Khana railway station

Khana Junction is a railway station in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Khana Junction খানা জংশন
NJ Indian Railways junction station
Khana Jn. railway station
General information
Location	Khana, Bardhaman, West Bengal India
Coordinates	23°19′15″N 87°46′12″E
Line(s)	Howrah–Delhi main line, Sahibganj loop
Platforms	A1,1,2,3,4
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	KAN
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Howrah
History
Opened	1854
Electrified	1957–1962
Previous names	East Indian Railway
Location Khana Junction Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Khana Junction Location in India Show map of India

v t e Bardhaman–Asansol section
Legend
km Asansol-Patna section Asansol-Gaya section 123 Radhanagar Colliery siding 120 Sitarampur Andal–Sitarampur loop line planned wye connection Asansol–Adra line IISCO Damodar Yard Sodepur colliery siding 116 Barachak 115 Damodar IISCO Hirapur Exchange Yard IISCO Burnpur sidings 111 Burnpur 107 Asansol Court 106 Mohishila Asansol Electric Loco Shed 106 Asansol Junction Asansol Passenger Yard Grand Trunk Road Kalipahari-Damodar freight bypass line 101 Kalipahari 96 Nuniah Block Hut Nunia River 92 Nimcha Block Hut Nimcha Colliery siding 88 Raniganj Kalidaspur Colliery Damodar River Mejia Thermal Power Station Raniganj Ghat 83 Baktarnagar Block Hut Andal–Sitarampur loop line Andal–Sainthia branch line 80 Andal Andal Marshalling Yard BSTPS Andal siding Durgapur Cement Works (Birla) Durgapur Steel Exchange Yard DSP siding Alloy Steels Plant siding 74 Pinjrapol Block Hut 72 Waria DTPS Waria siding Durgapur Projects Limited Durgapur Coke Oven Plant 64 Durgapur Durgapur Goods Shed 56 Rajbandh IOCL Rajbandh depot 48 Panagarh Panagarh Army Cantonment NH 19 (Grand Trunk Road) HPCL LPG bottling plant 38 Mankar 29 Paraj 23 Galsi 20 Ishan Chandi Halt Sahibganj loop 13 Khana to Bankura–Masagram line (under construction) 8 Talit Bardhaman–Katwa line 0 Barddhaman Junction 7 Gangpur 12 Saktigarh Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah–Bardhaman main line km
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History

During the middle of the nineteenth century, Carr, Tagore and Company transported coal from Narayankuri ghat on the Damodar River to Kolkata, then known as Calcutta. However, as the flow of water in the river was inconsistent, supplies were irregular. In order to capture the lucrative coal transport business, East Indian Railway, extended the railway track that had been laid between Kolkata and Hooghly to Raniganj in 1855.^[6][7][8]

Construction of what was then considered to be the Howrah–Delhi main line was started in 1859, when the Khana Junction-Rajmahal line was built. In 1866 Kolkata –and Delhi were directly linked. With the completion of the 406 kilometres (252 mi) long line connecting Raniganj with Kiul in 1871, a "shorter main line" was in position. Initially, it was called the chord line. However, as it attracted more traffic it was designated the main line and the original line, operating between Khana Junction and Kiul Junction, became the Sahibganj loop.^[8]