Tikiapara railway station explained

Tikiapara
Type: Kolkata Suburban Railway station
Style:Kolkata Suburban Railway
Address:Sailen Manna Street (Formerly By Pass Road), Tikiapara, Howrah, West Bengal
Country:India
Elevation:9m (30feet)
Line:Howrah–Kharagpur line
Structure:Standard (on-ground station)
Platform:3
Tracks:4
Parking:No
Bicycle:No
Opened:1900
Electrified:1967–69
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:South Eastern Railway
Former:Bengal Nagpur Railway
Map Type:India Kolkata#India West Bengal#India
Map Dot Label:Tikiapara
Map Size:300
Map State:collapsed

Tikiapara is a railway station on the Howrah–Kharagpur line. It is located in Tikiapara, Howrah in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

The Howrah–Kharagpur line was opened in 1900.[1] The Howrah–Kharagpur line was electrified in 1967–69.[2]

The BNR had no station at Haora, and does not to this day. It operated from a siding in Tikiapara, and was later permitted to use the new Haora Station of the EIR.[3]

Car shed

There is a car shed of South Eastern Railway at Tikiapara.[4]

Coaching depot

Tikiapara Coaching Depot maintains 22 primary base trains and 6 round trip trains. Total coach holding capacity is 744 coaches. It handles prestigious trains like Rajdhani Express and Duronto Express. The Coaching Depot is under Howrah Division, Eastern Railway.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Major events in formation of S.E.Railway . South Eastern Railway . 10 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1 . 1 April 2013 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: History of Electrification . IRFCA. 10 February 2013.
  3. The Railway Comes to Calcutta by Sukanta Chaudhuri, published in Calcutta The Living City, Volume 1, page 238. First published by Oxford University Press in 1990. ISBN o 19 563696 1
  4. Web site: Sheds and Workshops. IRFCA. 10 April 2013.
  5. Web site: Carriage and Wagon / Howrah Division. Indian Railways. 11 April 2013.