Naihati Junction railway station

Location
	Naihati Junction Location in West Bengal Naihati Junction Location in India

Route map
Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line ; including Naihati–Bandel & Kalyani–Kalyani Simanta branch lines
	Legend
	Chilahati–Parbatipur
	–Santahar–Darshana line
	Bangladesh
	India
	old ferry route to Aistalaghat–
	Santipur dismantled NG line
	Jubilee Bridge
	over Hooghly River
	45
	Kanchrapara Workshop Gate
	Kanchrapara Railway Workshop
	Barrackpore
	Army Cantonment
	Vivekananda Setu over
	Hooghly River
	Patipukur loop
	line (dismantled)
	Narkeldanga
	EMU Carshed
	Kankurgachi
	Chord line
Key
in use;
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;

Naihati Junction
Naihati Junction
	Naihati Junction
General information
Location	Rishi Bankimchandra Road, Naihati, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal; India
Coordinates	22°53′15″N 88°25′05″E / 22.887602°N 88.418096°E
Elevation	16 metres (52 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railway
Line(s)	Sealdah– Naihati- Ranaghat Main line of Kolkata Suburban Railway; Naihati–Bandel link of Kolkata Suburban Railway
Platforms	6
Tracks	10
Connections	Sealdah–Lalgola Passenger, Sealdah–Rampurhat Passenger, Kolkata–Gorakhpur Exp, KOAA-MFP Exp etc.
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Not available
Bicycle facilities	Not available
Accessible	available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	NH
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Sealdah
History
Opened	1862
Electrified	1963–65
Previous names	Eastern Bengal Railway
Services
	Halisahar towards Ranaghat Junction
Route map
Route map
Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line ; including Naihati–Bandel & Kalyani–Kalyani Simanta branch lines
	Legend
	Chilahati–Parbatipur
	–Santahar–Darshana line
	Bangladesh
	India
	old ferry route to Aistalaghat–
	Santipur dismantled NG line
	Jubilee Bridge
	over Hooghly River
	45
	Kanchrapara Workshop Gate
	Kanchrapara Railway Workshop
	Barrackpore
	Army Cantonment
	Vivekananda Setu over
	Hooghly River
	Patipukur loop
	line (dismantled)
	Narkeldanga
	EMU Carshed
	Kankurgachi
	Chord line
Key
in use;
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;
v; t; e; Howrah–Barddhaman main line
	Legend

Naihati Junction is a Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line and Naihati–Bandel link. It is located in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves Naihati and the surrounding areas.

History

The Calcutta (Sealdah)-Kusthia line of Eastern Bengal Railway was opened to traffic in 1862.^[1] Eastern Bengal Railway worked on the eastern side of the Hooghly River, which in those days was unbridged.^[2]

In 1857, the Eastern Bengal Railway (EBR) was constituted to lay the railway tracks along the eastern bank of the Hooghly River up to Kushtia. The Jubilee Bridge linking Bandel and Naihati was opened on 21 February 1887, so that up country freight traffic could be transported to the Kolkata port.^[3]

With the opening of the Jubilee Bridge in 1887, Naihati was linked to Bandel on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line.^[4]

Railway service

Naihati Junction railway station is situated at about 38 km from Sealdah on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line and at about 16 km from Barrackpore. It is a part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. It is connected to Bandel on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line. The journey takes about 20 minutes.^[5]^[6]

Station complex

The platform is very much well sheltered. It has many facilities including water and sanitation. There is a proper approach road to this station. Escalators were installed in 2019. 2 Foot over bridges are on service and 1 in under construction ^[7]

Electrification

The Sealdah–Ranaghat sector was electrified in 1963–65 and the Bandel–Naihati link in 1965–66.^[8]

Carriage and wagon depot

The carriage and wagon depot at Naihati handles such work as checking of air and vacuum brakes and repair of sick lines. Bangladesh bound trains are checked and repaired.^[9]

Coaching terminal

A new coaching terminal was proposed at Naihati in the rail budget for 2012–13. A museum in honour of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee has also been proposed.^[10]^[11]

Multifunctional complex

Indian Railways are planning for a multi-functional complex near Naihati railway station to provide rail users facilities such as shopping, food stalls and restaurants, book stalls, telephone booths, medicine and variety stores.^[12]

Sampreeti Bridge

Sampreeti Bridge has replaced the old British-era Jubilee Bridge built in 1887.^[13] The new bridge is of 420-metre (1,378 ft) in length and is built across the Hooghly river at a cost of Rs. 207 crores.^[14]

References

^ "IR History: Early days (1832-1865)". IRFCA. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^ "Eastern Bengal Railway". fibis. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^ Chaudhuri, Sukanta, The Railway Comes to Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p. 239, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-563696-3.
^ "India's amazing railway bridges". Jubilee Bridge. rediff.com. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^ "37521 Naihati–Bandel Local". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
^ Google maps
^ "NH/Naihati Junction railway station". India Rail Info.
^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^ "Mechanical (C / W activity)". Eastern Railway, Sealdah Division. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
^ "Coaching Terminal at Naihati and A Museum to be Named After Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^ "Railway Budget". Equity Bulls. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^ "Project Information Memorandum: Multifuctional complex at Naihati" (PDF). Ministry of Railways. Retrieved 2 May 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Sampreeti Bridge". Structureae. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
^ "Mamata unveils new plans for North 24 Parganas". The Times of India. 9 November 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

External links

About Naihati
Trains at Naihati
Kolkata/Northern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage

[1] "IR History: Early days (1832-1865)". IRFCA. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

[2] "Eastern Bengal Railway". fibis. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

[3] Chaudhuri, Sukanta, The Railway Comes to Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p. 239, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-563696-3.

[4] "India's amazing railway bridges". Jubilee Bridge. rediff.com. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

[5] "37521 Naihati–Bandel Local". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

[google-6] Google maps

[7] "NH/Naihati Junction railway station". India Rail Info.

[8] "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

[9] "Mechanical (C / W activity)". Eastern Railway, Sealdah Division. Retrieved 6 May 2013.

[10] "Coaching Terminal at Naihati and A Museum to be Named After Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

[11] "Railway Budget". Equity Bulls. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

[12] "Project Information Memorandum: Multifuctional complex at Naihati" (PDF). Ministry of Railways. Retrieved 2 May 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

[13] "Sampreeti Bridge". Structureae. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

[14] "Mamata unveils new plans for North 24 Parganas". The Times of India. 9 November 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

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