Damodar railway station
Damodar is a railway station on the Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line, just east of the Damodar River. It is located in Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Damodar | |||||||||||
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| Indian Railways station | |||||||||||
 Damodar railway station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Damodar, Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°39′04″N 86°54′31″E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 115 metres (377 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | South Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Station code | DMA | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Adra | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1891 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 1960–61 | ||||||||||
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History
The Bengal Nagpur Railway was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway and then extending it via Bilaspur to Asansol, in order to develop a shorter Howrah–Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad.[3] The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to Asansol, on the Howrah–Delhi main line, was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.[4]
Electrification
The Asansol–Purulia sector was electrified in 1961–62.[5]
Important junction point
Damodar is the last station before the entry lines of the raw materials yard (Damodar Yard) of IISCO Steel Plant, which has been modernised at a cost of Rs. 16,408 crores.[6]
To the north of Damodar railway station runs the line to numerous railway sidings for coal loading. The Damodar-Radhanagar sector of the coal sidings line was electrified in 1963–64.[5]
To the south is the link to Kalipahari on the Bardhaman–Asansol section for freight trains (mainly iron ore rakes for Durgapur Steel Plant) to bypass Asansol . This line was electrified in 1961–62.[5]
References
- "Asansol Division Railway Map". Eastern Railway.
- "Adra Division Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.
- "Number 1 Down Mail". Railways of the Raj. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- "Expansion and Modernisation of Steel Plants". Press Information Bureau, Government of India, 7 March 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
