Sagardighi | |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Type: | Passenger train station |
Address: | Sagardighi, Murshidabad district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway zone |
Line: | Nalhati–Azimganj branch line |
Platform: | 3 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
Status: | Active |
Former: | East Indian Railway Company |
Opened: | 1863 |
Electrified: | Yes |
Sagardighi railway station is a railway station on Nalhati–Azimganj branch line under the Howrah railway division of Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Sagardighi in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] [2]
Nalhati–Azimganj branch line connecting Nalhati Junction to Azimganj Junction railway station was opened on 21 December 1863 as Nalhati–Azimganj State railway.[3] This was purchased by the Government of India in 1872. It became a part of the East Indian Railway Company in 1892.[4]