Tollygunge | |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway Station |
Address: | Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 22.5077°N 88.3472°W |
Elevation: | 9m (30feet) |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway |
Line: | Budge Budge Branch line Kolkata Circular line |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 3 |
Accessible: | Not Available |
Bicycle: | Not Available |
Parking: | Not Available |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | Eastern Bengal Railway |
Electrified: | 1965– |
Services Collapsible: | yes |
Map State: | collapsed |
Mapframe: | yes |
Tollygunge railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Budge Budge Branch line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It serves the local area of Tollygunge in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] [2]
In 1890, the Eastern Bengal Railway constructed a -wide broad-gauge railway from to via Tollygunge.[3]
Electrification from to including Tollygunge was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1965–66.[4]
The platform is very much well sheltered. The station possesses many facilities including water and sanitation. There is a proper approach road to this station.[5]