Sonamukhi railway station | |
Type: | Indian Railway |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Bishnupur-Sonamukhi Road, Sonamukhi, Bankura district, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 75m (246feet) |
Line: | Bankura–Masagram line |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 1 |
Parking: | No |
Opened: | 1916 |
Closed: | 1995 |
Rebuilt: | 2005 |
Electrified: | Yes |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | South Eastern Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | Bankura Damodar Railway |
Pass System: | India |
Sonamukhi railway station is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside Bishnupur–Sonamukhi Road at Sonamukhi in Bankura 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 km-long railway section known as Bankura–Masagram line was converted to broad gauge.[4] The whole track including Sonamukhi railway station was electrified in 2018–19.[5] [6]