Barddhaman Junction railway station

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BARDDHAMAN JUNCTION বর্ধমান জংশন
Indian Railways and Kolkata Suburban Railway station
Barddhaman Junction railway station
General information
Location	Grand Trunk Road, Bardhaman, West Bengal  India
Coordinates	23°15′00′′N 87°52′12′′E / 23.250041°N 87.869995°E / 23.250041; 87.869995
Elevation	34.00 metres (111.55 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railway
Line(s)	Howrah–Delhi main line, Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line, Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line, Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line, Howrah–Bardhaman main line, Howrah–Bardhaman chord, Bardhaman–Asansol section, Bardhaman–Katwa line
Platforms	8
Tracks	10
Connections	Cabs, Bus stand, E-rickshaw
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available Parking
Bicycle facilities	Available Bicycle facilities
Accessible	Disabled access Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	BWN[1]
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Howrah
Classification	NSG-2
History
Opened	1855; 170 years ago (1855)
Electrified	1958
Previous names	East Indian Railway Company
Passengers
200M/Year	550K/Day (Increase high)
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Terminus Eastern Railway zone Bardhaman–Asansol section Talit towards Asansol Junction Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station Gangpur towards Howrah Junction Eastern Line Howrah - Barddhaman Main line Terminus Eastern Line Howrah - Barddhaman Chord line Terminus Eastern Line Bardhaman–Katwa line Kamnara towards Katwa Junction
Route map v t e Howrah–Barddhaman main line Legend km km Barddhaman–Asansol section Up arrow Barddhaman Down Yard Up arrow B.B. loop line Left arrowRight arrow Barddhaman–Katwa line Bardhaman#Road Barddhaman Junction 107 00 143 53 Katwa Junction 136 Dainhat Barddhaman Up Yard Barddhaman Diesel Loco shed Gangpur 100 LowerLeft arrow Dainhat–Manteswar –Memari line (planned) Saktigarh 95 Down arrow B.B. loop line Howrah–Barddhaman chord line LowerLeft arrow Manteswar (planned) Palsit 91 87 Rasulpur Nimo 84 UpperRight arrow Dainhat–Manteswar –Memari line (planned) 81 Memari Bagila 78 74 Debipur Bainchi 70 67 Bainchigram Simlagarh 65 60 Pundooah Khanyan 55 50 Talandu Howrah–Barddhaman chord line Up arrow Up arrow B.B. loop line Dhaniakhali Halt 00 46 Magra (planned) Tarakeswar–Dhaniakhali –Magra line Left arrow Saraswati river Howrah–Barddhaman chord line Down arrow 43 Adisaptagram Bandel EMU car shed Up arrow B.B. loop line Bandel goods yard Bandel#Road_and_bus Bandel Junction 39 Bandel Steam Loco shed Right arrow Bandel–Naihati branch line Hooghly 37 35 Chuchura Chandannagar 32 30 Mankundu Victoria jute mill siding Bhadreshwar jute mill siding Braithwaite Angus Works siding Angus jute mill siding Bhadreshwar 28 Champdani coal depot siding 30 Bhadreshwar Ghat DVC Khal North Brook jute mill siding Dalhousie jute mill siding Champdani jute mill siding 24 Baidyabati Seoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line Left arrow 22 Seoraphuli Junction (planned) Shrirampur 19 Shrirampur (planned) Howrah Maidan–Dankuni –Srirampur metro Down arrow Standard Pharma siding FCI siding Rishra Glass factory siding Grasim Industries factory siding Wellington jute mill siding 16 Rishra Rishra cotton mill siding Berger Paints factory siding Hindustan Motors factory siding 13 Konnagar Titagarh Wagons siding 11 Hind Motor 9 Uttarpara Condemned Coach Dismantling & Cutting Yard Bone mill siding Bally Khal Howrah–Barddhaman chord line Up arrow Bally jute mill siding 8 Bally Belghoria Expressway Left arrow Right arrow Calcutta Chord link line 6 Belur Math Belur,_West_Bengal#Transport Belur Railway Scrap Yard Belur 5 Belur Store Yard 4 Liluah Howrah–Kharagpur line Up arrow Liluah C & W Workshop Santragachi Locomotive Shed Santragachi Coaching Yard Hindustan Industries & Engineering siding Right arrow Santragachi–Amta branch line (planned) Howrah–Santragachi –Dhulagarh metro Up arrow Santragachhi#Roadways Santragachi Junction 07 10 Santragachi (planned) (planned) Howrah–Santragachi –Dhulagarh metro Down arrow Liluah Sorting Yard Kona Expressway Ramrajatala 06 Howrah Diesel Loco Shed Dasnagar 04 Tikiapara–Liluah line (Howrah bypass line) Howrah Electric Loco Shed Tikiapara 02 Tikiapara EMU Car Shed Padmapukur Coaching Yard Tikiapara Coaching Yard Padmapukur 08 (planned) Howrah–Santragachi –Dhulagarh metro Up arrow Howrah EMU Car Shed Guest Keen Williams siding ferry/water interchange Shalimar 05 Shalimar (planned) Shalimar rail yard CCI siding Shalimar Goods Shed B & R siding Salt Golah Goods Yard (abandoned) (planned) Coal Depot Up arrow Howrah Maidan–Dankuni –Srirampur metro (planned) (planned) Foreshore Road Jheel Siding Coaching Yard Howrah–Shalimar line (abandoned) Howrah Maidan Burn Standard Company siding  KM Green Line  Howrah Goods Shed 0 Howrah Transport in Kolkata Buses in Kolkata Trams in Kolkata Hooghly river East–West Metro Tunnel Down arrow  KM Green Line  km km Key Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm) Kolkata Metro (KM) standard gauge (1435 mm) in use   out of use, planned, or under construction (u/c)   tunnel

Howrah–Bardhaman Chord
Legend
km Up arrow Bardhaman–Asansol section Right arrow Bardhaman–Katwa line 95 Bardhaman 88 Gangpur 83 Saktigarh Down arrow Howrah–Bardhaman main line NH19-IN.svg NH 19 78 Palla Road 75 Chanchai Left arrow Bankura–Masagram line 72 Masagram SH15-IN jct.svg SH 15 Memari–Tarakeswar Road
	69	Nabagram
	65	Jaugram
	62	Jhapandanga
	58	Gurap
	56	Hajigarh
	54	Cheragram Block Hut
	52	Sibaichandi
	UpperRight arrow to Mogra (planned)
	Left arrow to Tarakeswar (planned)
	49	Dhaniakhali Halt
	47	Belmuri
	45	Porabazar
	41	Chandanpur
	36	Madhusudanpur
	SH2-IN jct.svg SH 2
	33	Kamarkundu
	Left arrow Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur line Right arrow
	32	Balarambati
	30	Mirzapur–Bankipur
	27	Baruipara
	23	Begampur
	Left arrow to Furfura Sharif (planned)
	UltraTech Cement Siding
	21	Janai Road
	Dankuni Coal Complex Siding
	Jangalpara
	16	Gobra
	15 0	Dankuni
	ELAAU CLW Siding
	FCI Siding
	NH19-IN.svg NH 19
	NH16-IN.svg NH 16
	Left arrow Santragachi–Amta branch line
	12	Belanagar
	7	Bally
	Up arrow Howrah–Bardhaman main line
	4	Rajchandrapur
	6	Bally Halt
	Right arrow C.C. link line
	7	Belur
	Belur Math
	5	Liluah
	UpperLeft arrow Howrah–Kharagpur line
	0	Howrah
	km

v t e Bardhaman–Katwa line
Legend
km Left arrow Bardhaman–Asansol section Right arrow 0 Barddhaman Junction 6 Kamnara 7 Kshetia 10 Chamardighi 11 Karjana 12 Karjanagram Khari River 15 Amarun 19 Bhatar 25 Balgona 30 Saota 32 Nigan Mangalkot (planned) 36 Kaichar Halt 41 Bankapasi 45 Srikhanda 46 Sripat Srikhanda Right arrow Barharwa–Azimganj– Katwa loop
	53	Katwa Junction
	Down arrow	Bandel–Katwa line
	km

Sources: ^[2]

Location
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Barddhaman Junction Railway Station (station code: BWN) is a railway junction station on the Howrah–Delhi main line and is located in Purba Bardhaman District in the Indian state of West Bengal. EMU services from Howrah along Howrah–Bardhaman main line and Howrah–Bardhaman chord terminate at Bardhaman. Every day, over 300 express/mail/SF trains halt here, making it one of the busiest and important junction railway station in Eastern India. It serves Bardhaman, the fifth most populous city in West Bengal.^[3]

Barddhaman Junction is an important station in the Eastern Railway zone. Trains from Howrah, Sealdah, Kolkata towards Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Gaya etc. go through the station. The station consists of eight platforms.

The first passenger train ran from Howrah to Bardhaman on 15 August 1855.

The track was extended to Raniganj by 1855.^[4]

The Howrah–Bardhaman chord, a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the Howrah–Bardhaman main line, was constructed in 1917.^[5]

Bardhaman–Katwa line was upgraded from NG to BG in 2014 (up to Balgona) and extended up to Katwa in 2018.

It has Siemens interlocking^{[clarification needed ]} and it was commissioned in 2014. New route relay interlocking (RRI) has considerably increased train punctuality.

Electrification of the Howrah–Bardhaman main line was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1958. Earlier, electrification started (on the Howrah–Bandel sector) with 3 kV DC overhead system in 1953.^[6]

The Howrah–Bardhaman chord was electrified in 1964–66.^[7] The Bardhaman–Katwa line was electrified in 2014 (up to Balgona) and 2018 (up to Katwa jn).

Barddhaman railway station has two-bedded non-AC retiring rooms and four bedded non-AC dormitories. The station platforms are equipped with high speed Wi-Fi access provided by Google and RailWire. All platforms are equipped with escalators (1-8) with a lift facility in platform number 6-7. Automated ticket vending machines are at both sides of the station where tickets can be purchased by cash, card, or UTS mobile system. IRCTC vendors offer various types of food at the station platforms. Purified and cold water is available at platforms.

Bardhaman Coaching & Wagon Depot can maintain passenger trains EMU and MEMU, including one DEMU rake. It has a capacity of holding 71 coaches.^[8]

The shed was commissioned in September 1983. Even though it is named as Diesel loco shed, Barddhaman, it only holds electric locomotives now.

SN	Locomotives	HP	Quantity
1.	WAG-5	3850	47
2.	WAG-7	5350	61
Total Locomotives Active as of May 2025[9]			108

On two different dates, 6 and 13 April 2003, employees of a private security agency fired at fleeing coal thieves, injuring a passerby and on the later date, a hawker. Following these incidents, a large mob comprising the station's hawkers and residents of the area clashed with police forces, leading to a baton charge and arrests on 14 April 2003.^[10]

On Friday, 9 November 2019, several people were injured in a stampede over a footbridge at the station.^[11]

On Saturday, 4 January 2020, a major portion of the main entrance gate of the railway station collapsed, injuring several people. Construction activities were taking place at the site of the accident.^{[12] [13]}

On 13 December 2023, a water tank in Platform 2 and 3 in the station suddenly collapsed during afternoon.

• Barddhaman railway station platform
  Barddhaman railway station platform
• Barddhaman Junction railway station nameplate
  Barddhaman Junction railway station nameplate
• Bardhaman Junction
  Bardhaman Junction

• Trains at Bardhaman
• Bardhaman travel guide from Wikivoyage

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