Sankrail | |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway station |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Address: | Sankrail, Howrah district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 22.5623°N 88.2103°W |
Elevation: | 8m (26feet) |
Line: | Howrah–Kharagpur line |
Structure: | Standard on-ground station |
Platform: | 4 |
Parking: | No |
Bicycle: | yes |
Opened: | 1900 |
Electrified: | 1967–69 |
Code: | SEL |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Zone: | South Eastern Railway |
Map Type: | India West Bengal |
Map Dot Label: | Sankrail |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map State: | collapsed |
See main article: article and Howrah–Kharagpur line.
The Sankrail railway station in the Indian state of West Bengal, serves Sankrail, India in Howrah district. It is on the Howrah–Kharagpur line. It is 160NaN0 from Howrah station.[1]
The Howrah–Kharagpur line was opened in 1900.[2]
The Howrah–Panskura stretch has three lines.[3]
The Howrah–Kharagpur line was electrified in 1967–69.[4]
The station has been vandalized recently by protesters against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. The anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act agitators had set ablaze the station's ticket counter and signal room.[5]