Gocharan railway station (original) (raw)
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Railway Station in West Bengal, India
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 Kolkata Suburban Railway Station |
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 Gocharan Railway Station |
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| General information | |
| Location | Panch Gachhia, Gocharan, South 24 Parganas, West BengalIndia |
| Coordinates | 22°16′41″N 88°27′31″E / 22.278176°N 88.458645°E / 22.278176; 88.458645 |
| Elevation | 9 metres (30 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | Eastern Railway |
| Line(s) | Main line |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) |
| Parking | Not Available |
| Bicycle facilities | Not Available |
| Accessible | Not Available |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | GCN |
| Zone(s) | Eastern Railway |
| Division(s) | Sealdah |
| History | |
| Opened | 1882; 142 years ago (1882) |
| Electrified | 1965–66 |
| Previous names | Eastern Bengal Railway |
| Services Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station Hoglatowards Namkhana Sealdah SouthMain line Surjyapurtowards Sealdah | |
Route map vteSealdah South section Legend km   Sealdah Main & North section  5 Bidhannagar Road   Press House siding  Kankurgachi Road  2 Kankurgachi Road Junction     NarkeldangaEMU Carshed     3 Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt    Circular Canal       KankurgachiChord line Sealdah North 00        0 Sealdah Main  Sealdah       KM Line 2  Sealdah South 00    Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed    6 Kamardanga Halt      Beruck & Comens Siding   3│7 Park Circus  Maa Flyover  Hindusthan Engineering& Industrial Ltd. siding BESCO siding Bijon Setu  5 Ballygunge Junction  Lake Gardens 07   6 Dhakuria Tollygunge 08    8 Jadabpur  Rabindra Sarobar 0       KM Line 1  Tollygunge Bridge 0     10 Bagha Jatin Adi Ganga river 0     KM Line 6 New Alipore 09  Jai Hind Bridge    New Garia Metro Depot     New Garia–BaruipurMetro (planned)     Kavi Subhash KM Line 1 0       11 New Garia Kalighat–Falta Railway(NG) (dismantled)   Majerhat 10       KM Line 3 Kolkata Circular Railway    12 Garia KDS Railway    14 Narendrapur Brace Bridge 12 16 Sonarpur Junction KDS Railway  Sonarpur EMU Carshed Santoshpur 15   Clive jute mill siding    19 Bidyadharpur Union jute mill siding  22 Kalikapur Akra 18  planned extension Nangi 21  46 Ghatakpukur Batanagar factory siding   60 Minakhan Caledonian jute mill siding  24 Champahati K.M. Budge Budge 24 27 Piali IBP/IOCL Depot   29 Gourdaha Budge Budge Rail Yard  31 Ghutiari Shariff HPCL Siding 34 Betberia Ghola Budge Budge jute mill siding 38 Taldi BPCL Siding   41 Matla Halt IOCL Siding   45 Canning Charial Canal planned extension Lothian jute mill siding  Matla River (planned) Kalipur 29   50 Bhangankhali Magadi Soda factory siding 60 Sonakhali Orient jute mill siding 65 Basanti Albion jute mill siding 87 Jharkhali FCI Siding Charial Extension Canal CESC Siding  planned extension Pujali 31 Howrah–Kharagpur line   Hooghly River     Bir Shibpur 41 Howrah–Kharagpur line   Pujali–Bankrahatline (planned)  Bankrahat 42 Gurudasnagar–Bankrahatline (planned) 19 Subhasgram 22 Mallikpur New Garia–BaruipurMetro (planned)   BESCO Siding (planned) Baruipur 00  25 Baruipur Junction Baruipur Metro Depot   Kalyanpur 28    27 Shasan Road Dakshin Durgapur 30 29 Krishna Mohan Hotar 32 31 Dhapdhapi Dhamua 34 33 Surjyapur Uttar Radhanagar 37 35 Gocharan Magra Hat 40 38 Hogla Bahirpuya 43 41 Dakshin Barasat Sangrampur 45 44 Baharu (planned) Sangrampur–Krishnachandrapur line   49 Jaynagar Majilpur Deula 50  87 Durgapur (planned) Netra 53  planned extension Basuldanga 55    Gurudas Nagar 6357  7057 Krishnachandrapur    61 Uttar Kashinagar   66 Companirthek Diamond Harbour 60   70 Raidighi Hara Fort goods siding   54 Mathurapur Road 59 Madhabpur 62 Lakshmikantapur Gurudasnagar–Kulpiline (planned)   67 Udairampur  7571 Kulpi 76 Karanjali 82 Nischintapur Market 84 Nischintapur 88 Madhabnagar 92 Kashinagar 95 Kakdwip Budhakhali 103  planned extension Muriganga river 103 Ukilerhat Sagar Island 108  110 Namkhana planned extension 112 Namkhana Ghat 124 Chandranagar 141 Bakkhali km Key    Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm)   Kolkata Metro (KM) broad gauge (1676 mm)   Kolkata Metro (KM) standard gauge (1435 mm)    narrow gauge (762 mm) in use │ out of use, planned, orunder construction (u/c) │ tunnel |
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Gocharan 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. Gocharan railway station is situated at Panch Gachhia, Gocharan, South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1][2]
In 1882, the Eastern Bengal Railway constructed a 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide broad-gauge railway from Sonarpur Junction to Jaynagar Majilpur via Gocharan.[3]
Electrification from Sonarpur Junction to Jaynagar Majilpur including Gocharan was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1965–66.[4]
The platform is very much 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]
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- ^ "GOCHARAN (GCN) Railway Station". NDTV. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "Indian Railways History Time Line". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "History of The Electrification of Indian Railways". Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "The Chronology of Railway Development in Eastern India". Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.