Dum Dum Junction railway station

Dum Dum Junction
Indian Railways and Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station
General information
Location	Dum Dum Road, Dum Dum, Kolkata, West Bengal 700030  India
Coordinates	22°37′16″N 88°23′35″E / 22.621142°N 88.393157°E / 22.621142; 88.393157
Elevation	9.61 metres (31.5 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railway
Platforms	5
Tracks	7
Connections	Dum Dum
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	Not available
Bicycle facilities	Not available
Accessible	Not available
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	DDJ
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Sealdah
History
Opened	1862; 162 years ago (1862)
Electrified	1963–1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Previous names	Eastern Bengal Railway
Services Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station Bidhannagar Road towards Sealdah Eastern Line Main line& Sealdah–Bangaon line Belgharia towards Ranaghat Junction Dum Dum Cantonment towards Bangaon Junction Chord link Line Baranagar Road towards Dankuni Junction Bidhannagar Road towards Dum Dum Junction Circular Line Patipukur towards Dum Dum Junction
Location

Dum Dum Junction is a very important and busy junction station of the Kolkata Suburban Railway on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line. Its code is DDJ. Three lines branch out from Dum Dum in the north direction–the Kolkata Eastern line to Gede, the Calcutta chord line to Dankuni and the Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line to Bangaon and Hasnabad. On the other hand, in the south direction, those three lines go towards Sealdah, while the Kolkata Circular Railway line arises from it towards Patipukur, and also ends to it through Bidhannagar Road after encircling the city of Kolkata through various important stations like Kolkata railway station and Majerhat. The Dum Dum metro station of the Blue line is adjacent to Dum Dum railway station. It serves Dum Dum, Paikpara, Sinthee, Cossipore, Baranagar and other surrounding areas in Kolkata.^[1]