Dattapukur (also known as Duttapukur[1]) (Code: DTK) is a railway station in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal on Sealdah-Bangaon line. It serves the town of Duttapukur. The station consists of 3 platforms. The station lacks many facilities including water, sanitation and it being fully sheltered.[2]

The Station

Location

The station 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.[3] The Sealdah–Dum Dum–Barasat–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64.[4]

Services

Eastern Railway operates a couple of local train services, which originate and terminate at this station. They're popularly known as Dattapukur Local among commuters. There are two routes of this type of services, one serves between Sealdah & Dattapukur[5] and another between Majerhat & Dattapukur.

See also

References

  1. ^ India. Railway Board (1901). Administration Report on the Railways in India. Manager of Publications. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  2. ^ "DTK/Duttapukur". India Rail Info.
  3. ^ "The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian". Rail India. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  4. ^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. ^ Caṭṭopādhyāẏa, Sunīlakumāra; Akademi, Sahitya (1994). Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyaya. Makers of Indian literature. Sahitya Akademi. p. 34. ISBN 9788172015787. LCCN lc94903326.


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