Santragachi Junction | |
Type: | Intercity Rail, Regional rail and Suburban rail station |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Address: | Santragachi, Howrah, West Bengal |
Elevation: | 12m (39feet) |
Line: | Howrah–Kharagpur Howrah–Amta Santragachi–Shalimar |
Other: | Taxi stand, Santragachi bus stand, Kona Expressway |
Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
Platform: | 6 |
Tracks: | 22 |
Parking: | Yes |
Opened: | 1900 |
Electrified: | Yes |
Accessible: | Available |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | South Eastern Railways |
Former: | Bengal Nagpur Railway |
Map Type: | India Kolkata#India West Bengal#India |
Map Dot Label: | Santragachi Junction |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Santragachi Junction railway station (station code: SRC) is a railway junction in South Eastern Railway Zone of Indian Railways, situated in Santragachhi, Howrah, India. It is one of the six intercity railway stations serving Howrah and Kolkata. The station is operated by Indian Railways South Eastern Railway (SER) zone. SER serves local trains to Amta, Mecheda, Panskura, Haldia, Kharagpur and Medinipur and mail/express trains to Central, West and South India.
Whilst the station had existed for many years on the line to Howrah railway station, work for its upgrade to a railway terminal started in 2015. SER wished to use it for their long-distance trains which would otherwise have to go to the crowded Howrah station, which is operated by Eastern Railway.
In 2018 two people died due to a stampede at the railway station. According to The Hindu, they died of being crashed by a train while crossing the railway tracks on foot.
SN | Type of loco | HP | Holding | |
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1. | WAP-4 | 5350 | 60 | |
2. | WAP-7 | 6350 | 26 | |
Total locomotives active as of May 2024[1] | 86 |