Majhdia | |
Type: | Indian Railways station Kolkata Suburban Railway station |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Address: | Banpur-Majhdia Road, Krishnaganj, Nadia, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Line: | Ranaghat–Gede line of Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Bicycle: | Not available |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Opened: | 1862 |
Electrified: | 1997–98 |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | Eastern Bengal Railway |
Map Type: | India West Bengal#India |
Map Dot Label: | Majhdia |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Majhdia railway station is a railway station on the Ranaghat–Gede line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system and operated by Eastern Railway. It is situated beside Banpur–Majhdia Road at Majhdia, Krishnaganj of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] Number of EMUs stop at Majhdia railway station.[2] The distance between to this station is approximately 108 km.[3]
The Ranaghat– section was the part of the Eastern Bengal Railway which was opened in 1862 and extended to Kushtia, now in Bangladesh. This was the Calcutta–Siliguri main line but after Partition of India in 1947, this got truncated and what remained India named the Gede Branch Line.[4] The line including Majhdia railway station was electrified in 1997–98.[5]