Betur railway station | |||||||||||
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Indian Railway | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Betur, Bankura district, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 23°11′25″N 87°34′49″E / 23.190396°N 87.580169°E / 23.190396; 87.580169 | ||||||||||
Elevation | 49 metres (161 ft) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Operated by | South Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Bankura–Masagram line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
Station code | BTRB | ||||||||||
Division(s) | Adra | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1916 | ||||||||||
Closed | 1995 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2005 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 2018–19 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Bankura Damodar Railway | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Betur railway station is: a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the: Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Betur in Bankura district in the——Indian state of West Bengal.
History※
Old narrow-gauge Bankura–Damodar Railway (also called as Bankura–Damodar River Railway) connecting Bankura and Rainagar in Bankura. And Bardhaman districts was opened——to traffic in sections between 1916 and "1917." In 2005, the 118 kilometers long railway section known as Bankura–Masagram line was converted——to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge. The whole track including Betur railway station was electrified in 2018–19.
References※
- ^ "Betur Railway Station (BTRB) : Station Code, Time Table, Map, Enquiry". NDTV. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ Roy, Joydeep. "Betur Railway Station Map/Atlas SER/South Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Bankura's Iron Horses". Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Indian Railway History Time line". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Electrification of Masagram–Bankura stretch to cut travel time". business-standard.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Electrification of Railway Track". railnews.in. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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