| Bangaon Junction | |
| Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
| Address: | Station Road, Bangaon, West Bengal, 743235 |
| Country: | India |
| Elevation: | 11m (36feet) |
| Line: | Sealdah–Bangaon line Ranaghat–Bangaon section |
| Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
| Platform: | 3 |
| Tracks: | 6 |
| Parking: | No |
| Bicycle: | No |
| Electrified: | 1963– with 25 kV overhead line |
| Owned: | Indian Railways |
| Operator: | Eastern Railway |
| Map Type: | India West Bengal#India |
| Map Dot Label: | Bangaon Junction |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Map State: | collapsed |
Bangaon Junction is a Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station on the Sealdah–Bangaon line and Ranaghat–Bangaon line. It is located in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves Bangaon and its surrounding areas.
In 1882–84 the Bengal Central Railway Company constructed two lines: one from Dum Dum to Khulna, now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon and the other linking Ranaghat and Bangaon.[1]
The Bengal Central Railway was formed in 1881 to construct and operate a line to Khulna. It was merged with Eastern Bengal Railway in 1903.[2]
Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashoknagar–Habra–Gobardanga–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64.[3]
In North line commuter trains run up to Ranaghat Jn. (2 trains goes up to Shantipur & 1 train goes up to Lalgola). In South line commuter trains run mostly up to via Barasat Jn. Four trains run on circular route via Dum Dum Jn. and Ballygunge Jn. Three of them go up to and one goes to Canning. Bandhan Express, connecting to (Bangladesh) also runs through this station on every Thursday.
| Train | Daily frequency | |
|---|---|---|
| Bongaon– Local | 3 | |
| Bongaon– Local | 1 | |
| Bongaon–Shantipur Jn Local | 1 | |
| Bongaon–Ranaghat–Lalgola Passenger Special (EMU) | 1 | |
| International link | ||
| Bandhan Express (13129/30) | 1 (weekly) | |
Bangaon is the last station on the line, but the line goes up to the India–Bangladesh border and beyond.[4] [5]
Petrapole, the Indian side of the international border, with a land customs station, handles more than half of the 4 billion dollar trade between India and Bangladesh. With the remote possibility of improvements in the narrow roads leading to the border, because of land acquisition problems, the focus is now on improving the rail transportation system.[6]