Komagata Maru Budge Budge | |
Native Name: | কোমাগাতামারু বজবজ |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway Station |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Address: | Budge Budge, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 22.4929°N 88.1949°W |
Elevation: | 9m (30feet) |
Line: | Budge Budge Branch line |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Platform: | 1 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Bicycle: | Available |
Parking: | Available |
Electrified: | 1965–66 |
Accessible: | Not Available |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | Eastern Bengal Railway |
Services Collapsible: | yes |
Map State: | collapsed |
Mapframe: | yes |
Komagata Maru Budge Budge (previously known as Budge Budge) is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Budge Budge Branch line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It serves the local area of Budge Budge in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] [2]
In 1890, the Eastern Bengal Railway constructed a -wide broad-gauge railway from to Budge Budge.[3]
In 2013, the station was renamed from Budge Budge to commemorate the martyrs of the Komagata Maru incident who fell to British bullets near the station.[4]
Electrification from to Budge Budge was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1965–66.[5]
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.[6]