Kharagpur Junction came up in 1898–99. On one side, Bengal Nagpur Railway's Kharagpur–Cuttack line was opened on New Year's Day in 1899. On the other hand, the opening of the bridge over the Rupnarayan River at Kolaghat, on 19 April 1900, connected Howrah with Kharagpur. Kharagpur was also linked with Sini the same year. The line was ready in 1898–99. The Kharagpur–Midnapore branch line was opened to traffic in 1901.[6]
Infrastructureedit
After Hubballi Junction, Gorakhpur, and Kollam Junction in Kerala, Kharagpur has the world's fourth-longest railway platform with a length of 1,072.5 metres (3,519 ft).[7][8][9] Remodelling of Gorakhpur railway station was completed and the new platform inaugurated on 6 October 2013. Till then Kharagpur held the distinction of having the longest platform in the world for many years.[10] Kharagpur also has the Asia's largest Railway Solid State Interlocking (SSI) system.[11]
Platform nos. 1 and 3, and 2 and 4 of Kharagpur Junction are continuous. The 24-coach Coromandel Express stops at the start of platform no. 3 and its tail extends some distance into platform no. 1.[7] Aloo Khasa is one of the famous dish found at the Kharagpur railway platform.
Backgroundedit
It is the busiest junction station in South Eastern Railway Zone after Howrah. Hence, it is termed as Gateway to South Eastern Railway. It is one of the fifty highest railway reservation in India. It is a junction which connects Howrah to Mumbai, Chennai, Adra/Purulia and New Delhi via Tatanagar as well. It also connects Bhubaneshwar to New Delhi. Everyday approximately 275 trains pass through this station which includes freight traffic. In terms of passenger traffic it handles 176 trains on a daily basis. So, in a bid to decongest Kharagpur station and speed up locomotives, South Eastern Railway has decided to develop Hijli (close to IIT Kharagpur) as an alternative station for Kharagpur.[12] Now most of the new trains coming from Balasore side and going towards Adra or Tatanagar stop at Hijli and bypass Kharagpur. In order to increase passenger commute between Kharagpur and Hijli, new EMU services have been introduced between these two stations.
The Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line is classified under Route A of Indian Railways which allows trains to run at maximum permissible speed of 160 km/h. However, as a result of the automated block section between Howrah and Kharagpur, the speed is restricted to 130 km/h. The Howrah–Kharagpur section has been identified as one of the high-density automatic block signaling routes on Indian Railways. Thus plans are to deploy Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS) on this section to mitigate the risk of signal passed at danger (SPAD) by loco pilots leading to accidents.
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^"Gorakhpur gets world's largest railway platform". The Times of India. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
^Dinda, Archisman (9 October 2013). "Uttar Pradesh gets world's longest railway platform". GulfNews. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
^"Asia's largest interlocking system at Kharagpur station". Times of India. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
^"Hijli to ease congestion at Kharagpur station". Times of India. 31 July 2012.
External linksedit
Kharagpur travel guide from Wikivoyage
Kharagpur Railway Division
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Kharagpur Municipality
Media related to Kharagpur railway junction at Wikimedia Commons
January 01, 1970
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Kharagpur Junction railway station is a railway station in Kharagpur of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal It is also the fourth longest railway station by platform length after Hubli Junction railway station Gorakhpur Junction railway station and Kollam Junction railway station It is an A 1 category station of Indian Railways 5 Kharagpur JunctionRegional rail Commuter rail amp Inter city rail stationKharagpur railway stationGeneral informationLocationKharagpur West BengalIndiaCoordinates22 20 24 N 87 19 30 E 22 339914 N 87 325016 E 22 339914 87 325016Elevation29 m 95 ft Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated bySouth Eastern RailwayLine s Howrah Kharagpur line Howrah Nagpur Mumbai line Howrah Chennai main line Kharagpur Bankura Adra line Asansol Tatanagar Kharagpur line Kolkata Suburban RailwayPlatforms12 1 1A 2 2A 3 3A 4 4A 5 6 7 8 Total length 1 072 m 3 517 ft Tracks24ConnectionsAuto stand Bus standConstructionStructure typeStandard on ground station ParkingAvailableAccessibleWheelchair facilities availableArchitectural styleBritishOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeKGPZone s South Eastern Railway zoneDivision s KharagpurHistoryOpened1898 1899 125 years ago 1899 ElectrifiedYesPrevious namesBengal Nagpur RailwayPassengersMore than 5 00 000 dailyServicesPreceding station Indian Railways Following station Jakpurtowards Howrah Junction South Eastern Railway zoneHowrah Chennai main line Hijlitowards Chennai Central South Eastern Railway zoneHowrah Nagpur Mumbai line Nimpuratowards Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station Girimaidantowards Midnapore South Eastern LineMain line amp Kharagpur Bankura Adra line Jakpurtowards Howrah JunctionRoute mapLegend km Asansol Tatanagar Kharagpur line Kharagpur Puri line Kharagpur Bankura Adra line Kalaikunda Kharagpur Bankura Adra line Nimpura Nimpura Through Yard Nimpura Goods Yard Girimaidan Hijli Kharagpur Puri line 0 Kharagpur NH 60 7 Jakpur 13 Madpur 19 Shyam Chak 24 Balichak 27 Duan 30 Radhamohanpur 35 Haur 39 Khirai km Kangsabati River 44 Panskura Raghunathbari 20 to Ghatal planned Rajgoda 28 48 Narayan Pakuria Murail Saheed Matangini 33 51 Bhogpur Tamluk 360 0 54 Nandaigajan Nandakumar 10 57 Mecheda Nandakumar Balaipandanew line planned 43 Keshabpur Chak Simulia 49 Satish Samanta Halt Bargoda 51 Mahishadal Moyna 60 Barda Balaipanda 66 Basulya Sutahata NH 41 Haldia Energy Power Station Haldi River 71 Durgachak Lavan Satyagrah Smarak 21 HPCL Siding Deshapran 33 Indorama Checmicals Siding Deshapran Kendamarinew line planned Gholpukur 74 Durgachak Town New Krishnanagar 77 Silpaprabesh Hampigram Haldia Industrial Belt Nandigram Kendamari Henria 39 Haldia Dock Complex Nachinda 52 Kanthi 63 79 Bandar ICF Haldia Sitalpur 69 81 Haldia Sujalpur 71 Ashapurna Devi 76 Kolaghat ThermalPower Station Badalpur 78 60 Kolaghat Kanthi Egra newline planned Rupnarayan River Raipur 64 Deulti Satmile 67 Ghoraghata Paschimbatya 70 Bagnan Balighai Bagnan Amtaline planned Egra Damodar River Bhatda 78 Kulgachia Dubda 79 Bir Shibpur Paniparul Road Pujali Uluberialine planned Depal 83 Uluberia Champa River 85 Phuleswar Ramnagar Bengal 86 88 Chengel Egra Digha newline planned Fort Gloster Jute Mill Tikra 88 91 Bauria Digha Jaleswarline planned 95 Nalpur Digha 94 Ambuja Cement 97 Abada Sankrail Goods yard 99 Sankrail Delta Jute Mill 103 Andul 105 Mourigram Santragachi Amtabranch line Hindustan Industriesand Engineering 108 Santragachi Padmapukur NH 12 Kona Expressway Guest Keen Williams 109 Ramrajatala 111 Dasnagar Shalimar Shalimarrail yard 112 Tikiapara Howrah Bardhaman main line amp Howrah Bardhaman chord 115 Howrah km Sources 1 2 3 4 LocationKharagpur JunctionLocation in West BengalShow map of West BengalKharagpur JunctionLocation in IndiaShow map of India vteKharagpur Legend km to Asansol Tatanagar Kharagpur line Kalaikunda Nimpura Giri Maidan Hijli to Kharagpur Bankura Adra line to Kharagpur Puri line Kharagpur Jakpur to Howrah Kharagpur line Source Google Maps Contents 1 History 2 Infrastructure 3 Background 4 Gallery 5 References 6 External linksHistory editKharagpur Junction came up in 1898 99 On one side Bengal Nagpur Railway s Kharagpur Cuttack line was opened on New Year s Day in 1899 On the other hand the opening of the bridge over the Rupnarayan River at Kolaghat on 19 April 1900 connected Howrah with Kharagpur Kharagpur was also linked with Sini the same year The line was ready in 1898 99 The Kharagpur Midnapore branch line was opened to traffic in 1901 6 Infrastructure editAfter Hubballi Junction Gorakhpur and Kollam Junction in Kerala Kharagpur has the world s fourth longest railway platform with a length of 1 072 5 metres 3 519 ft 7 8 9 Remodelling of Gorakhpur railway station was completed and the new platform inaugurated on 6 October 2013 Till then Kharagpur held the distinction of having the longest platform in the world for many years 10 Kharagpur also has the Asia s largest Railway Solid State Interlocking SSI system 11 Platform nos 1 and 3 and 2 and 4 of Kharagpur Junction are continuous The 24 coach Coromandel Express stops at the start of platform no 3 and its tail extends some distance into platform no 1 7 Aloo Khasa is one of the famous dish found at the Kharagpur railway platform Background editIt is the busiest junction station in South Eastern Railway Zone after Howrah Hence it is termed as Gateway to South Eastern Railway It is one of the fifty highest railway reservation in India It is a junction which connects Howrah to Mumbai Chennai Adra Purulia and New Delhi via Tatanagar as well It also connects Bhubaneshwar to New Delhi Everyday approximately 275 trains pass through this station which includes freight traffic In terms of passenger traffic it handles 176 trains on a daily basis So in a bid to decongest Kharagpur station and speed up locomotives South Eastern Railway has decided to develop Hijli close to IIT Kharagpur as an alternative station for Kharagpur 12 Now most of the new trains coming from Balasore side and going towards Adra or Tatanagar stop at Hijli and bypass Kharagpur In order to increase passenger commute between Kharagpur and Hijli new EMU services have been introduced between these two stations The Howrah Nagpur Mumbai line is classified under Route A of Indian Railways which allows trains to run at maximum permissible speed of 160 km h However as a result of the automated block section between Howrah and Kharagpur the speed is restricted to 130 km h The Howrah Kharagpur section has been identified as one of the high density automatic block signaling routes on Indian Railways Thus plans are to deploy Train Protection amp Warning System TPWS on this section to mitigate the risk of signal passed at danger SPAD by loco pilots leading to accidents Gallery edit nbsp The Howrah Puri Shatabdi Express at Kharagpur nbsp An aerial view of the station nbsp An EMU at Kharagpur nbsp The station nbsp The station nbsp Entrance and ticket booking office at night nbsp Coromandel Express halted at Kharagpur Junction nbsp Railway station entrance Bogda South side References edit Google Maps Kharagpur Howrah Local 38606 Indiarailinfo Howrah Haldia Local 68689 38089 Indiarailinfo Santragachi Digha EMU 78001 68687 Indiarailinfo Category of stations over S E Railway ser indianrailways gov in Indian Railways Retrieved 16 July 2023 Saxena R P Indian Railway History timeline Archived from the original on 14 July 2012 Retrieved 21 January 2012 a b Trivia IRFCA Retrieved 21 January 2012 Indian Railway Facts iloveindia Retrieved 21 January 2012 Gorakhpur gets world s largest railway platform The Times of India 7 October 2013 Retrieved 7 October 2013 Dinda Archisman 9 October 2013 Uttar Pradesh gets world s longest railway platform GulfNews Retrieved 9 October 2013 Asia s largest interlocking system at Kharagpur station Times of India 15 November 2017 Retrieved 23 November 2017 Hijli to ease congestion at Kharagpur station Times of India 31 July 2012 External links edit nbsp Kharagpur travel guide from Wikivoyage Kharagpur Railway Division Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur Municipality nbsp Media related to Kharagpur railway junction at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kharagpur Junction railway station amp oldid 1211399863, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
