Matla Halt | |
Other Name: | Chandkhali Halt |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway Station |
Address: | Matla, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 22.3331°N 88.6302°W |
Elevation: | 6m (20feet) |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway |
Line: | Canning Branch line |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Accessible: | Not Available |
Bicycle: | Not Available |
Parking: | Not Available |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | Eastern Bengal Railway |
Electrified: | 1965–66 |
Services Collapsible: | yes |
Map State: | collapsed |
Mapframe: | yes |
Matla Halt railway station (formerly known as Chandkhali Halt railway station)[1] is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Canning Branch line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. Matla Halt railway station is situated at Matla in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[2] [3]
In 1862, the Eastern Bengal Railway constructed a -wide broad-gauge railway from to via Matla Halt.[4]
Electrification from to including Matla Halt 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]