railroad.wikisort.org - StationBardhaman Junction Railway Station (Station code: BWN) is a railway junction station on the Howrah–Delhi main line and is located in Purba Bardhaman District in the Indian state of West Bengal. EMU services from Howrah along Howrah–Bardhaman main line and Howrah–Bardhaman chord terminate at Bardhaman. It serves Bardhaman, the third most populous city in West Bengal.[2]
Railway Station in West Bengal, India
Barddhaman Junction Burdwan Junction |
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 Platform of Barddhaman Junction Railway Station |
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Location | Grand Trunk Road, Bardhaman, West Bengal
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Coordinates | 23°15′00″N 87°52′12″E |
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Elevation | 34.00 metres (111.55 ft) |
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Owned by | Indian Railways |
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Operated by | Eastern Railways |
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Line(s) | Howrah–Delhi main line, Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line, Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line, Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line, Howrah–Bardhaman main line, Howrah–Bardhaman chord, Bardhaman–Asansol section, Bardhaman–Katwa line |
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Platforms | 8 |
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Tracks | 10 |
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Connections | Auto stand, Taxi stand |
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Structure type | Standard (On-ground station) |
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Parking | Yes |
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Bicycle facilities | Yes |
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Disabled access | Available |
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Status | Functioning |
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Station code | BWN |
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Eastern Railway Zone |
Division(s) |
Howrah |
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Opened | 1855; 167 years ago (1855) |
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Electrified | 1958 |
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Previous names | East Indian Railway Company |
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Preceding station |
Indian Railways |
Following station |
Terminus |
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Eastern Railway zone Bardhaman–Asansol section |
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Talit |
Preceding station |
Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Following station |
Gangpur towards Howrah Junction |
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Eastern Line Main line & Chord line |
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Terminus |
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Eastern Line Bardhaman–Katwa line |
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Kamnara |
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Howrah–Barddhaman main line |
Legend |
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Barddhaman–Asansol section |
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Barddhaman Down Yard |
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B.B. loop line |
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Barddhaman–Katwa line |
Barddhaman Junction |
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Katwa Junction |
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Dainhat |
Barddhaman Up Yard |
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Barddhaman Diesel Loco shed |
Gangpur |
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Dainhat–Manteswar | –Memari line (planned) | |
Saktigarh |
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B.B. loop line |
Howrah–Barddhaman chord line |
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Palsit |
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Manteswar (planned) |
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Rasulpur |
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Nimo |
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Dainhat–Manteswar | –Memari line (planned) | |
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Memari |
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Bagila |
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Debipur |
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Bainchi |
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Bainchigram |
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Simlagarh |
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Pundooah |
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Khanyan |
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Talandu |
Howrah–Barddhaman chord line |
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B.B. loop line |
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Dhaniakhali Halt |
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Magra |
Howrah–Barddhaman chord line |
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Saraswati river |
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Adisaptagram |
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Bandel EMU car shed |
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B.B. loop line |
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Bandel goods yard |
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Bandel Steam Loco shed |
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Bandel Junction |
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Bandel–Naihati branch line |
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Hooghly |
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Chuchura |
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Chandannagar |
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Mankundu |
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Victoria jute mill siding |
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Bhadreshwar jute mill siding |
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Braithwaite Angus Works siding |
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Angus jute mill siding |
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Bhadreshwar |
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Champdani coal depot siding |
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Bhadreshwar Ghat |
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North Brook jute mill siding |
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Dalhousie jute mill siding |
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Champdani jute mill siding |
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Baidyabati |
Seoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line |
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Seoraphuli Junction |
(planned)  Shrirampur |
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Shrirampur |
(planned) Howrah–Dankuni | –Srirampur metro | |
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Standard Pharma siding |
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FCI siding |
Rishra Glass factory siding |
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Grasim Industries factory siding |
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Wellington jute mill siding |
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Rishra |
Rishra cotton mill siding |
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Berger Paints factory siding |
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Konnagar |
Titagarh Wagons siding |
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Hind Motor |
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Uttarpara |
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Bally Khal |
Howrah–Barddhaman chord line |
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Bally jute mill siding |
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Bally |
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Belghoria Expressway |
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Calcutta Chord link line |
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Belur Math |
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Belur Railway Scrap Yard |
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Belur |
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Belur Store Yard |
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Howrah–Kharagpur line |
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Liluah |
Santragachi Locomotive Shed |
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Liluah C & W Workshop |
Santragachi Coaching Yard |
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Hindustan Industries | & Engineering siding | |
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Santragachi–Amta branch line |
(planned) Howrah–Santragachi | –Dhulagarh metro |  |
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Santragachi Junction |
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Santragachi (planned) |
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Liluah Sorting Yard |
Kona Expressway |
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Howrah–Santragachi | –Dhulagarh metro | (planned) |
Ramrajatala |
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Howrah Diesel Loco Shed |
Dasnagar |
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Tikiapara–Liluah line | (Howrah bypass line) | |
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Howrah Electric Loco Shed |
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Tikiapara |
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Tikiapara EMU Car Shed |
Padmapukur Coaching Yard |
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Tikiapara Coaching Yard |
Padmapukur |
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Howrah EMU Car Shed |
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Guest Keen Williams siding |
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Shalimar |
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Shalimar rail yard |
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Shalimar Goods Shed |
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B & R siding |
CCI siding |
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Jheel Siding Coaching Yard |
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Howrah–Dankuni | –Srirampur metro | (planned) |
(planned) Howrah–Santragachi | –Dhulagarh metro | |
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Salt Golah Goods Yard |
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Howrah Maidan  |
Burn Standard Company siding |
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KM Line 2 (u/c) |
Howrah Goods Shed |
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Howrah  |
Hooghly river |
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East West Metro Tunnel |
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KM Line 2 (u/c) |
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Kolkata Metro (KM) standard gauge (1435 mm) |
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Location in West Bengal Show map of West BengalLocation in India Show map of India |
History
Barddhaman Junction is an important station in the Eastern Railway zone. Trains from Howrah, Sealdah, Kolkata towards Mughalsarai (currently named as Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay, DDU), Gaya etc. go through the station. The station consists 8 platforms.
The first passenger train in eastern India ran from Howrah to Hooghly on 15 August 1854.
The track was extended to Raniganj by 1855.[3]
The Howrah–Bardhaman chord, a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the Howrah–Bardhaman main line, was constructed in 1917.[4]
Burdwan–Katwa line was upgraded from NG to BG in 2014 (up to Balgona) and extended up to Katwa in 2018.
Barddhaman RRI
It has Siemens interlocking[clarification needed] and it was commissioned on 2014. New route relay interlocking (RRI) has considerably increased train punctuality.
Electrification
Electrification of Howrah–Burdwan main line was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1958. Earlier, electrification started (on the Howrah–Bandel sector) with 3 kV DC overhead system in 1953.[5]
The Howrah–Bardhaman chord was electrified in 1964–66.[6]
Bardhaman–Katwa line was electrified in 2014 (up to Balgona) and 2018 (up to Katwa jn)
Amenities
Bardhaman railway station has one two-bedded non-AC retiring room and an eight-bedded dormitory.[7]
Barddhaman railway station has two two-bedded non-AC retiring rooms and one four bedded non-AC dormitory. The whole station platforms are given with high speed WIFI access provided by Google and RailWire. Also the station has escalator service in platform number 2, 3 and 8. Automated ticket vending machines are there at both side of the station where tickets can be got both by giving cash, using card, UTS mobile system etc. Vendors are available with various types of food at the station platforms. Purified and cold water is available at platforms.
Bardhaman Coaching & Wagon Depot
Bardhaman Coaching & Wagon Depot can maintain passenger trains EMU and MEMU, including one DEMU rake. It has a capacity of holding 71 coaches.[8]
Diesel & Electric Loco Shed
Bardhaman has a diesel loco shed with WDG-3A, WDM-6, WDM-2 and WDM-3A locos. Recently BWN DLS has been electrified. A 15 WAG-9 locomotive from Kalyan Loco Shed and 10 WAG-9 locomotive from Gomoh Loco Shed are transferred to BWN. It has parking slots for EMUs[9]
Incidents
On two different dates, April 6 and 13 of 2003, employees of a private security agency fired at fleeing coal thieves, injuring a passerby and on the later date, a hawker. Following these incidents, a large mob comprising the station's hawkers and residents of the area, clashed with police forces leading to a baton charge and arrests, on April 14, 2003.[10]
On Friday, 9 November 2019, several people were injured in a stampede over a footbridge at the station.[11]
On Saturday, 4 January 2020, a major portion of the main entrance gate of the railway station collapsed, injuring several people. Construction activities were taking place at the site of the accident.[12][13]
Gallery
References
External links
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Eastern Railway | |
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South Eastern Railway | |
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North East Frontier Railway | |
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Suburban rail and urban transit |
Kolkata Suburban Railway (Chord link
- Circular line
- Eastern line
- Sealdah South lines
- South Eastern line)
Kolkata Metro
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Stations on the Eastern line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway |
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Howrah Section | Main line | |
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Belur Math line | |
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Chord line | |
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Seoraphuli–Goghat line | |
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Bandel–Katwa line | |
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Barddhaman–Katwa line | |
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Sealdah Section | Main line | |
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Ranaghat–Krishnanagar main line | |
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Kalinarayanpur–Krishnanagar line | |
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Ranaghat–Bangaon line | |
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Dum Dum–Bangaon line | |
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Barasat–Hasnabad line | |
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Kalyani Branch line | |
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Hooghly Branch line | |
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Krishnanagar–Lalgola line | |
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General |
- Baidyapur Jora Deul
- Bardhaman Raj
- Bargi
- Bhadu
- Burdwan (Zamindari)
- Dharmathakur
- Gajan
- Guskhara Airfield
- Pandu Rajar Dhibi
- Sainbari incident
- Sat Deul
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Territories | |
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Municipal corporations and municipalities | |
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Community development blocks | |
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Rivers | |
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Transport |
- National Highway 19 (India) (old numbering NH 2)
- Grand Trunk Road
- National Highway 14 (India) (old numbering NH 60)
- Howrah–Delhi main line
- Sahibganj loop
- Howrah–Bardhaman main line
- Howrah–Bardhaman chord
- Bardhaman–Asansol section
- East Indian Railway Company
- Eastern Railway zone
- Kolkata Suburban Railway
- Bankura–Masagram line
- Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway
- Burdwan–Katwa Railway
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Railway stations | |
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Institutes of higher learning |
- Burdwan Medical College
- University of Burdwan
- Katwa College
- Bengal Institute of Technology, Katwa
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Lok Sabha constituencies |
- Bardhaman-Durgapur
- Bardhaman Purba (SC)
- Bardhaman – now defunct
- Durgapur – now defunct
- Katwa - now defunct
- Bolpur (SC) - partly
- Bishnupur (SC) - partly
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Vidhan Sabha constituencies | |
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Former Vidhan Sabha constituencies | |
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See also |
- Cities, towns and locations in Purba Bardhaman district
- People from Purba Bardhaman district
- Villages in Purba Bardhaman district
- Damodar Valley
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