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Kaikala railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar branch line of Howrah railway division of the Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside Chautara Road, Khamar Chandi at Kaikala in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[5][6]

History

The Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar branch line was opened by the Tarkessur Railway Company on 1 January 1885 and was worked by East Indian Railway Company. The Tarkessur company was taken over by the East Indian Railway in 1915.[7] The track was first electrified with 3,000 V DC system in 1957–58. In 1967, this line including Kaikala railway station was electrified with to 25 kV AC system.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Howrah-Goghat Local 37371". India Rail Info.
  2. ^ "Adra Divisional Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.
  3. ^ "Kharagpur Divisional Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.
  4. ^ "SER Pink Book 2018-19" (PDF). Indian Railways.
  5. ^ "KKAE/Kaikala". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. ^ "KAIKALA (KKAE) Railway Station". NDTV. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. ^ "The Chronology of Railway Development in Eastern India". Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  8. ^ "EMU local flagged off in remembrance of 60-year heritage". 13 December 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2019.


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