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Railway station in West Bengal, India

Nobanda railway station
Indian Railway
General information
LocationMakurgram, Nobanda, Bankura district, West Bengal
India
Coordinates23°09′41″N 87°49′09″E / 23.16134170°N 87.8191839°E / 23.16134170; 87.8191839
Elevation105 metres (344 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouth Eastern Railway
Line(s)Bankura–Masagram line
Platforms1
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingNo
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeNOB
Division(s) Adra
History
Opened1916
Closed1995
Rebuilt2005
Electrified2018–19
Previous namesBankura Damodar Railway
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Biknatowards ? South Eastern Railway zoneBankura–Masagram line Belbonitowards ?

Nobanda railway station is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Makurgram, Nobanda in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

Old narrow-gauge Bankura–Damodar Railway (also called as Bankura Damodar River Railway) connecting Bankura and Rainagar in Bankura and Bardhaman districts was opened to traffic in sections between 1916 and 1917. In 2005, the 118 kilometers long railway section known as Bankura–Masagram line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge. The whole track including Nobanda railway station was electrified in 2018–19.

Bankura–Masagram line
Legend
km
0 Bankura Junction
Kharagpur–Bankura–
Adra line
Gandheswari River
4 Bikna
9 Nobanda
11 Belboni
20 Beliatore
23 Chhandar
26 Brindabanpur
30 Srirampur
35 Hamirhati
41 Sonamukhi
47 Dhansimla
52 Dhagaria
57 Patrasayer
62 Betur
64 Kumrul
69 Indas
71 Shankrul
73 Sahaspur Road
Up arrow Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line
Arambagh-Bowaichandi
line (planned)
37 Arambagh
Down arrow Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line
Chandur
Bulchandrapur
Uchalan
Torkona
Arambagh-Bowaichandi
line (planned)
79
0
 Bowaichandi
Khana-Bowaichandi
line (under construction)
Chagram
Khorkol
Masila
Damodar River
Syamsundarpur
Up arrow Bardhaman–Asansol section
35 Khana
82 Guir Saranga
84 Kaiyar
87 Seharabazar
92 Gopinathpur
94 Shyamsundar
97 Rainagar
103 Bokra
108 Mathnashipur
110 Berugram
Damodar River
112 Gramdadpur
113 Habaspur
115 Mustaphachak
118 Masagram
Howrah–Bardhaman
chord
km
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References

  1. "Nobanda Railway Station (NOB) : Station Code, Time Table, Map, Enquiry". NDTV. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. "NOB/Nobanda". Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. Aitken, Bill (3 July 1998). "Bankura's Iron Horses". Rediff. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  4. "Indian Railway History Time line". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. "Electrification of Masagram–Bankura stretch to cut travel time". business-standard.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. "Electrification of Railway Track". railnews.in. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  7. "Bankura-Masagram DEMU 78052". India Rail Info.
  8. "Adra Division Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.
  9. "South Eastern Railway Pink Book 2017-18" (PDF). Indian Railways Pink Book.


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