Shyamsundar railway station | |
Type: | Indian Railway |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Bardhaman Road, Palasan, Shyamsundar, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 30m (100feet) |
Line: | Bankura–Masagram line |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Platform: | 1 |
Tracks: | 1 |
Parking: | No |
Opened: | 1916 |
Closed: | 1995 |
Rebuilt: | 2005 |
Electrified: | 2018–19 |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | South Eastern Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | Bankura Damodar Railway |
Pass System: | India |
Shyamsundar railway station is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside Bardhaman Road, Palasan at Shyamsundar in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] [2]
Old narrow-gauge Bankura–Damodar Railway (also called as Bankura Damodar River Railway) connecting Bankura and Rainagar in Bankura and Bardhaman districts was opened to traffic in sections between 1916 and 1917.[3] In 2005, the 118 kilometers long railway section known as Bankura–Masagram line was converted to broad gauge.[4] The whole track including Shyamsundar railway station was electrified in 2018–19.[5] [6]