Dankuni Junction railway station


Dankuni Junction railway station is an important railway station serving Kolkata metropolitan area, Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Dankuni lies on the Howrah–Bardhaman chord line. This railway station is one of the important railway station that serves Kolkata Metropolis, alongwith,,, and. Dankuni has significantly reduced the traffic congestion of Howrah railway station by emerging as a major halting point in Kolkata Metropolis for those mail and express trains plying to and fro the southern states of India to the Eastern India and Northeast India which previously use to run via.

History

The Howrah–Bardhaman chord, a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the Howrah–Bardhaman main line, was constructed in 1917. In 1932, the Calcutta chord line was built over the Willingdon Bridge joining Dum Dum and Dankuni.

Major Trains

Major trains running from Dankuni railway station are as follows:
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal –Agartala Humsafar Express
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Malda Town Amrit Bharat Express
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Guwahati Kaziranga Superfast Express
Sir M.Visvesvaraya Terminal - New Tinsukia Express
Sir M.Visvesvaraya Terminal - Balurghat Express
Sir M.Visvesvaraya Terminal - Radhikapur Express
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Bhagalpur Anga Express
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Muzaffarpur Express
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Jasidih Express
Tiruchchirappalli–New Jalpaiguri Amrit Bharat Express
Nagercoil–New Jalpaiguri Amrit Bharat Express
Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express
Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express
Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
Silchar–Secunderabad Express
Kamakhya - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Karmabhoomi Express

Electrification

Howrah–Bardhaman chord was electrified in 1964–66.

Diesel Loco Component Factory

Trial production has started in the Diesel Component Factory at Dankuni. Built at a cost of Rs. 84.21 crores, it was inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal on 28 May 2012. The components manufactured are being supplied to Banaras Locomotive Works.

Electric Loco Component Factory

Construction of the Rs. 270.77 crore Electric Loco Component Factory is in progress.

Dankuni Freight Yard

A project is on to remodel the Dankuni Goods Yard and develop it as Dankuni Freight Yard. It will be a multi-purpose freight terminal that would consolidate the entire freight movement in one place. It will ease the load of Howrah, Sealdah, Shalimar and Chitpur yards.

Dedicated Freight Corridor

The 1839 km long eastern dedicated freight corridor has been proposed from Dankuni to Ludhiana, in Punjab.