Andal railway station
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Andal
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| Indian Railway Junction Station | |
Andal railway station platform
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| Location | Andal, West Bengal India |
| Coordinates | 23°34′44″N 87°10′52″E / 23.5790°N 87.1812°ECoordinates: 23°34′44″N 87°10′52″E / 23.5790°N 87.1812°E |
| Elevation | 86 metres (282 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | Eastern Railway |
| Line(s) |
Bardhaman-Asansol section Howrah-Delhi main line Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line Andal-Sainthia branch line Andal-Sitarampur branch line |
| Platforms | 6 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) |
| Parking | Yes |
| Bicycle facilities | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | UDL |
| Division(s) | Asansol |
| History | |
| Opened | 1855 |
| Electrified | 1960-61 |
| Previous names | East Indian Railway Company |
| Location | |
 Howrah-New Delhi Duronto passing through Andal Yard and Andal railway station
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Andal is a railway station on the Bardhaman-Asansol section. Andal-Sainthia branch line and Andal-Sitarampur branch line, both with numerous colliery siding, start from Andal. It is located in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves Andal and the surrounding mining-industrial areas.
"The entire belt between Durgapur (158 km from Howrah), and all the way up to Dhanbad and beyond is industrialized. Apart from factories, there are many coalmines, some closed now, and some with fires burning deep in the mineshafts. The mining area extends for a large area, mostly to the south of the tracks. Quite a portion of the track passes through cuttings, where the surrounding area is higher than the track level, resulting in the profusion of characteristic small masonry bridges crossing the tracks." This description is from "Gomoh loco shed and CLW trip record" by Samit Roychoudhury.
The first passenger train in eastern India ran from Howrah to Hooghly on 15 August 1854. The track was extended to Raniganj by 1855.
The Waria-Asansol sector was electrified in 1960-61.
Andal has a dieslel loco shed. It houses WDS-6, WDM-2, WDM 3A and WDG-3A locomotives. The first WDM-2 manufactured by Diesel Locomotive Works is in Andal loco shed.
Andal Yard is one of the largest in Eastern Railway. Coal loaded at various colliery sidings are hauled to the yard by diesel locomotives. Coal is supplied in rakes to such thermal power plants as at Bakreshwar, Farrakka and Sagardighi. Substantial amounts of coal are dispatched to destination on Northeast Frontier Railway.
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