Style: | Indian Railways |
Type: | Passenger train and Suburban train station |
Address: | Raghunathganj Road, Krishnapur, Lalgola, Murshidabad district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 24.4065°N 88.2566°W |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway zone |
Line: | Sealdah-Lalgola line |
Platform: | 4 |
Tracks: | 5 |
Parking: | No |
Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
Former: | East Indian Railway Company |
Electrified: | Yes |
Map Type: | India West Bengal#India |
Map Dot Label: | Krishnapur |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Krishnapur is a railway station of the Sealdah-Lalgola line in the Eastern Railway of Indian Railways. The station is situated at Krishnapur or Kestopur near Lalgola in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] Total 12 trains including Lalgola Passengers and few EMU trains halt in the station.[2]
The Krishnanagar– section, including Krishnapur railway station was electrified in 2004. In 2010 the line became double tracked.[3] [4]
On 15 December 2019, a protest was going on nearby area against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. Protesters vandalized Krishnapur railway station and at this station set several trains on fire.[5] [6]