| Ranaghat Junction | |
| Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station |
| Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
| Address: | GNPC Road, Ranaghat, Nadia, West Bengal |
| Country: | India |
| Elevation: | 13m (43feet) |
| Line: | Sealdah–Lalgola line Ranaghat–Gede line Bangaon–Ranaghat line of Kolkata Suburban Railway |
| Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
| Platform: | 6 |
| Tracks: | 10 |
| Parking: | Not available |
| Bicycle: | Not available |
| Electrified: | 1963– |
| Accessible: | Not available |
| Owned: | Indian Railways |
| Operator: | Eastern Railway |
| Status: | Functioning |
| Former: | Eastern Bengal Railway |
| Map Type: | India West Bengal#India |
| Map Dot Label: | Ranaghat Junction |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Map State: | collapsed |
Ranaghat is a Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line, the Lalgola branch line, the Gede branch line and the Ranaghat–Bangaon link line. It is located in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves Ranaghat and the surrounding areas.
The Calcutta (Sealdah)–Kusthia line of Eastern Bengal Railway was opened to traffic in 1862.[1] Eastern Bengal Railway worked on the eastern side of the Hooghly River, which in those days was unbridged.[2]
The Ranaghat–Bangaon link was constructed in 1882–84 by the Bengal Central Railway Company [3]
The Ranaghat–Lalgola branch line was opened in 1905.[4]
The Sealdah–Ranaghat sector was electrified in 1963–64. The Ranaghat–Shantipur sector was electrified in 1963–64.[5] The Kalinarayanpur-Krishnanagar City sector was electrified in 1964–65.[6] The Ranaghat–Gede line was electrified in 1999–2000.The Ranaghat–Lalgola section has been electrified on the 2010s.[7]
It can handle the turn around maintenance of three trains.[8]