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Harish Nagar Halt railway station

Coordinates: 23°28′12″N 88°46′42″E / 23.469998°N 88.778279°E / 23.469998; 88.778279
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Harish Nagar Halt
Indian Railways station
Kolkata Suburban Railway station
General information
LocationBSF Road, Harish Nagar, Nadia, West Bengal
India
Coordinates23°28′12″N 88°46′42″E / 23.469998°N 88.778279°E / 23.469998; 88.778279
Elevation13 m (43 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byEastern Railway
Line(s)Ranaghat–Gede line of Kolkata Suburban Railway
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
Bicycle facilitiesNot available
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeHRSR
Zone(s) Eastern Railway
Division(s) Sealdah
History
Opened1862
Electrified1997–98
Previous namesEastern Bengal Railway
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station
Banpur
towards Sealdah
Eastern Line Gede
Terminus
Location
Harish Nagar Halt is located in West Bengal
Harish Nagar Halt
Harish Nagar Halt
Location in West Bengal
Harish Nagar Halt is located in India
Harish Nagar Halt
Harish Nagar Halt
Location in India

Harish Nagar Halt railway station is a halt railway station of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system and operated by Eastern Railway. It is situated beside BSF Road at Harish Nagar on the Ranaghat–Gede line in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1][2]

History

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The RanaghatGede section was the part of the Eastern Bengal Railway which was opened in 1862 and extended to Kushtia, now in Bangladesh. This was the CalcuttaSiliguri main line but after Partition of India in 1947, this got truncated and what remained India named the Gede Branch Line.[3] The line including Harish Nagar Halt railway station was electrified in 1997–98.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "HRSR/Harish Nagar Halt". Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. ^ "HARISH NAGAR HALT (HRSR) Railway Station". NDTV. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Eastern Bengal Railway". Grace's Guide To British Industrial History. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  4. ^ "TRACTION DISTRIBUTION SEALDAH". indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 6 May 2019.