station is a medium railway station of Kharagpur railway division. It is on the Howrah–Kharagpur line. It is 900NaN0 from Howrah station.[1]
Balichak railway station is situated in Balichak, Debra, West Bengal. Station code is BCK. It is a small railway station between Howrah and Kharagpur. Adjacent stations are Shyam Chak and Duan and the major nearby railway station is Kharagpur Junction. Local EMU trains Howrah–Balichak, Howrah–Kharagpur, Santragachi–Kharagpur local, Howrah–Kharagpur local, Howrah–Midnapore Local train stop here. The Howrah–Kharagpur line was opened in 1900.[2] The Howrah–Kharagpur stretch has three lines.[3] There is a plan to build a fourth line for the Santragachi–Panskura–Kharagpur stretch.[4] The Howrah–Kharagpur line was electrified in 1967–69.[5]