New Garia railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Main line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It serves the local area of New Garia in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1][2]

History

In 1862, the Eastern Bengal Railway constructed a 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide broad-gauge railway from Sealdah to Sonarpur Junction via New Garia.[3]

Electrification

Electrification from Sealdah to Sonarpur Junction including New Garia was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1965–66.[4]

Station complex

The platform is well sheltered. The station possesses many facilities including water and sanitation. It is well connected to the SH-1. There is a proper approach road to this station.[5]

Connection

Metro

Kavi Subhash metro station is an operational station on Line 1 (Blue Line) of the Kolkata Metro, located in New Garia, Kolkata. This metro station is at ground level and located adjacent to New Garia railway station on the Sealdah - Sonarpur section.

Another metro station of the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of Kolkata Metro Line 6 is also present at the same location.

References

  1. ^ "NGRI/New Garia". Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  2. ^ "NEW GARIA (NGRI) Railway Station". NDTV. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Indian Railways History Time Line". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. ^ "History of The Electrification of Indian Railways". Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. ^ "The Chronology of Railway Development in Eastern India". Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.


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