Ramkanali | |
Type: | Indian Railways junction station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Ramkanali, Purulia district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 157m (515feet) |
Line: | Asansol–Adra line |
Structure: | Standard at ground |
Parking: | No |
Bicycle: | No |
Opened: | 1891 |
Electrified: | 1957–62 |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | South Eastern Railway |
Former: | Bengal Nagpur Railway |
Map Type: | India West Bengal#India |
Ramkanali railway station serves Ramkanali, Gobag, and surrounding areas in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. There is a freight line link to Par Beliya colliery.
Ramkanali railway station is located at an elevation of 157m (515feet) above sea level. It was allotted the railway station code of RKI and is under the jurisdiction of Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway.[1]
The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to Asansol, on the Howrah–Delhi main line, was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.[2]
The Tatanagar–Adra–Asansol section was electrified in the 1957–1962 period.[3] The Asansol–Purulia sector was electrified in 1961–62.[4] The freight link from Ramkanali to Chaurasi siding of Par Beliya colliery was electrified in 1963–64.[4]