Dum Dum Junction railway station

Dum Dum Junction
Indian Railways and Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station
General information
LocationDum Dum Rd, Kolkata, West Bengal 700030
 India
Coordinates22°37′16″N 88°23′35″E / 22.621142°N 88.393157°E / 22.621142; 88.393157
Elevation9.61 metres (31.5 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byEastern Railway
Platforms5
Tracks7
Connections Dum Dum
Construction
Structure typeElevated
ParkingNot available
Bicycle facilitiesNot available
AccessibleNot available
Other information
StatusActive
Station codeDDJ
Zone(s) Eastern Railway
Division(s) Sealdah
History
Opened1862; 162 years ago (1862)
Electrified1963–1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Previous namesEastern Bengal Railway
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station
Bidhannagar Road
towards Sealdah
 Eastern Line Belgharia
towards Ranaghat Junction
Dum Dum Cantonment
towards Bangaon Junction
Chord link Line Baranagar Road
towards Dankuni Junction
Bidhannagar Road
towards Dum Dum Junction
 Circular Line Patipukur
towards Dum Dum Junction
Location
Map

Dum Dum Junction is a Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line. Its code is DDJ. It is the busiest railway junction in Kolkata suburban railway. Three lines branch out from Dum Dum in the north direction–the Kolkata Eastern line to Gede, the Calcutta chord line to Dankuni and the Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line to Bangaon and Hasnabad. On the other hand, in the south direction, those three lines go towards Sealdah, while the Kolkata Circular Railway line arises from it towards Patipukur, and also ends to it through Bidhannagar Road after encircling the city of Kolkata through various important stations like Kolkata railway station and Majerhat. The Dum Dum metro station of the Blue line is adjacent to Dum Dum railway station. It serves Cossipore, Sinthee, Baranagar and Dum Dum areas.[1]

History

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The Calcutta Sealdah–Kusthia line of Eastern Bengal Railway was opened to traffic in 1862.[2] Eastern Bengal Railway worked on the eastern side of the Hooghly River, which in those days there was no bridge.[3]

In 1882–84 the Bengal Central Railway Company constructed two lines: one from Dum Dum to Khulna present day which is in Bangladesh, via Bangaon and the other linking Ranaghat and Bangaon.[4] The Bengal Central Railway was formed in 1881 to construct and operate a line to Khulna. Later, it was merged with Eastern Bengal Railway in 1903.[5]

The 33.06 km (21 mi) long 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge line from Barasat to Hasnabad was constructed between 1957 and 1962.[6] In 1932, the Calcutta Chord line was built over the Willingdon Bridge joining Dum Dum and Dankuni.[4]

Electrification

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The Sealdah–Ranaghat line and the Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon line were electrified in 1963–64. Further, the Dum Dum–Dankuni sector was electrified in 1964–65.[7]

Platforms

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Platform 1

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Platform 1 mostly handles trains in the Up Sealdah Main Line sections. It also handles a few trains in the Up Sealdah-Dankuni chord line, Sealdah-Baruipara local, Sealdah-Bangaon section.

Platform 2

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Platform 2 only handles Down Sealdah bound trains in the Sealdah-Main Line section and almost all trains from Dankuni and Baruipara and a few from the Bangaon-Sealdah section.

Platform 3

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Platform 3 mostly handles Up train in the Sealdah-Dankuni chord line section, Sealdah-Baruipara local, the Sealdah-Bangaon section, Kolkata-Lalgola MEMU and Sealdah-Lalgola Passenger and MEMU trains. It also handles a few trains in the Up Sealdah-Main Line section and trains coming from Budge Budge, Majerhat through Ballygunge Junction.

Platform 4

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Platform 4 mostly handles trains in the Sealdah bound trains in the Bangaon-Sealdah section. It also handles a few Dankuni-Sealdah trains and also handles trains from Majerhat and Ballygunge through Princep Ghat joining the Sealdah-Main Line section(and sometimes the reverse route too) and down passengers trains coming from Lalgola.

Platform 5

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It mostly handles trains coming from or going to Princep Ghat, although Princep Ghat is not the terminus for trains passing through this platform. The Bangaon-Canning local also stops by this platform.

Passengers

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A crowd of passengers wait for a Hasnabad bound local train to arrive on platform 1 (left)

Dum Dum railway station handles 576,000 passengers daily.[8]

Connections

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Train

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Being an important railway junction station in the Sealdah Division of the Eastern Railways, Dum Dum Junction serves as an important halt to many long-distance trains including:

  • Sealdah–Muzaffarpur Fast Passenger (Up 53131 / Dn 53132)
  • Sealdah–Lalgola Passenger (Up 53171,  53175, 53179,53181, 63105 / Dn 53172, 53176, 53180, 53182, 53186, 63106)
  • Sealdah–Jangipur DEMU (Up 73151/ Dn 73152)
  • Sealdah–Rampurhat MEMU (Up 63141 / Dn 63142) etc.

Metro

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It is connected with Dum Dum metro station of Kolkata Metro Line 1 via subways.

Auto

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Autorickshaw services to Nagerbazar, Chiriamore, RG Kar Hospital, 30A bus-stand and Sinthee More are abundant.

Buses

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Bus routes including 30B, 30B/1, 202, 219/1, DN9/1, S168 (Mini), E19D, S10, 11A, AC38 serve the station via Dum Dum Road.[9][10]

Air

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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport is connected via Dum Dum Rd and Jessore Rd; distance between Dumdum junction and the airport is 5.6 km.

References

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  1. ^ "DDJ/Dum Dum Junction". India Rail Info. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ "IR History: Early days (1832–1865)". IRFCA. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Eastern Bengal Railway". fibis. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b "The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian". Rail India. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Bengal Central Railway". fibis. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  6. ^ Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal (1986). Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy. Concept Publishing Company, A-15/16 Commercial Block, Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110059. ISBN 81-7022-089-0. Retrieved 2 May 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Dum Dum". Railenquiry.in. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  9. ^ "Bus route". The Calcutta Tramways Company. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Bus Services". Transport Department, Government of West Bengal.
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