Bhatar | |
Type: | Indian Railways station and Kolkata Suburban Railway station |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Address: | Bardhaman–Katwa Road, Palar, Bhatar, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 23.4064°N 87.9249°W |
Line: | Bardhaman–Katwa line |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Platform: | 1 |
Tracks: | 1 |
Opened: | 1915 |
Closed: | 2010 |
Rebuilt: | 2014–2018 |
Electrified: | 25 kV AC overhead |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | McLeod's Light Railways |
Map Type: | India West Bengal#India |
Map Dot Label: | Bhatar |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Bhatar railway station is a railway station in Bardhaman–Katwa line under Howrah railway division of Eastern Railway zone.[1] It is situated beside Bardhaman–Katwa Road at Palar, Bhatar of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[2]
On 1 December 1915, McLeod's Light Railways (MLR) set up narrow-gauge lines in the Burdwan-Katwa Railway route. This railway section was handed over to the Eastern Railway in 1966. In 2010 the work started for conversion of 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge.[3] [4] Bardhaman to Balogna railway station was reopened in 2014 and Balgona to Katwa section was completed on 12 January 2018 for the public.[5]