Raghunathbari | |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway station |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Address: | Raghunathbari railway station, Kaminachak-Raghunathbari road, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 22.3539°N 87.7973°W |
Elevation: | 5m (16feet) |
Line: | Panskura–Haldia line |
Structure: | Standard on-ground station |
Platform: | 3 |
Parking: | No |
Bicycle: | yes |
Opened: | 1968 |
Electrified: | 1974–76 |
Code: | RGX |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Zone: | South Eastern Railway |
Map Type: | India West Bengal |
Map Dot Label: | Raghunathbari |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map State: | collapsed |
See main article: Howrah–Kharagpur line.
The Raghunathbari railway station in the Indian state of West Bengal, serves Raghunathbari, Kaminachak-Raghunathbari Road, India in Purba Medinipur district. It is on the Panskura–Haldia line. It is 740NaN0 from Howrah station and 70NaN0 from Panskura.[1]
Raghunathbari railway station is situated in Chaminachak-Raghunathbari Road, Raghunathbari, West Bengal. Station code is RGX. It is a small railway station in Panskura–Haldia line. Neighbourhood stations are Rajgoda and Panskura Junction. Local EMU trains Haldia–Howrah Fast Local, Digha–Panskura local, Mecheda–Digha local, Haldia–Panskura local, Howrah–Haldia local train stop here.[2] The Panskura–Durgachak line was opened in 1968, at a time when Haldia Port was being constructed. It was subsequently extended to Haldia.[3] [4] The Panskura–Haldia line was electrified in 1974–76. All lines were electrified with 25 kV AC overhead system.[5] EMU train services between Panskura and Haldia introduced in 1976 and direct EMU services between Howrah and Haldia in 1979.[3]