Bira railway station is a small railway station in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. Its code is BIRA. It serves Bira town. The station consists of two platforms. The platform is not well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation.[1]
Station
Location
Bira is located on Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line of Kolkata Suburban Railway. Link between Dum Dum to Khulna now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon was constructed by Bengal Central Railway Company in 1882–84.[2] The Sealah–Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64.[3]
Layout
Bira track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks
and two side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "BIRA/Bira". India Rail Info.
- ^ "The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian". Rail India. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
External links
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