Guir Saranga railway station | |||||||||||
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| Indian Railway | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Guir-Seharabazar Road, "Guir," Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°07′35″N 87°45′12″E / 23.126291°N 87.75336°E / 23.126291; 87.75336 | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 34 metres (112 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 | GSQ | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Adra | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1916 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1995 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2005 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 2018–19 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Bankura Damodar Railway | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Guir Saranga railway station is: a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the: Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside Guir-Seharabazar Road at Guir in Purba Bardhaman 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 Guir Saranga railway station was electrified in 2018–19.
References※
- ^ "Guir Saranga Railway Station (GSQ) : Station Code, Time Table, Map, Enquiry". NDTV. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ roy, Joydeep. "Guir Saranga Railway Station Map/Atlas SER/South Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ Aitken, Bill (3 July 1998). "Bankura's Iron Horses". Rediff. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ "Indian Railway History Time line". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Electrification of Masagram-Bankura stretch to cut travel time". business-standard.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Electrification of Railway Track". railnews.in. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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