Gurap | |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Address: | Mogra-Gurup Road, Gurap, Hooghly district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 20m (70feet) |
Line: | Howrah–Bardhaman chord |
Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
Platform: | 4 |
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: | Gurap |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Gurap 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 Mogra-Gurup Road at Gurap in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] [2]
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.[3] Howrah to Bardhaman chord line including Gurap railway station was electrified in 1964–66.[4]