Tarakeswar | |
Type: | Kolkata Suburban Railway Station |
Style: | Kolkata Suburban Railway |
Address: | State Highway 2, Tarakeswar, Hooghly District, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 13m (43feet) |
Line: | Howrah–Bardhaman main line Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar branch line |
Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
Platform: | 4 |
Tracks: | 6 |
Parking: | no |
Bicycle: | no |
Opened: | 1885 |
Electrified: | 1957–58 |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Eastern Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | Tarkessur Railway Company |
Passengers: | Busy |
Map Type: | India West Bengal#India |
Map Dot Label: | Tarakeswar |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Tarakeswar is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar branch line and is located in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a very important railway station of Hooghly district. It also one of the most busy railway station with high revenue of Eastern Railway. It serves Tarakeswar city and a large area of Hooghly district and also some parts of Howrah & Purba Barddhaman district. Due to very good bus connectivity from Tarakeswar to South Bengal; peoples of Bankura, East & West Midnapore also used this station.
The broad gauge Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar branch line was opened by the Tarkessur Railway Company on 1 January 1885 and was worked by East Indian Railway Company.[1] [2]
Howrah–Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar line was electrified in 1957–58.[3]
Tarakeswar railway station has a six-bedded dormitory.[4]