Keshabpur | |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway station |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Address: | Mandar Gachhya, Keshabpur, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 5m (16feet) |
Line: | Panskura–Haldia branch line |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Platform: | 3 |
Tracks: | 3 |
Opened: | 1968 |
Electrified: | 1974–76 |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | South Eastern Railway zone |
Map Type: | India West Bengal#India |
Map Dot Label: | Keshabpur |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Keshabpur railway station is a railway station on the Panskura–Haldia branch line in South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. The railway station is situated at Mandar Gachhya, Keshabpur, Tamluk in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] [2]
The Howrah–Kharagpur line was opened in 1865[3] and Panskura–Durgachak line was opened in 1968, at a time when Haldia Port was being constructed. It was subsequently extended to .[3] [4] The Panskura–Haldia line including Keshabpur railway station was electrified in 1974–76.[5]