Begunkodor railway station | |||||||||||
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| Indian Railways station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Begunkodor, Purulia district, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°23′15″N 86°01′18″E / 23.3875°N 86.0217°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 308 metres (1,010 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Double electrified BG | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | Not available | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Functional | ||||||||||
| Station code | BKDR | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | South Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Ranchi Division | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1960 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1967 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2009 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Begunkodar railway station is a railway station of Ranchi railway division of the South Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It serves the nearby area of Begunkodor and Jhalda town in the Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] Passengers deserted the station and it had come to be known as haunted in Railway records.[2] The station was listed by Railways as one of its 10 most haunted stations in India.[3]
- ^ "BKDR / Begunkodor". Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "A station where trains never stop". Orissa Post. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "West Bengal's Begunkodor no longer a haunted railway station". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 March 2019.