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