Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt railway station

Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in Narkeldanga, Kolkata.^[2] It serves the local areas of Narkeldanga and Phoolbagan in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. A few trains run through this station and halt here. The station has two platforms. Its code is SGBA.

Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt
Kolkata Suburban Railway station
General information
Location	Narkeldanga,[1] Kolkata, West Bengal India
Coordinates	22.574171°N 88.385046°E / 22.574171; 88.385046
Elevation	5 metres (16 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Connections	Phoolbagan
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Not available
Bicycle facilities	Not available
Accessible	Not available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	SGBA
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Sealdah
History
Opened	1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Electrified	1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Services Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station Park Circus towards Dum Dum Junction Circular Line Bidhannagar Road towards Dum Dum Junction
Route map Kolkata Circular Railway Legend km km Calcutta Chord link line  KM Line 1  Sealdah–Ranaghat line Noapara 02 Noapara Metro Depot Kestopur Canal Sealdah–Bangaon line 3 Dum Dum Cantonment Dum Dum Junction 00 line dismantled Jessore Road 5 Jessore Road Bimanbandar 7 Biman Bandar  KM Line 4  (u/c) Patipukur loop line (dismantled) Jessore Road Belgachia 02 2 Patipukur Chitpur Rail Yard Ultadanga Road 03 Lansdown mill siding Kolkata 04 Brown Blanket mill siding  KM Line 1  Cossipore Road Goods Shed Kestopur Canal FCI siding Bidhan Nagar Road CESC siding 3 Bidhannagar Road Cossipore Gun and Shell factory siding Press House siding Kankurgachi Road Tala 05 5 Kankurgachi Road Junction Bagbazar 06 6 Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Narkeldanga EMU Carshed Sovabazar Ahiritola 08 Circular Canal Kankurgachi Chord line Sealdah North 08 8 Sealdah Main Sealdah  KM Line 2  (u/c) Sealdah South 08 Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed Burra Bazar 09 9 Kamardanga Halt Howrah Bridge B.B.D. Bag 10 Beruck & Comens Siding Eden Gardens 12 11 Park Circus Prinsep Ghat 13 Maa Flyover Vidyasagar Setu Hindusthan Engineering & Industrial Ltd. siding Adi Ganga river BESCO siding to KDS Railway (dismantled) Bijon Setu Khidderpore 16 13 Ballygunge Junction Remount Road 17 Sealdah–Sonarpur section to KDS Railway 15 Lake Gardens Sealdah–Budge Budge line Majerhat 18  KM Line 3  (u/c) Kalighat–Falta Railway (NG) (dismantled) 16 Tollygunge Jai Hind Bridge Rabindra Sarobar New Alipore 17  KM Line 1  Adi Ganga river Tollygunge Bridge km 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 This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Station complex

Earlier on the platform was not well sheltered. The station lacked many public facilities including water and sanitation.

However, in 2017, there have been many improvements to this station, wherein shelters and seats were added for passengers, water dispensers were placed, and floodlights have been positioned to ensure safety at night. The platform too, was considerably elongated to accommodate longer trains.

In the recent past, there has also been a surge in the number of passengers utilizing the station.

Connections

Auto

Phoolbagan to Sealdah auto route connects the station to Sealdah railway station.

Bus

Bus route number 12C/2, 44, 45, 217B, 221, 223, 235, 253, DN17, S122 (Mini), S138 (Mini), S165 (Mini), S173 (Mini), AC49A, D11A serve the station.^[3]

Metro

Phoolbagan of Kolkata Metro Line 2 is within 500m.

Air

External links

• Kolkata/Northern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage

References

1. "Indianrailinfo".
2. "Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt".
3. "Bus Services".