Malda Town railway station

Railway Station in West Bengal, India

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Malda Town

মালদা টাউন

Indian Railways station
General information
Location| A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury Sarani, English Bazar, Malda district, West Bengal
India
Coordinates| 25°00′58″N 88°07′49″E﻿ / ﻿25.0162°N 88.1302°E﻿ / 25.0162; 88.1302
Elevation| 30 metres (98 ft)
Owned by| Indian Railways
Operated by| Easten Railway
Line(s)|

* Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line

Platforms| 7
Tracks| 26
Construction
Structure type| Standard (on-ground station)
Parking| Available
Other information
Status| Active
Station code| MLDT
Zone(s) | Eastern Railway zone
Division(s) | Malda
History
Opened| 1959; 65 years ago (1959)
Electrified| Yes
Services
| Preceding station  |  Indian Railways | Following station

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Gour Malda

towards Howrah Junction

|  | Eastern Railway zone

Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line

|  | Old Malda Junction

towards New Jalpaiguri Junction

Location

Malda Town

Location in West Bengal

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Malda Town

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Malda Town Railway Station:- is a railway station on the Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line under Malda railway division of Eastern Railway zone. It serves the city of Malda in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is one of the largest as well as busiest railway stations of Eastern India. One of the first two Amrit Bharat Express originating from this station towards SMVT Bengaluru station was flagged off on 30 December 2023. It is 89th number railway station out of top 100 railway station of India in term of revenue. [1][2]

## History

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Malda Town railway station at night Station name plate

In the early 1960s, when Farakka Barrage was being constructed, a radical change was made in the railway system north of the Ganges. Indian Railways created a new broad-gauge rail link from Kolkata.[3]

The 2,240 m (7,350 ft) long Farakka Barrage carries a rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges. The rail bridge was opened in 1971 thereby linking the Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop to Malda, New Jalpaiguri and other railway stations in North Bengal.[4][5]

### Busy station

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Malda Town railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railways.[6] One of the reasons for it being a busy station is that every train that passes through the station stops here since it is the meeting point of two railway zones (i.e. The Eastern Railway and the Northeast Frontier Railway). To the north of the station starts the Northeast Frontier Railway and to the south starts the Eastern Railway.

## Malda railway division

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Malda railway division is one of the four railway divisions under the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed in 1984 and its headquarter is located at Malda in the state of West Bengal, India. There are two A-1 stations under Malda railway division, viz. Malda Town railway station and Bhagalpur railway station[7]

## Diesel Loco Shed, Malda Town

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Malda Diesel Shed was established in 1984.[8]

SN | Locomotives | HP | Quantity

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1. | WDM-3A | 3100 | 19
2. | WDG-3A | 3100 | 11
3. | WDM-3D | 3300 | 15
4. | WAG-9 | 6120 | 54
Total Locomotives Active as of July 2024 | 99

## Amenities

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The major facilities available are Waiting rooms, retiring rooms, computerised reservation facility, Reservation Counter, Vehicle parking etc. The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. There are vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshment rooms, tea stalls, book stalls, post and telegraphic office and Government Railway Police (G.R.P.) office. Automatic ticket vending machines are installed to reduce the queue for train tickets on the station.

## Platforms

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There are seven platforms in Malda Town railway station. The platforms are interconnected with three foot overbridges. Escalators are installed at each of the platforms. There are twenty-five lines of which 7 are along platforms are rest are loops.

## Upgradation

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Currently the station is upgrading under Amrit Bharat Station scheme.

## Tourism

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The ruins of the historic cities of Gour & Pandua are approachable from Malda Town railway station.

## References

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1. ^ "Amrit Bharat train: PM Modi likely to flag of new push-pull train for common man between Ayodhya and Darbhanga - check top features". The Times of India. 22 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
2. ^ Verma, Shivam (22 December 2023). "PM Modi to flag off 5 Vande Bharat, 2 Amrit Bharat trains on December 30, check details here". Daily News and Analysis.
3. ^ "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
4. ^ Salman, Salman M. A.; Uprety, Kishor (2002). Conflict and cooperation on South Asia's international rivers: a legal perspective. World Bank Publications. pp. 135–136. ISBN 978-0-8213-5352-3. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
5. ^ Saxena, R. P. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
6. ^ "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
7. ^ "Malda rail snip riles Congress". The Telegraph. 24 December 2012. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
8. ^ "Malda Diesel Shed, N.F. Railway" (PDF). Indian Railways.gov. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

## External links

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* Malda Town railway station at the India Rail Info
* Gour-Pandua travel guide from Wikivoyage
* Malda City travel guide from Wikivoyage

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Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways

* Agra Cantonment
* Ahmedabad Junction
* Ajmer Junction
* Akola Junction
* Ambala Cantonment Junction
* Amritsar Junction
* Asansol Junction
* Aurangabad
* Bangalore City
* Bareilly Junction
* Bhagalpur Junction
* Bhopal Junction
* Bhubaneswar
* Bhusaval Junction
* Bilaspur Junction
* Chandigarh Junction
* Chennai Central
* Chhapra Junction
* Coimbatore Junction
* Cuttack Junction
* Darbhanga Junction
* Dehradun
* Dhanbad Junction
* Durg Junction
* Ernakulam Junction
* Erode Junction
* Gaya Junction
* Ghaziabad Junction
* Gorakhpur Junction
* Guntur Junction
* Guwahati
* Gwalior Junction
* Haridwar Junction
* Hatia
* Hazur Sahib Nanded
* Howrah
* Hubli Junction
* Indore Junction
* Jabalpur Junction
* Jaipur Junction
* Jalandhar City Junction
* Jammu Tawi
* Jhansi Junction
* Jodhpur Junction
* Kanpur Central
* Katihar Junction
* Katni Junction
* Katpadi Junction
* Kharagpur Junction
* Kollam Junction
* Kota Junction
* Kozhikode
* Lucknow Charbagh
* Ludhiana Junction
* Madgaon Junction
* Madurai Junction
* Malda Town
* Malkapur
* Mangalore Central
* Manmad Junction
* Mathura Junction
* Moradabad
* Mumbai Central
* Muzaffarpur Junction
* Mysore Junction
* Nagpur Junction
* Nasik Road
* Nellore
* New Delhi
* New Jalpaiguri Junction
* Palakkad Junction
* Patna Junction
* Prayagraj Junction
* Pune Junction
* Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction
* Puri
* Raipur Junction
* Rajahmundry
* Rajkot Junction
* Ranchi Junction
* Ratlam Junction
* Rourkela Junction
* Salem Junction
* Satna Junction
* Secunderabad Junction
* Siwan Junction
* Solapur
* Surat
* Tatanagar Junction
* Tiruchirappalli Junction
* Tirunelveli Junction
* Tirupati
* Thrissur
* Thiruvananthapuram Central
* Udaipur City
* Ujjain Junction
* Vapi
* Vadodara Junction
* Varanasi Junction
* Vijayawada Junction
* Visakhapatnam

Source: "100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways".

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Railway stations in West Bengal

Eastern Railway|

* Akra
* Andal Junction
* Asansol Junction
* Azimganj Junction
* Baghajatin
* Baharu
* Bahirpuya Halt
* Balarambati
* Ballygunge Junction
* Bandel Junction
* Bangaon Junction
* Banshlai Bridge
* Barachak
* Baranagar Road
* Barasat Junction
* Barddhaman Junction
* Barrackpore
* Baruipara
* Baruipur Junction
* Basuldanga
* Belur
* Betberia Ghola
* Bidyadharpur
* Bolpur Shantiniketan
* Brace Bridge
* Budge Budge
* Canning
* Champahati
* Chatra
* Dakshin Barasat
* Dakshin Durgapur
* Dankuni Junction
* Deula
* Dhakuria
* Dhamua
* Dhapdhapi
* Diamond Harbour
* Dum Dum Junction
* Durgapur
* Garia
* Gede
* Ghutiari Sharif
* Gocharan
* Gourdaha Halt
* Gurudas Nagar
* Hind Motor
* Hogla
* Hooghly Ghat
* Hooghly
* Hotar
* Howrah
* Jadavpur
* Janai Road
* Jaynagar Majilpur
* Kakdwip
* Kalikapur
* Kalyanpur
* Kamarkundu
* Karanjali
* Kashinagar
* Katwa Junction
* Khana Junction
* Kolkata
* Krishna Mohan
* Krishnanagar City Junction
* Kulpi
* Lake Gardens
* Lakshmikantapur
* Liluah
* Madhabnagar
* Madhabpur
* Magra Hat
* Majerhat
* Malda Town
* Mallikpur
* Mathurapur Road
* Matla Halt
* Mirzapur-Bankipur
* Murarai
* Naihati Junction
* Nalhati Junction
* Namkhana
* Nangi
* Narendrapur
* Netra
* New Alipore
* New Farakka Junction
* New Garia
* Nischintapur
* Nischintapur Market
* Park Circus
* Piali
* Rajgram
* Rampurhat Junction
* Ranaghat Junction
* Raniganj
* Sainthia Junction
* Sangrampur
* Santoshpur
* Sealdah
* Shasan Road
* Sheoraphuli
* Shrirampur
* Singhabad
* Sitarampur
* Siuri
* Sonarpur Junction
* Subhashgram
* Surjyapur
* Taldi
* Tarakeswar
* Tollygunge
* Udairampur
* Ukilerhat
* Uttar Radhanagar

South Eastern
Railway|

* Abada
* Adra Junction
* Bankura Junction
* Bero
* Bishnupur
* Burnpur
* Damodar
* Digha
* Gourinathdham
* Haldia
* Jhalda
* Joychandi Pahar
* Madhukunda
* Muradi
* Purulia Junction
* Ramkanali Junction
* Santragachi Junction
* Shalimar
* Tikiapara
* Uluberia

North East Frontier
Railway|

* Adhikari
* Alipurduar Junction
* Balurghat
* Bamanhat
* Buniadpur
* Buxa Road
* Changrabandha
* Cooch Behar
* Dalkhola
* Darjeeling
* Daulatpur Hat
* Dhupguri
* Gangarampur
* Ghum
* Ghoksadanga
* Haldibari
* Jalpaiguri Road
* Malancha
* Mallickpurhat
* Mohitnagar
* New Alipurduar
* New Cooch Behar Junction
* New Gitaldaha
* New Jalpaiguri Junction
* New Maynaguri
* Radhikapur
* Raiganj
* Rampur Bazar
* Raninagar Jalpaiguri Junction
* Santragachi Junction
* Samuktala Road Junction
* Shalimar
* Siliguri Junction
* Siliguri Town
* Sivok

Suburban rail
and urban transit|

* Kolkata Suburban Railway (Chord link
* Circular line
* Eastern line
* Sealdah South lines
* South Eastern line)
* Kolkata Metro

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Malda district topics

General|

* Alkap
* Farakka Barrage
* Gombhira
* Gauda
* Jagjivanpur
* River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts

History|

* Gauda Kingdom
* Hussain Shahi dynasty
* Ilyas Shahi dynasty
* Pala Empire
* Raja Ganesha

Subdivisions|

* Chanchal
* Malda Sadar

Municipalities|

* English Bazar
* Old Malda

Community development
blocks|

| Malda Sadar subdivision|

* Bamangola
* English Bazar
* Gazole
* Habibpur
* Kaliachak I
* Kaliachak II
* Kaliachak III
* Manikchak
* Old Malda

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Chanchal subdivision|

* Chanchal I
* Chanchal II
* Harishchandrapur I
* Harishchandrapur II
* Ratua I
* Ratua II

Higher education|

* University of Gour Banga

Rivers|

* Ganges
* Mahananda
* Tangon

Transport|

* NH 12
* NH512
* Eastern Railway zone

Railway stations|

* Eklakhi
* Gazole
* Malda Town
* Singhabad

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Maldaha Dakshin
* Maldaha Uttar
* Malda – now defunct

Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Habibpur
* Gazole
* Chanchal
* Harishchandrapur
* Malatipur
* Ratua
* Manikchak
* Maldaha
* English Bazar
* Mothabari
* Sujapur
* Baisnabnagar

Former Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Kaliachak
* Kharba
* Araidanga

See also|

* Cities, towns and locations in Malda district
* People from Malda district
* Villages in Malda district

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