Rampurhat Junction railway station
রামপুরহাট জংশন रामपुरहाट जंक्शन RAMPURHAT JUNCTION | |||||
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| Indian Railways station | |||||
Rampurhat station – front view | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Rampurhat, Birbhum District, West Bengal India | ||||
| Coordinates | 24°10′45″N 87°46′55″E / 24.17917°N 87.78194°E | ||||
| Elevation | 37 metres (121 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | Eastern Railway | ||||
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| Platforms | 6 (1A,1,2,3,4,5) [PF 6,7 is under consideration] | ||||
| Tracks | 13 | ||||
| Connections | Auto rickshaw, E-rickshaw, Bus | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Tripple-Line Electrification | ||||
| Station code | RPH | ||||
| Zone(s) | Eastern Railway | ||||
| Division(s) | Howrah | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1858;167 Years ago | ||||
| Electrified | Yes(2016) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 43M/Year | 120K/Day ( High ) | ||||
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Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rampurhat Junction railway station is 7th busiest railway stations of Eastern Railway zone and it is the largest and busiest railway station of Birbhum district of West Bengal. It is a NSG-3 Category and Class A station. The station is under Howrah railway division is the 3rd busiest station in this division. It is 207 kilometres (shortest route) away from Howrah Junction. This station is famous for serving Rampurhat city and providing vital connectivity to surrounding districts and states.It is also the main gateway for the Religion Pilgrims visiting to Tarapith Maa Tara Temple (which is just 9 km away from the station), the birthplace of Nityananda Mahaprabhu at Ekchakra Dham(20 km away from the station and 10 km away from Tarapith), and the 72 historic temples at Maluti(14 km away from the station). Station code RPH, it is the railway station serving the city of Rampurhat. Rampurhat station is connected to Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kanyakumari, Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Surat, Ranchi, Asansol, Bhagalpur, Siliguri, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Silchar, Agartala and almost every part of India. More than 130 express and passengers trains including 19 Originating & Terminating trains pass through the Rampurhat station everyday. This station has also a marshalling yard for goods trains, carshed for passenger rakes and engines and has 2 cabin, named East Cabin and West Cabin.