Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway station |
Address: | Narkeldanga,[1] Kolkata, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 5m (16feet) |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Other: | Phoolbagan |
Accessible: | Not available |
Bicycle: | Not available |
Parking: | Not available |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Functioning |
Services Collapsible: | yes |
Map State: | collapsed |
Mapframe: | yes |
Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in Narkeldanga, Kolkata.[2] It serves the local areas of Narkeldanga and Phoolbagan in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. A few trains run through this station and halt here. The station has two platforms. Its station code is SGBA.
Earlier on the platform was not well sheltered. The station lacked many public facilities including water and sanitation.
However, in 2017, there have been many improvements to this station, wherein shelters and seats were added for passengers, water dispensers were placed, and floodlights have been positioned to ensure safety at night. The platform too, was considerably elongated to accommodate longer trains.
In the recent past, there has also been a surge in the number of passengers utilizing the station.
Phoolbagan to Sealdah auto route connects the station to Sealdah railway station.
Bus route number 12C/2, 44, 45, 217B, 221, 223, 235, 253, DN17, S122 (Mini), S138 (Mini), S165 (Mini), S173 (Mini), AC49A, D11A serve the station.[3]
Phoolbagan of Kolkata Metro Line 2 is within 500m.