Indas railway station | |
Type: | Indian Railway |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Indas-Sahaspur Road, Indas, Bankura district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 49m (161feet) |
Line: | Bankura–Masagram line |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Platform: | 1 |
Tracks: | 1 |
Parking: | No |
Opened: | 1916 |
Closed: | 1995 |
Rebuilt: | 2005 |
Electrified: | 2018–19 |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | South Eastern Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | Bankura Damodar Railway |
Pass System: | India |
Indas railway station is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside Indas-Sahaspur Road at Indas in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] [2]
The old narrow-gauge Bankura–Damodar Railway (also called the Bankura-Damodar River Railway) connecting Bankura and Rainagar in Bankura and Bardhaman districts was opened to traffic in sections between 1916 and 1917.[3] In 2005, the long railway section known as the Bankura–Masagram line was converted to broad gauge.[4] The whole track including Indas railway station was electrified in 2018–19.[5]