Patrasayer railway station | |
Type: | Indian Railway |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Kankar Danga—Rasulpur Chati Road, Patrasayer, Bankura district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 64m (210feet) |
Line: | Bankura–Masagram line |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Platform: | 1 |
Tracks: | 1 |
Parking: | No |
Opened: | 1916 |
Closed: | 1995 |
Rebuilt: | 2005 |
Electrified: | Yes |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | South Eastern Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | Bankura Damodar Railway |
Pass System: | India |
Patrasayer railway station is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside Kankar Danga–Rasulpur Chati Road at Patrasayer in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1]
Old narrow-gauge Bankura–Damodar Railway (also called as Bankura Damodar River Railway) connecting Bankura and in Bankura and Bardhaman districts was opened to traffic in sections between 1916 and 1917.[2] In 2005, the 118 kilometers long railway section known as Bankura–Masagram line was converted to broad gauge.[3] The whole track including Patrasayer railway station was electrified in 2018–19.[4] [5]