Sealdah South section

Sealdah South section
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerIndian Railways
Locale
Termini
Stations
  • Total stations: 67
  • Interchange stations: 5
WebsiteEastern Railway
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemKolkata Suburban Railway
Services
  • SealdahDiamond Harbour
  • BallygungeMajerhatBudge Budge
  • SonarpurCanning
  • BaruipurLakshmikantapurNamkhana
Operator(s)Eastern Railway
Depot(s)
  1. Sonarpur EMU Carshed (with 32 rake strength)
History
Opened2 January 1862 (1862-01-02)
Technical
Line length238 km (148 mi)
Number of tracks1/2/3
CharacterAt-grade
Track gauge5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification25 kV AC overhead line
Operating speedup to 110 km/h (68 mph)
Route map

km
5
Bidhannagar Road
Press House siding
Kankurgachi Road
2
Kankurgachi Road
Junction
Narkeldanga
EMU Carshed
3
Sir Gurudas
Banerjee Halt
Circular Canal
Sealdah North
0
Kankurgachi
Chord line
Sealdah Main
0
Sealdah
Sealdah South
0
Beliaghata Diesel
Loco Shed
6
Kamardanga Halt
Beruck & Comens
siding
3
7
Park Circus
Hindusthan Engineering
& Industrial Ltd. siding
BESCO siding
5
Ballygunge Junction
Lake Gardens
7
6
Dhakuria
Tollygunge
8
8
Jadabpur
10
Bagha Jatin
Rabindra Sarobar
Tollygunge Bridge
New Garia–Baruipur
Metro (planned)
New Alipore
9
11
New Garia
Kavi Subhash
Majerhat
10
12
Garia
14
Narendrapur
Brace Bridge
12
16
Sonarpur Junction
Sonarpur EMU Carshed
Santoshpur
15
Clive jute mill siding
19
Bidyadharpur
Union jute mill siding
22
Kalikapur
Akra
18
planned branch
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
(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
19
Subhasgram
Bir Shibpur
41
22
Mallikpur
BESCO siding
New Garia–Baruipur
Metro (proposed)
Pujali–Bankrahat
line (planned)
Baruipur
(proposed)
Bankrahat
42
25
Baruipur Junction
Gurudasnagar–Bankrahat
line (planned)
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 branch
Basuldanga
55
Gurudas Nagar
63
57
70
57
Krishnachandrapur
Gurudasnagar–Bankrahat
line (planned)
61
Uttar Kashinagar
66
Companirthek
Diamond Harbour
60
70
Raidighi
Hara Fort goods siding
54
Mathurapur Road
59
Madhabpur
Gurudasnagar–Kulpi
line (planned)
62
Lakshmikantapur
67
Udairampur
75
71
Kulpi
76
Karanjali
82
Nischintapur Market
84
Nischintapur
88
Madhabnagar
92
Kashinagar
95
Kakdwip
planned extension
Budhakhali
103
103
Ukilerhat
110
Namkhana
Sagar Island
108
112
Namkhana Ghat
124
Chandranagar
141
Bakkhali
planned
extension
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, or
under construction (u/c)
tunnel

Sealdah South section consists of a set of four lines which connect Sealdah in Kolkata with its southern suburbs and with the entire South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India. It is a part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway and is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division of the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways.

It is linked to the Sealdah Main and North section via the Kankurgachi Chord line at Park Circus and via the Kolkata Circular Railway at Majerhat Junction.

It also connects to the Kolkata Dock System Railway (KDS Railway) at Majerhat and Brace Bridge respectively.