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This page is about the main railway station in Kalyani, West Bengal. For the other railway stations in Kalyani, see Kalyani Silpanchal railway station, Kalyani Simanta railway station and Kalyani Ghoshpara railway station.

Kalyani railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in Kalyani, West Bengal on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line and Kalyani Simanta branch line. It is located in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves Kalyani and the surrounding areas.[1][2]

History

The Calcutta (Sealdah)–Kusthia line of Eastern Bengal Railway was opened to run in the year of 1862. Eastern Bengal Railway worked on the eastern side of the Hooghly River. The British Government in India established the railway station in the then Roosvelt town named Chandmari Halt in 1883. In 1953 it was renamed into Kalyani. In 7 April 1979, the track was extended from Kalyani main to Kalyani Simanta station[3] and also established direct connectivity to Kolkata through Kalyani Simanta local EMU trains.[4] The distance between Sealdah and Kalyani main station is 48 km.[5][1] Services of Kalyani Local started on 1963 after completion of electrification of Sealdah–Kalyani section. Initially, 4 pairs ran, after that, 7 pairs started in 1970. EMUs of that age were push-pulled by WAM-2 due to shortage of rakes. From 1963 to 1970, all the EMUs were 4 car rakes, namely T-S-M-T ( trailer seating motor trailer ) combinations . From 1970, they were converted into 9 car rakes . The Motor car had the DC pantograph, not like today's driving cars which have AC pantographs. A single, industrial line was extended to present day Kalyani Simanta and electrified in the late 1977.

View of Kalyani Railway station from Platform 4

Electrification

The Sealdah–Ranaghat route was electrified in the period of 1963–64.[6] Subarban traffic first started as Naihati Local and Kalyani local for the first time .

References

  1. ^ a b "KYI/Kalyani (4 PFs)". India Rail Info. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Kalyani railway station". India Rail Info.
  3. ^ Pinakpani (20 May 2019), English: Kalyani Simanta railway station in Kalyani branch line at Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, retrieved 21 June 2024
  4. ^ "Indian Railways Budget Speech 1979-80" (PDF). Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  5. ^ "সামরিক শহরের স্মৃতি নিয়ে বেড়ে উঠেছে কল্যাণী". anandabazar.com. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  6. ^ IR Electrification Chronology up to 31.03.2004. "History of Electrification". Retrieved 14 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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