Chinpai railway station | |
Type: | Indian Railways |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Chinpai, Birbhum district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 79m (259feet) |
Line: | Andal–Sainthia branch line Sahibganj loop |
Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Opened: | 1913 |
Electrified: | 2012–16 |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | East Indian Railway Company |
Chinpai railway station is a railway station of Andal–Sainthia branch line of the Asansol railway division connecting from to Sainthia on the Sahibganj loop line. This is under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is situated at Chinpai, Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] Chinpai railway station serves Bakreswar Thermal Power Plant Township areas.[2]
The Andal–Sainthia branch line was built in 1913. Electrification of Andal–Pandabeshwar section was completed in 2010–11 and Pandabeshwar-Saithia route including Chinpai railway station was completed in 2016.[3] [4]