Malatipur is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Barasat–Hasnabad line. It is located in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
Barasat Basirhat Railway constructed a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow-gauge line in 1914 as a part of Martin's Light Railways.[1] The line was closed in 1955.[2]
The 33.06 km (21 mi) long 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Barasat–Hasnabad branch line was constructed between 1957 and 1962.[3]
Layout
Malatipur track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks
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See also
References
- ^ R.P. Saxena. "Indian Railway History timeline". IRFCA. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ "The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian". Rail India. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal (1986). Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy. Concept Publishing Company, A-15/16 Commercial Block, Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110059. ISBN 81-7022-089-0. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
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