Bally Ghat railway station explained

Bally Ghat
Type: Kolkata Suburban Railway station
Style:Kolkata Suburban Railway
Address:Bally, Howrah, West Bengal
Country:India
Elevation:15m (49feet)
Structure:At grade
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Parking:Not available
Bicycle:Not available
Electrified:1964–65
Accessible:Not available
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Eastern Railway
Status:Functioning
Former:Eastern Bengal Railway
Map Type:India Kolkata#India West Bengal#India
Map Dot Label:Bally Ghat
Map Size:300
Connections: 54 Bus Stand
Bally Ghat Auto Stand
Map State:collapsed

Bally Ghat railway station is a station of Eastern Railway in Howrah. It is 15 km away from and 7 km from Dankuni Junction on the Sealdah–Dankuni line of Eastern Railway. It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. Dankuni and Bardhaman local trains connect this place to Sealdah Station and other stations of the Sealdah main line. It is an important railway station between Dum Dum and Dankuni.

History

Sealdah–Dankuni line was opened in 1932 by the Eastern Bengal Railway.[1] [2] The line was electrified on 1965.[3]

The station

Station layout

Platform layout

GStreet levelExit/Entrance
P1Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left
Towards →Dankuni→ →
Towards ←← ←
P2Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left

Track layout

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HOWRAH DIVISION : HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE - THE FIRST JOURNEY. live. 21 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20200419094810/https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?fontColor=black&backgroundColor=LIGHTSTEELBLUE&lang=0&id=0,6,441,737 . 2020-04-19 .
  2. Web site: US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 70 pdf 95. live. 28 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20201031013137/https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf . 2020-10-31 .
  3. Web site: History of Electrification. live. 21 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20060506180114/http://irfca.org:80/docs/electrification-history.html . 2006-05-06 .