Howrah–Kharagpur railway line

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The Howrah–Kharagpur railway line is a major suburban and long-distance rail corridor in West Bengal, India, connecting the metropolitan hub of Howrah (Kolkata) with the industrial town of Kharagpur and serving numerous intermediate towns and junctions.

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Surface form Occurrences
Howrah–Kharagpur line 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf long-distance rail corridor
railway line
suburban rail corridor
builtBy Bengal Nagpur Railway NERFINISHED
connects Howrah NERFINISHED
Kharagpur NERFINISHED
connectsToLineAt Kharagpur–Adra line NERFINISHED
Kharagpur–Bhubaneswar line NERFINISHED
Kharagpur–Tatanagar line NERFINISHED
Panskura–Haldia line NERFINISHED
country India
division Kharagpur railway division NERFINISHED
electrification 25 kV AC overhead
electrified yes
endPoint Kharagpur Junction railway station NERFINISHED
gauge 5 ft 6 in broad gauge
hasIntermediateStation Bagnan NERFINISHED
Kolkata Shalimar (via connecting chords) NERFINISHED
Mecheda NERFINISHED
Panskura Junction NERFINISHED
Santragachi Junction NERFINISHED
Uluberia NERFINISHED
hasSuburbanBranch Panskura–Digha line NERFINISHED
importance major rail corridor in eastern India
junctionOnLine Kharagpur Junction NERFINISHED
Panskura Junction NERFINISHED
locatedIn West Bengal
majorTerminus Howrah Junction railway station NERFINISHED
Kharagpur Junction railway station NERFINISHED
opened 1900
operator South Eastern Railway zone NERFINISHED
ownedBy Indian Railways
partOf Howrah–Chennai main line NERFINISHED
Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line NERFINISHED
regionServed South Bengal NERFINISHED
servesCity Howrah NERFINISHED
Kharagpur NERFINISHED
Kolkata NERFINISHED
servesIndustrialArea Haldia region (via Panskura) NERFINISHED
Kharagpur industrial town
startPoint Howrah Junction railway station NERFINISHED
state West Bengal
suburbanSystem Kolkata Suburban Railway NERFINISHED
trackConfiguration triple track
usedFor freight traffic
long-distance passenger traffic
suburban passenger traffic
zone South Eastern Railway NERFINISHED

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Howrah railway division hasJurisdictionOver Howrah–Kharagpur railway line
this entity surface form: Howrah–Kharagpur line
South Eastern Railway zone hasMajorRoute Howrah–Kharagpur railway line
this entity surface form: Howrah–Kharagpur line
Santragachi locatedOn Howrah–Kharagpur railway line
Uluberia locatedOn Howrah–Kharagpur railway line