Majhdia railway station is a railway station on the Ranaghat–Gede line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system and operated by Eastern Railway. It is situated beside Banpur–Majhdia Road at Majhdia, Krishnaganj of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] Number of EMUs stop at Majhdia railway station.[2] The distance between Sealdah to this station is approximately 108 km.[3]
History
The Ranaghat–Gede section was the part of the Eastern Bengal Railway which was opened in 1862 and extended to Kushtia, now in Bangladesh. This was the Calcutta–Siliguri main line but after Partition of India in 1947, this got truncated and what remained India named the Gede Branch Line.[4] The line including Majhdia railway station was electrified in 1997–98.[5]
References
- ^ "MIJ/Majhdia". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "MAJHDIA (MIJ) Railway Station". NDTV. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "SEALDAH to MAJHDIA Trains". Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Eastern Bengal Railway". Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "TRACTION DISTRIBUTION SEALDAH". indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
External links
Media related to Majhdia railway station at Wikimedia Commons
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