Kalikapur | |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway Station |
Address: | Station Road, Benebou, Kalikapur, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 22.412°N 88.476°W |
Elevation: | 9m (30feet) |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway |
Line: | Canning Branch line |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Accessible: | Not Available |
Bicycle: | Not Available |
Parking: | Not Available |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | Eastern Bengal Railway |
Electrified: | 1965–66 |
Services Collapsible: | yes |
Map State: | collapsed |
Mapframe: | yes |
Kalikapur railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Canning Branch line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. Kalikapur railway station is situated beside Station Road at Benebou, Kalikapur in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] [2]
In 1862, the Eastern Bengal Railway constructed a -wide broad-gauge railway from to via Kalikapur.[3]
Electrification from to including Kalikapur was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1965–66.[4]
The platform is very much well sheltered. The station possesses many facilities including water and sanitation. There is a proper approach road to this station.[5]