Duttapukur railway station

Dattapukur is a railway station in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal on Sealdah-Bangaon line. It serves the town of Duttapukur. The station consists of 3 platforms. The station lacks many facilities including water, sanitation and it being fully sheltered.

The Station

Location

The station is located on Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line of Kolkata Suburban Railway. Link between Dum Dum to Khulna now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon was constructed by Bengal Central Railway Company in 1882–84. The Sealdah–Dum Dum–Barasat–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64.

Services

Eastern Railway operates a couple of local train services, which originate and terminate at this station. They're popularly known as Dattapukur Local among commuters. There are two routes of this type of services, one serves between Sealdah & Dattapukur and another between Majerhat & Dattapukur.