Tikiapara railway station
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Railway station in West Bengal
Tikiapara | ||||||||||||||
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| Kolkata Suburban Railway station | ||||||||||||||
| Tikiapara railway station | ||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Sailen Manna Street (Formerly By Pass Road), Tikiapara, Howrah, West Bengal India | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°35′55′′N 88°19′27′′E / 22.5986°N 88.3243°E / 22.5986; 88.3243 | |||||||||||||
| Elevation | 9 metres (30 ft) | |||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||
| Operated by | South Eastern Railway | |||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Howrah–Kharagpur line | |||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | |||||||||||||
| Parking | No | |||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||
| Status | Functioning | |||||||||||||
| Station code | TPKR | |||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | South Eastern Railway | |||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Kharagpur | |||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1900 | |||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1967–69 | |||||||||||||
| Previous names | Bengal Nagpur Railway | |||||||||||||
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Nimpura Through Yard
Nimpura Goods Yard
Girimaidan
Hijli
Left arrow Kharagpur-Puri line
0
Kharagpur
NH60-IN.svg NH 60
7
Jakpur
13
Madpur
19
Shyam Chak
24
Balichak
27
Duan
30
Radhamohanpur
35
Haur
39
Khirai
km
44
Panskura
Raghunathbari
20
Right arrow
Rajgoda
28
48
Narayan Pakuria Murail
Saheed Matangini
33
51
Bhogpur
Tamluk
36
0
54
Nandaigajan
Nandakumar
10
57
Mecheda
Nandakumar-Balaipanda
new line (planned)
43
Keshabpur
Chak Simulia
49
Satish Samanta Halt
Bargoda
51
Mahishadal
Moyna
60
Barda
Balaipanda
66
Basulya Sutahata
NH41-IN.svg NH 41
71
Durgachak
Lavan Satyagrah Smarak
21
Deshapran
33
Deshapran-Kendamari
new line (planned)
Gholpukur
74
Durgachak Town
New Krishnanagar
77
Silpaprabesh
Hampigram
Nandigram
Kendamari
Henria
39
Nachinda
52
Kanthi
63
79
Bandar
Sitalpur
69
81
Haldia
Sujalpur
71
Ashapurna Devi
76
Kolaghat Thermal
Power Station
78
60
Kolaghat
Kanthi-Egra new
line (planned)
Raipur
64
Deulti
Satmile
67
Ghoraghata
Paschimbatya
70
Bagnan
Balighai
Right arrow
Egra
Bhatda
78
Kulgachia
Dubda
79
Bir Shibpur
Paniparul Road
Left arrow
Depal
83
Uluberia
Champa River
85
Phuleswar
Ramnagar (Bengal)
86
88
Chengel
Egra-Digha new
line (planned)
Fort Gloster Jute Mill
Tikra
88
91
Bauria
Left arrow
95
Nalpur
Digha
94
Ambuja Cement
97
Abada
Sankrail Goods yard
99
Sankrail
Delta Jute Mill
103
Andul
105
Mourigram
Right arrow
Hindustan Industries
and Engineering
108
Santragachi
Padmapukur
109
Ramrajatala
111
Dasnagar
Shalimar │
112
Tikiapara
Right arrow
115
Howrah
km
Sources:[1] [2] [3] [4]
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Tikiapara is a railway station on the Howrah–Kharagpur line. It is located in Tikiapara, Howrah in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
[edit ]The Howrah–Kharagpur line was opened in 1900.[5] The Howrah–Kharagpur line was electrified in 1967–69.[6]
The BNR had no station at Haora, and does not to this day. It operated from a siding in Tikiapara, and was later permitted to use the new Haora Station of the EIR.[7]
Car shed
[edit ]There is a car shed of South Eastern Railway at Tikiapara.[8]
Coaching depot
[edit ]Tikiapara Coaching Depot maintains 22 primary base trains and 6 round trip trains. Total coach holding capacity is 744 coaches. It handles prestigious trains like Rajdhani Express and Poorva Express. The Coaching Depot is under Howrah Division, Eastern Railway.[9]
References
[edit ]- ^ Google Maps
- ^ Kharagpur-Howrah Local 38606 Indiarailinfo
- ^ Howrah-Haldia Local 68689 ⇒ 38089 Indiarailinfo
- ^ Santragachi-Digha EMU 78001 ⇒ 68687 Indiarailinfo
- ^ "Major events in formation of S.E.Railway". South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ The Railway Comes to Calcutta by Sukanta Chaudhuri, published in Calcutta The Living City, Volume 1, page 238. First published by Oxford University Press in 1990. ISBN o 19 563696 1
- ^ "Sheds and Workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Carriage and Wagon / Howrah Division" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 11 April 2013.