Kamarkundu | |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Address: | Kamarkundu, Hooghly, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 13m (43feet) |
Line: | Howrah–Bardhaman chord Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) separate for the two lines at different heights |
Platform: | 5+2 |
Parking: | Available |
Bicycle: | Available |
Opened: | 1885 |
Electrified: | 1957–1958 |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | East Indian Railway Company |
Map Type: | India West Bengal#India |
Map Dot Label: | Kamarkundu |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Kamarkundu is a railway station at the crossing of the Howrah–Bishnupur and the Howrah–Bardhaman chord lines. It serves Kamarkundu in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
This is a rich agricultural area with several cold storages.[1]
The Howrah–Tarakeswar line was opened in 1885 and the Howrah–Bardhaman chord line in 1917.[2] It is part of Kolkata Suburban Railway system. It is from Howrah via Howrah–Bardhaman chord and via Howrah–Tarakeswar branch line.[3]
At Kamarkundu, the Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line goes above the Howrah–Bardhaman chord. Since the lines are at two levels, trains cannot switch routes. Platforms are at two levels.[4]