New Garia railway station

Railway station in West Bengal, India

New Garia

Kolkata Suburban Railway Station

New Garia railway station

General information
Location| New Garia, Panchasayar, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal 700094
India
Coordinates| 22°28′22″N 88°23′52″E﻿ / ﻿22.472728°N 88.397793°E﻿ / 22.472728; 88.397793
Elevation| 9 metres (30 ft)
Owned by| Indian Railways
Operated by| Eastern Railway
Line(s)| Main line
Platforms| 3
Tracks| 3
Connections|  Kavi Subhash
Construction
Structure type| Standard (on-ground station)
Parking| Not available
Bicycle facilities| Not available
Accessible| Not available
Other information
Status| Functioning
Station code| NGRI
Zone(s) | Eastern Railway
Division(s) | Sealdah
History
Opened| 1862; 163 years ago (1862)
Electrified| 1965–66
Previous names| Eastern Bengal Railway

Services

| Preceding station  | Kolkata Suburban Railway | Following station

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Garia

towards Sonarpur Junction

|  | Sealdah South

Main line

|  | Baghajatin

towards Sealdah

Route map

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Sealdah South section

Legend

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| Sealdah Main

& North section

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| Bidhannagar Road
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Press House siding

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Kankurgachi Road

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|  | Kankurgachi Road

Junction
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| Narkeldanga

EMU Carshed

|  | Sir Gurudas

Banerjee Halt
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Circular Canal

Sealdah North |

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| Kankurgachi

Chord line

Sealdah Main |

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Sealdah |  |

Green Line

Sealdah South |

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| Beliaghata Diesel

Loco Shed

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| Kamardanga Halt
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| Beruck & Comens

siding

| Park Circus
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Maa Flyover

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| Hindusthan Engineering

& Industrial Ltd. siding

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BESCO siding

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Bijon Setu

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| Ballygunge Junction
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Lake Gardens |

| Dhakuria
Tollygunge |

| Jadabpur

Blue Line

| Bagha Jatin
Rabindra Sarobar |  |

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Orange Line

Tollygunge Bridge

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New Garia Metro Depot

Adi Ganga river

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| New Garia–Baruipur

Metro (planned)

New Alipore |

| New Garia

Jai Hind Bridge

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|  | Kavi Subhash
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Blue Line

| Kalighat–Falta Railway

(narrow gauge)

|  |
Majerhat |

Purple Line

Kolkata Circular Railway

| Garia

KDS Railway

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| Narendrapur
Brace Bridge |

| Sonarpur Junction

KDS Railway

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Sonarpur EMU Carshed

Santoshpur |

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Clive jute mill siding

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| Bidyadharpur

Union jute mill siding

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| Kalikapur
Akra |

planned branch

Nangi |

| Ghatakpukur

Batanagar factory siding

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| Minakhan

Caledonian jute mill siding

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| Champahati
K.M. Budge Budge |

| Piali

IBP/IOCL Depot

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| Gourdaha

Budge Budge Rail Yard

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| Ghutiari Shariff

HPCL siding

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| Betberia Ghola

| Budge Budge

jute mill siding

| Taldi

BPCL siding

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| Matla Halt

IOCL siding

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| Canning

Charial Canal

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planned extension

Lothian jute mill siding

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Matla River

(planned)

Kalipur  |

| Bhangankhali

Magadi Soda factory siding

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| Sonakhali

Orient jute mill siding

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| Basanti

Albion jute mill siding

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| Jharkhali

FCI siding

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Charial Extension Canal

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CESC siding

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planned extension

Pujali  |

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Howrah–Kharagpur line

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Hooghly River

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| Subhasgram
Bir Shibpur |

| Mallikpur

Howrah–Kharagpur line

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BESCO siding

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| New Garia–Baruipur

Metro (proposed)

| Pujali–Bankrahat

line (planned)

|  |  Baruipur

(proposed)

Bankrahat  |

| Baruipur Junction

| Gurudasnagar–Bankrahat

line (planned)

|  |

Baruipur Metro Depot

Kalyanpur |

| Shasan Road
Dakshin Durgapur |

| Krishna Mohan
Hotar |

| Dhapdhapi
Dhamua |

| Surjyapur
Uttar Radhanagar |

| Gocharan
Magra Hat |

| Hogla
Bahirpuya |

| Dakshin Barasat
Sangrampur |

| Baharu

| (planned) Sangrampur–

Krishnachandrapur line

| Jaynagar Majilpur
Deula |

| Durgapur (planned)
Netra |

planned branch

Basuldanga |

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Gurudas Nagar |

| 63

| 70

Krishnachandrapur

| Gurudasnagar–Bankrahat

line (planned)

| Uttar Kashinagar
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| Companirthek
Diamond Harbour |

| Raidighi

Hara Fort goods siding

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| Mathurapur Road
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| Madhabpur

| Gurudasnagar–Kulpi

line (planned)

| Lakshmikantapur
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| Udairampur
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| 75

Kulpi
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| Karanjali
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| Nischintapur Market
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| Nischintapur
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| Madhabnagar
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| Kashinagar
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| Kakdwip

planned extension

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Budhakhali  |

103

103

| Ukilerhat

Muriganga river

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110

| Namkhana
Sagar Island |

108

112

| Namkhana Ghat
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124

| Chandranagar
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141

| Bakkhali

| planned

extension

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Key

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|  | Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm)

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|  | Kolkata Metro (KM) broad gauge (1676 mm)
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|  | Kolkata Metro (KM) standard gauge (1435 mm)
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|  | narrow gauge (762 mm)

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| in use
|  | out of use, planned, or

under construction (u/c)

tunnel

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Location

New Garia railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Main line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It serves the local area of New Garia in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1][2]

## History

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In 1862, the Eastern Bengal Railway constructed a 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide broad-gauge railway from Sealdah to Sonarpur Junction via New Garia.[3]

## Electrification

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Electrification from Sealdah to Sonarpur Junction including New Garia was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1965–66.[4]

## Station complex

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The platform is well sheltered. The station possesses many facilities including water and sanitation. It is well connected to the SH-1. There is a proper approach road to this station.[5]

## Connection

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## Metro

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Kavi Subhash metro station is an operational station on Line 1 (Blue Line) of the Kolkata Metro, located in New Garia, Kolkata. This metro station is at ground level and located adjacent to New Garia railway station on the Sealdah - Sonarpur section.

Another metro station of the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of Kolkata Metro Line 6 is also present at the same location.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "NGRI/New Garia". Retrieved 25 May 2019.
2. ^ "NEW GARIA (NGRI) Railway Station". NDTV. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
3. ^ "Indian Railways History Time Line". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
4. ^ "History of The Electrification of Indian Railways". Retrieved 25 May 2019.
5. ^ "The Chronology of Railway Development in Eastern India". Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

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