South Eastern line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)

The South Eastern Line of Kolkata Suburban Railway is a suburban railway line serving Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It consists of 37 stations from Howrah Junction to Midnapore. The entire line is at grade level. It has section of triple track starting from Howrah Junction and ends at Midnapore, Amta, Haldia and Digha stations in West Bengal.^[5]

South Eastern line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railway
Locale	Howrah, West Bengal Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal Purba Medinipur, West Bengal
Termini	Howrah Junction & Shalimar Midnapore, Kharagpur, Amta, Haldia, Digha
Stations	Total stations: 87 Interchange stations: 5
Service
System	Kolkata Suburban Railway
Operator(s)	South Eastern Railway (SER)
Depot(s)	Tikiapara, Panskura & Kharagpur
Daily ridership	0.875 million
History
Opened	19 April 1900; 123 years ago (1900-04-19)
Technical
Line length	341 km (212 mi)
Character	At Grade
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification	25,000 V
Route map Legend Howrah–Kharagpur line 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 National Highway 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 on Sheoraphuli– Bishnupur branch line (u/c) Rajgoda 28 48 Narayan Pakuria Murail Saheed Matangini 33 51 Bhogpur Tamluk 36 00 54 Nandaigajan Nandakumar 10 57 Mecheda (planned) Mayana 43 Keshabpur (planned) Bolaipanda 49 Satish Samanta Halt National Highway 41 51 Mahishadal Haldi River 60 Barda Lavan Satyagrah Smarak 21 66 Basulya Sutahata Deshapran 33 Tata Chemicals (planned) Nandigram 71 Durgachak (planned) Kandiamari 74 Durgachak Town Henria 39 Haldia Petrochemicals Nachinda 52 IOC Haldia Refinery Kanthi 63 79 Bandar Sitalpur 69 Haldia Dock Complex Sujalpur 71 81 Haldia Ashapurna Devi Kolaghat Thermal Power Station Badalpur 78 60 Kolaghat Ramnagar (Bengal) Rupnarayan River Talga Chhari River 64 Deulti (planned) Egra 67 Ghoraghata Tikra 88 70 Bagnan to Jaleswar on Kharagpur– Puri line (under construction) to Amta on Santragachi– Amta branch line (planned) Digha 94 Damodar River 78 Kulgachia km 79 Bir Shibpur to Pujali on Sealdah South lines (planned) 83 Uluberia 85 Phuleswar 88 Chengel Fort Gloster Jute Mill (abandoned) 91 Bauria 95 Nalpur Ambuja Cement 97 Abada │ Abada rail yard 99 Sankrail Delta Jute Mill 103 Andul 105 Mourigram Santragachi–Amta branch line Hindustan Industries and Engineering 108 Santragachi Padmapukur National Highway 117 (Kona Expressway) Guest Keen Williams 109 Ramrajatala 111 Dasnagar Shalimar │ Shalimar rail yard 112 Tikiapara Howrah–Bardhaman main line & Howrah–Bardhaman chord 115 Howrah Santragachi–Amta branch line km to Bagnan (under construction) Amta Harishdadpur Jalalsi Maju Mahendralalnagar Munsirhat Pantihal to Champadanga (under construction) Bargachia Dakshinbari Domjur Domjur Road Makardaha Jhaluarbar Dansi Kona Calcutta Chord to Dankuni Bhattanagar Calcutta Chord to Dum Dum Baltikuri Bankranayabaz Howrah–Kharagpur line Andul NH 117 (Kona Epressway) Mourigram Hindustan Industries and Engineering Santragachi Padmapukur Guest Keen Williams Shalimar │ Shalimar rail yard NH 117 (Kona Epressway) Ramrajatala Dasnagar Tikiapara Howrah–Bardhaman main line & Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah Sources:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The South Eastern line in Kolkata consists of 3 major corridors, which bifurcate as they run into the suburban satellite towns. Two corridors (one local and other through) follow the South Eastern Railway run from Howrah Junction (HWH) to Midnapore (128 km). At the mainline there is a bifurcation into two branch lines – one from Panskura to Haldia (69 km) in the south-east and the other from Shalimar to Amta (50 km) in the west. These two corridors constitute the 'main' South Eastern line.^[6]

The major car sheds on this line are at Tikiapara, Panskura & Kharagpur. There are fast and slow locals here for suburban service. Trains usually start from and terminate at important stations.^[7]

Stations with Routes

Routes

The South Eastern line consists of the following routes:

• Howrah Jn – Midnapore
• Panskura Jn – Haldia
• Shalimar – Amta
• Panskura Jn – Digha
• Andul - Dankuni

Stations

Names in bold indicate that the station is a fast train stop as well as important terminal.

Main line

Main article: Howrah–Kharagpur line

South Eastern line (Main)
#	Distance from Howrah Jn (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Howrah Junction	HWH	^†Eastern line
2	3	Tikiapara	TPKR	None
3	4	Dasnagar	DSNR	None
4	6	Ramrajatala	RMJ	None
5	7	Santragachi Junction	SRC	Shalimar/Amta (South Eastern line)
6	11	Mourigram	MRGM	None
7	12	Andul	ADL	Chord link line
8	16	Sankrail	SEL	None
9	18	Abada	ABB	None
10	20	Nalpur	NALR	None
11	24	Bauria	BVA	None
12	27	Chengel	CGA	None
13	30	Phuleswar	FLR	None
14	32	Uluberia	ULB	None
15	36	Bir Shibpur	BSBP	None
16	40	Kulgachia	KGY	None
17	45	Bagnan	BZN
18	48	Ghoraghata	GGTA	None
19	51	Deulti	DTE	None
20	55	Kolaghat	KIG	None
21	58	Mecheda	MCA	None
22	61	Nandaigajan	NDGJ	None
23	64	Bhogpur	BOP	None
24	67	Narayan Pakuria Murail	NPMR	Haldia/Digha (South Eastern line)
25	71	Panskura Junction	PKU	Haldia/Digha (South Eastern line)
26	76	Khirai	KHAI	None
27	80	Haur	HAUR	None
28	85	Radhamohanpur	RDU	None
29	88	Duan	DUAN	None
30	91	Balichak	BCK	None
31	96	Shyamchak	SMCK	None
32	102	Madpur	MPD	None
33	108	Jakpur	JPR	None
34	115	Kharagpur Junction	KGP	None
35	117	Girimaidan	GMDN	None
36	121	Gokulpur	GKL	None
37	125	Cossye Halt	CSY	None
38	128	Midnapore	MDN	None

†Howrah Junction railway station is a terminus for South Eastern Railway and Eastern Railway.

Main line Branches

At the main line of South Eastern line, there is a bifurcation in two sections and one line crosses onto it.

West branch line

Main article: Santragachi–Amta branch line

West branch line
#	Distance from Shalimar (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Shalimar	SHM	None
2	3	Padmapukur	PDPK	None
3	5	Santragachi Junction	SRC	South Eastern line (Main)
4	11	Bankranayabaz	BKNM	Chord link line
5	13	Baltikuri	BALT	Chord link line
6	15	Kona	KONA	None
7	18	Dansi	DNI	None
8	20	Jhaluarbar	JLBR	None
9	21	Makardaha	MDC	None
10	23	Domjur Road	DMJR	None
11	25	Domjur	DJR	None
12	28	Dakshinbari	DKB	None
13	32	Bargachia	BAC	None
14	35	Pantihal	PTHL	None
15	37	Munsirhat	MNH	None
16	38	Mahendralalnagar	MHLN	None
17	42	Maju	MJH	None
18	45	Jalalsi	JLI	None
19	47	Harishdadpur	HDC	None
20	50	Amta	AMZ	None

South East branch line

South East branch line
#	Distance from Panskura Jn (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Panskura Junction^†	PKU	South Eastern line (Main)
2	8	Raghunathbari	RGX	None
3	16	Rajgoda	RGA	None
4	21	Sahid Matangini	SMTG	None
5	24	Tamluk^†	TMZ	Digha (South Eastern line)
6	31	Keshabpur	KSBP	None
7	36	Satish Samanta	SSPH	None
8	39	Mahishadal	MSDL	None
9	47	Barda	BRDB	None
10	53	Basulya Sutahata	BYSA	None
11	59	Durgachak	DZK	None
12	62	Durgachak Town	DZKT	None
13	65	Silpaprabesh	SLPR	None
14	67	Bandar	BAAR	None
15	69	Haldia	HLZ	None
† – Branch Line starts at Panskura

†Tamluk railway station acts as a Junction station and makes a branch line to Digha.

South branch line

South branch line
#	Distance from Tamluk (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Tamluk^†	TMZ	Panskura / Haldia (South Eastern line)
2	10	Nandakumar	NDKR	None
3	21	Lavan Satyagrah Smarak	LSGS	None
4	32	Deshapran	DSPN	None
5	39	Henria	HEN	None
6	51	Nachinda	NCN	None
7	62	Kanthi	KATI	None
8	68	Sitalpur	STLB	None
9	71	Sujalpur	SJPA	None
10	76	Ashapurna Devi	APRD	None
11	78	Badalpur	BDPA	None
12	86	Ramnagar	RMRB	None
13	88	Tikra	TKRA	None
14	94	Digha	DGHA	None
† – Branch Line starts at Tamluk

Electrification

SER electrified the South Eastern line to 25,000 V AC in the period of 1967 to 1969 with the different phases: Howrah – Maurigram, Maurigram – Bauria, Bauria – Uluberia, Uluberia – Shyamchak, Shyamchak – Kharagpur. During this period the first EMU train on this line was started on Howrah – Mecheda route after completion of this route it was extended to Kharagpur on 1 February 1969.^{[citation needed]}

In the period 1974 to 1976, Panskura – Haldia line was also electrified with the two phases: Panskura – Durgachak & Durgachak – Haldia, After that EMU services was started on this line at 1 May 1976.^{[citation needed]}

In 1985, The Kharagpur – Midnapore line was also electrified.^[8]

Services

Currently, the South Eastern Railway Running 12 Car Services on South Eastern line, Before May 2018 The 9 Car rakes was running due to an increase in passenger transport conversion of 9 Car Rakes into 12 Car rakes was started for ease of transportation.^[9]

And also, South Eastern Railway is also Running a GPS based 3-phase Medha ICF EMU train with CCTV cameras in ladies compartment in suburban sections, which was flagged off on 22 March 2018.^[10]

See also

• Kolkata Suburban Railway
• List of Kolkata Suburban Railway stations
• South Eastern Railway zone

References

1. Google maps
2. Kharagpur-Howrah Local 38606 Indiarailinfo
3. Howrah-Haldia Local 68689 ⇒ 38089 Indiarailinfo
4. Santragachi-Digha EMU 78001 ⇒ 68687 Indiarailinfo
5. History of South Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway
6. "Kharagpur Divisional Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.
7. SER Pink Book 2018-19, Indian Railways
8. "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
9. Successful Completion of 50 yrs of EMU services., South Eastern Railway, 2 May 2018
10. New 3-phase EMU train is launched., South Eastern Railway, 22 March 2018