Berhampore Court railway station explained

Berhampore Court
Style:Kolkata Suburban Railway
Type:Express train, Passenger train and Suburban train station
Country:India
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Eastern Railway zone
Line:Sealdah-Lalgola line
Platform:2 (3 under construction)
Tracks:5
Structure:Standard (on-ground station)
Classification:NSG-4
Code:BPC
Zone:Eastern Railway zone
Former:East Indian Railway Company
Electrified: Yes (December,2007)[1]
Passengers:27K/day
Map Dot Label:Berhampore Court
Map Size:300
Map State:collapsed
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map

Berhampore Court railway station is a railway station on the Sealdah-Lalgola line and is located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[2] [3] It serves Baharampur city and its surrounding census areas.

History

The Calcutta –Kusthia line of Eastern Bengal Railway was opened to traffic in 1862.[4] The Ranaghat–Lalgola branch line was established in 1905 as an extension of Sealdah–Ranaghat line. This railway station was named Berhampore Court in accordance with the British pronunciation of Baharampore as "Berhampore".[5] [6] The rail distance between Berhampore and Sealdah is approximately .

Expansion and electrification

Krishnanagar to Lalgola electrification and line doubling were completed in March 2017.

Important trains

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Welcome to Official Website of CORE .
  2. Web site: Berhampore Court RLY Station(BPC) District Murshidabad India . 2024-05-10 . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2023-08-26 . Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: Indian Railways to redevelop West Bengal’s Berhampore Court railway station! Check cost, amenities and more . 2024-05-15 . Financialexpress . en.
  4. Web site: Iqbal . Iftekhar . 2019-04-08 . Railways in colonial Bengal . 2022-06-08 . The Daily Star . en.
  5. Book: Office, United States Government Printing . Annual Report ... 1910 ... Pt.3. Correct Orthography of Geographic Names . 1911 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.
  6. Book: Bengal, India Superintendent of Census Operations, West . District Census Handbook, West Bengal: Murshidabad . 1965 . Superintendent, Government Print. . en.