Aranghata railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = Aranghata

| type = 30px Indian Railways station
Kolkata Suburban Railway station

| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway

| image = Aranghata railway station 03.jpg

| image_caption = Aranghata railway station

| address = Ranaghat Road, Aranghata, Nadia, West Bengal

| country = India

| coordinates = {{Coord|23.242647|N|88.614022|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation = {{cvt|17|m}}

| line = Ranaghat–Gede line of Kolkata Suburban Railway

| other =

| accessible =

| bicycle = Not available

| structure = Standard (on ground station)

| platform = 2

| tracks = 2

| parking =

| opened = 1862

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified = 1997–98

| code = {{Indian railway code

| code = AG

| zone = Eastern Railway

| division = Sealdah

}}

| owned = Indian Railways

| operator = Eastern Railway

| status = Functioning

| former = Eastern Bengal Railway

| passengers =

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| map_type = India West Bengal#India

| map_dot_label = Aranghata

| map_size = 300

| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|line=Eastern|left=Pancheberia|right=Bahirgachhi Halt|to-left=Sealdah|to-right=Gede|type=Gede line}}

| route_map = {{Lalgola and Gede branch lines}}

| map_state = collapsed

}}

Aranghata railway station is a railway station on the Ranaghat–Gede line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system and operated by Eastern Railway. It is situated beside Ranaghat Road, Sabdalpur, Aranghata of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/indian-railway/aranghata-ag-station|title=ARANGHATA (AG) Railway Station|publisher=NDTV|access-date=8 May 2019}} This railway station serves in Ranaghat II and Aranghata area.{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/aranghata-ag/7635|title=AG/Aranghata|publisher=indiarailinfo.com|access-date=1 March 2023}}

History

The Ranaghat–{{stnlnk|Gede}} section was the part of the Eastern Bengal Railway which was opened in 1862 and extended to Kushtia, now in Bangladesh. This was the Calcutta–Siliguri main line but after Partition of India in 1947, this got truncated and what remained India named the Gede branch line.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Eastern_Bengal_Railway|title=Eastern Bengal Railway|access-date=8 May 2019}} The line including Aranghata railway station was electrified in 1997–98.{{Cite web|url=https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,442,462,470|title=TRACTION DISTRIBUTION SEALDAH|website=indianrailways.gov.in|access-date=8 May 2019}}

References

Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1862

Category:Sealdah railway division

Category:Railway stations in Nadia district

Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations