Hasnabad railway station
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Hasnabad
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| Kolkata Suburban Railway Station | |||||||||||
| Location | Taki, West Bengal India |
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| Coordinates | 22°34′16″N 88°54′48″E / 22.5712°N 88.9134°ECoordinates: 22°34′16″N 88°54′48″E / 22.5712°N 88.9134°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 7 metres (23 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sealdah - Barasat Jn. - Hasnabad Section (Route diverted from Bangaon Jn Section | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Station code | HNB | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Sealdah | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1962 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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Hasnabad is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Barasat-Hasnabad line. It is located in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves Hasnabad and the surrounding areas.
Barasat Basirhat Railway constructed a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge line in 1914 as a part of Martin's Light Railways. The line was closed in 1955.
The 33.06 km (21 mi) long 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge Barasat-Hasnabad branch line was constructed between 1957 and 1962.
Eastern Railway has some WDM-2D locos, which is used on the Sealdah-Hasnabad route amongst others.
The Hasnabad-Machlandapur line is one of the 84 new line projects sent to Planning Commission and the Ghatakpukur-Hasnabad line is one of the 111 new line surveys to be taken up in 2012-13, as per the Railway Budget proposals for 2012-13.
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