Barrackpore Racecourse | |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway station |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Address: | Barrackpur Cantonment, Barrackpore, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 22.7695°N 88.3535°W |
Line: | Sealdah–Ranaghat line |
Structure: | For Military only |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 3 |
Parking: | Available |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway |
Status: | Non functioning |
Map Type: | India West Bengal#India |
Map State: | collapsed |
Barrackpore Racecourse railway station is a railway station at Barrackpur Cantonment, Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] It is a part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system and is under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway. This railway station is presently abandoned and used by the Indian Army exclusively.[2]
The railway station was built on a branch line originating from Barrackpore railway station in 1928 that served the Barrackpore Cantonment area. Barrackpore had a race course established by Royal Calcutta Turf Club and a special single rail track took steam engine-driven trains there, carrying British passengers who would attend the race. The line has been depreciated since and this is used by the Indian Army only.