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Railway station in West Bengal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gourinathdham railway station serves Gourinathdham and surrounding areas in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Gourinathdham | |||||||||||
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Indian Railways station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | NH 32, Gourinathdham, Purulia district, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 23.3958°N 86.2746°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 277 metres (909 ft) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Operated by | South Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Purulia–Kotshila line | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Standard at ground | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | GTD | ||||||||||
Division(s) | Adra | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1907 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 1998–99 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Bengal Nagpur Railway | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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The railway station is on NH 18. It is located at an altitude of 277 metres (909 ft) above sea level. It has a single platform and track doubling work is going on from middle of the year 2018 and also a new platform built then it has 2 platforms. The railway station was allotted the station code of GTD and is under the jurisdiction of Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway.[1]
The Purulia–Ranchi line was opened as a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)-wide narrow-gauge railway in 1907. It was named Ranchi–Purulia Railway and operated by Bengal Nagpur Railway.[2] The Kotshila–Ranchi sector was converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 1962 and the Purlia–Kotshila sector in 1992.[3]
The Purulia–Kotshila sector was electrified in 1998–99.[4]
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