Belmuri | |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Address: | Belmuri Bhandarhati Road, Bahadurpur, Hooghly district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 15m (49feet) |
Line: | Howrah–Bardhaman chord |
Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
Platform: | 3 |
Tracks: | 3 |
Parking: | No |
Opened: | 1917 |
Electrified: | 1964 |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | East Indian Railway Company |
Pass System: | India |
Map Type: | India West Bengal#India |
Map Dot Label: | Belmuri |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Belmuri railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman chord line operated by Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is situated beside Belmuri Bhandarhati Road, Bahadurpur in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] It is a widespread superstition that mentioning the station's name aloud is a harbinger of misfortune, so passengers and railway staff use such proxies as Majher Gram.[2] [3] [4] Number of EMU trains stop at Belmuri railway station.[5]
The Howrah–Bardhaman chord, the 95 kilometers railway line was constructed in 1917. It was connected with through Dankuni after construction of Vivekananda Setu in 1932.[6] Howrah to Bardhaman chord line including Belmuri railway station was electrified in 1964–66.[7]