Malatipur railway station explained

Malatipur
Type: Kolkata Suburban Railway station
Style:Kolkata Suburban Railway
Address:Malatipur, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal
Country:India
Coordinates:22.6516°N 88.7627°W
Line:Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line
Structure:At Ground
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Parking:Not available
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Indian Railways
Status:Opened
Map Type:India West Bengal#India
Map Dot Label:Malatipur
Map Size:300
Map State:collapsed

Malatipur is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Barasat–Hasnabad line. It is located in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

Barasat Basirhat Railway constructed a narrow-gauge line in 1914 as a part of Martin's Light Railways.[1] The line was closed in 1955.[2]

The 33.060NaN0 long -wide broad gauge Barasat–Hasnabad branch line was constructed between 1957 and 1962.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indian Railway History timeline . R.P. Saxena . . 10 February 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm . 14 July 2012 .
  2. Web site: The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian . Rail India . 10 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080316015721/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html . 16 March 2008 . dead .
  3. Book: Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal. Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy. page 60. 1986. Concept Publishing Company, A-15/16 Commercial Block, Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110059. 81-7022-089-0. 2 May 2013.