Sealdah South section

Sealdah South section
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerIndian Railways
Locale
Termini
Stations
  • Total stations: 67
  • Interchange stations: 5
WebsiteEastern Railway
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemKolkata Suburban Railway
Services
  • Sealdah – Diamond Harbour
  • Sealdah – Budge Budge
  • Sealdah – Canning
  • Sealdah – Namkhana
Operator(s)Eastern Railway
Depot(s)
  1. Sonarpur EMU Carshed
  2. Narkeldanga EMU Carshed
History
Opened2 January 1862; 162 years ago (1862-01-02)
Technical
Line length238 km (148 mi)
Number of tracks1/2/3
CharacterAt-grade
Track gauge5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification25 kV AC overhead line
Operating speedup to 100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map

km
Up arrow
5
Bidhannagar Road
Press House siding
Kankurgachi Road
2
Kankurgachi Road Junction
Narkeldanga
EMU Carshed
3
Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt
Circular Canal
Kankurgachi
Chord line
Sealdah North
00
0
Sealdah Main
Sealdah metro station Sealdah
Left arrow  KM Line 2  Right arrow
Sealdah South
00
Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed
6
Kamardanga Halt
Beruck & Comens Siding
3│7
Park Circus
Hindusthan Engineering
& Industrial Ltd. siding
BESCO siding
5
Ballygunge Junction
Lake Gardens
07
6
Dhakuria
Rabindra Sarobar metro station Tollygunge
08
8
Jadabpur
Rabindra Sarobar
0
Up arrow  KM Line 1  Down arrow
Tollygunge Bridge
0
10
Bagha Jatin
0
New Alipore
09
Down arrow
New Garia–Baruipur
Metro (planned)
Kavi Subhash
Up arrow
0
11
New Garia Kavi Subhash metro stationKavi Subhash metro station
Majerhat metro station Majerhat
10
UpperLeft arrow  KM Line 3  Right arrow
12
Garia
14
Narendrapur
Brace Bridge
12
16
Sonarpur Junction
Sonarpur EMU Carshed
Santoshpur
15
Clive jute mill siding
19
Bidyadharpur
Union jute mill siding
22
Kalikapur
Akra
18
Down arrow planned extension
Nangi
21
46
Ghatakpukur
Batanagar factory siding
60
Minakhan
Caledonian jute mill siding
24
Champahati
K.M. Budge Budge
24
27
Piali
IBP/IOCL Depot
29
Gourdaha
Budge Budge Rail Yard
31
Ghutiari Shariff
34
Betberia Ghola
Budge Budge jute mill siding
38
Taldi
41
Matla Halt
45
Canning
Charial Canal
Down arrow planned extension
Lothian jute mill siding
(planned) Kalipur
29
50
Bhangankhali
60
Sonakhali
Orient jute mill siding
65
Basanti
Albion jute mill siding
87
Jharkhali
Charial Extension Canal
planned extension
Down arrow
Pujali
31
Bir Shibpur
41
Pujali–Bankrahat
line (planned)
Bankrahat
42
Gurudasnagar–Bankrahat
line (planned)
19
Subhasgram
22
Mallikpur
New Garia–Baruipur
Metro (planned)
Up arrow
BESCO Siding
(planned) Baruipur
00
25
Baruipur Junction
Baruipur Metro Depot
Kalyanpur
28
27
Shasan Road
Dakshin Durgapur
30
29
Krishna Mohan
Hotar
32
31
Dhapdhapi
Dhamua
34
33
Surjyapur
Uttar Radhanagar
37
35
Gocharan
Magra Hat
40
38
Hogla
Bahirpuya
43
41
Dakshin Barasat
Sangrampur
45
44
Baharu
(planned) Sangrampur–
Krishnachandrapur line
LowerRight arrow
49
Jaynagar Majilpur
Deula
50
87
Durgapur (planned)
Netra
53
Down arrow planned extension
Basuldanga
55
Gurudas Nagar
63
57
70
57
Krishnachandrapur
61
Uttar Kashinagar
66
Companirthek
Diamond Harbour
60
70
Raidighi
Hara Fort goods siding
54
Mathurapur Road
59
Madhabpur
62
Lakshmikantapur
Gurudasnagar–Kulpi
line (planned)
67
Udairampur
75
71
Kulpi
76
Karanjali
82
Nischintapur Market
84
Nischintapur
88
Madhabnagar
92
Kashinagar
95
Kakdwip
Budhakhali
103
Left arrow planned extension
103
Ukilerhat
Sagar Island
108
110
Namkhana
Down arrow planned extension
112
Namkhana Ghat
124
Chandranagar
141
Bakkhali
km
Key
Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm)
Kolkata Metro (KM) broad gauge (1676 mm)
Kolkata Metro (KM) standard gauge (1435 mm)
narrow gauge (762 mm)
in use │
out of use, planned, or
under construction (u/c)
│ tunnel

Sealdah South section consists of a set of four lines which connect Sealdah in Kolkata with its southern suburbs and with the entire South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India. It is a part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway and is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division of the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways.[1]

It is linked to the Sealdah Main and North section via the Kankurgachi Chord line at Park Circus and via the Kolkata Circular Railway at Majerhat Junction.[1]

It also connects to the Kolkata Dock System Railway (KDS Railway) at Majerhat and Brace Bridge respectively.[2]

  1. ^ a b Brief Detail of Sealdah Division Archived 25 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Eastern Railway
  2. ^ "Railway Facilities - Syama Prasad Mookherjee Port Trust, Kolkata". Retrieved 9 November 2021.