Prinsep Ghat railway station

Station complex

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Station complex

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Station layout

Bus

Ferry

Airport

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Bus

Ferry

Airport

Railway station in Kolkata, India

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Prinsep Ghat

Kolkata Suburban Railway station

Prinsep Ghat railway station

General information

Location

Strand Road, Kolkata, West Bengal
India

Coordinates

22°33′25″N 88°19′54″E / 22.557012°N 88.331681°E / 22.557012; 88.331681

Elevation

7 metres (23 ft)

Owned by

Indian Railways

Operated by

Eastern Railway

Platforms

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

At grade

Parking

Not available

Bicycle facilities

Not available

Accessible

Not available

Other information

Status

Functioning

Station code

PPGT

History

Opened

1984; 40 years ago (1984)

Electrified

1984; 40 years ago (1984)

Services

Preceding station	Kolkata Suburban Railway			Following station
Eden Gardenstowards Dum Dum Junction		Circular Line		Khiddirpurtowards Dum Dum Junction

Route map

Kolkata Circular Railway

Legend

Calcutta Chord
link line

KM Line 1

Sealdah–Ranaghat line

Noapara

Noapara Metro Depot

Kestopur Canal

Sealdah–Bangaon line

Dum Dum Cantonment

Dum Dum Junction

line dismantled

Jessore Road

Bimanbandar

Biman Bandar

KM Line 4 (u/c)

Patipukur loop
line (dismantled)

Jessore Road

Belgachia

Patipukur

Chitpur Rail Yard

Ultadanga Road

Lansdown mill siding

Kolkata

Brown Blanket mill siding

KM Line 1

Cossipore Road Goods Shed

Kestopur Canal

FCI siding

Bidhan Nagar Road

CESC siding

Bidhannagar Road

Cossipore Gun and

Shell factory siding

Press House siding

Kankurgachi Road

Tala

Kankurgachi Road Junction

Bagbazar

Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt

Narkeldanga

EMU Carshed

Sovabazar Ahiritola

Circular Canal

Kankurgachi

Chord line

Sealdah North

Sealdah Main

Sealdah

KM Line 2 (u/c)

Sealdah South

Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed

Burra Bazar

Kamardanga Halt

Howrah Bridge

B.B.D. Bag

Beruck & Comens Siding

Hindusthan Engineering

& Industrial Ltd. siding

Adi Ganga river

BESCO siding

to KDS Railway (dismantled)

Bijon Setu

Khidderpore

Ballygunge Junction

Remount Road

Sealdah–Sonarpur section

to KDS Railway

Lake Gardens

Sealdah–Budge Budge

line

Majerhat

KM Line 3 (u/c)

Kalighat–Falta Railway

(NG) (dismantled)

Tollygunge

Jai Hind Bridge

Rabindra Sarobar

New Alipore

KM Line 1

Adi Ganga river

Tollygunge Bridge

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

This diagram:

Location

Prinsep Ghat railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station adjacent to James Prinsep Memorial in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Only a few local trains halt here. The station has two platforms. Its station code is PPGT.

The platform is not very well sheltered. The station lacks many facilities including water and sanitation. It is well connected to the Strand Road. There is a proper approach road to this station.

Prinsep Ghat track layout

Legend

Station with two tracks
and two side platforms

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
P1	Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left
		Towards →Khiddirpur→ →
		→Towards ←Eden Gardens← ←
	Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
P2

The station is adjacent to Prisnep ghat. One can easily avail ferry services from there.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is 23.6 km from the station via Strand Road, Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Road, Maa Flyover, EM Bypass and VIP Road.

"Prinsep Ghat". India Rail Info.

Kolkata/Northern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage
"Prinsep Ghat Railway station" (Map). Google Maps.

v t e Railway stations in West Bengal
Eastern Railway	Akra Andal Junction Asansol Junction Azimganj Junction Baghajatin Baharu Bahirpuya Halt Balarambati Ballygunge Junction Bandel Junction Bangaon Junction Banshlai Bridge Barachak Baranagar Road Barasat Junction Barddhaman Junction Barrackpore Baruipara Baruipur Junction Basuldanga Belur Betberia Ghola Bidyadharpur Bolpur Shantiniketan Brace Bridge Budge Budge Canning Champahati Chatra Dakshin Barasat Dakshin Durgapur Dankuni Junction Deula Dhakuria Dhamua Dhapdhapi Diamond Harbour Dum Dum Junction Durgapur Garia Gede Ghutiari Sharif Gocharan Gourdaha Halt Gurudas Nagar Hind Motor Hogla Hooghly Ghat Hooghly Hotar Howrah Jadavpur Janai Road Jaynagar Majilpur Kakdwip Kalikapur Kalyanpur Kamarkundu Karanjali Kashinagar Katwa Junction Khana Junction Kolkata Krishna Mohan Krishnanagar City Junction Kulpi Lake Gardens Lakshmikantapur Liluah Madhabnagar Madhabpur Magra Hat Majerhat Malda Town Mallikpur Mathurapur Road Matla Halt Mirzapur-Bankipur Murarai Naihati Junction Nalhati Junction Namkhana Nangi Narendrapur Netra New Alipore New Farakka Junction New Garia Nischintapur Nischintapur Market Park Circus Piali Rajgram Rampurhat Junction Ranaghat Junction Raniganj Sainthia Junction Sangrampur Santoshpur Sealdah Shasan Road Sheoraphuli Shrirampur Singhabad Sitarampur Siuri Sonarpur Junction Subhashgram Surjyapur Taldi Tarakeswar Tollygunge Udairampur Ukilerhat Uttar Radhanagar
South Eastern Railway	Abada Adra Junction Bankura Junction Bero Bishnupur Burnpur Damodar Digha Gourinathdham Haldia Jhalda Joychandi Pahar Madhukunda Muradi Purulia Junction Ramkanali Junction Santragachi Junction Shalimar Tikiapara Uluberia
North East Frontier Railway	Adhikari Alipurduar Junction Balurghat Bamanhat Buniadpur Buxa Road Changrabandha Cooch Behar Dalkhola Darjeeling Daulatpur Hat Dhupguri Gangarampur Ghum Ghoksadanga Haldibari Jalpaiguri Road Malancha Mallickpurhat Mohitnagar New Alipurduar New Cooch Behar Junction New Gitaldaha New Jalpaiguri Junction New Maynaguri Radhikapur Raiganj Rampur Bazar Raninagar Jalpaiguri Junction Santragachi Junction Samuktala Road Junction Shalimar Siliguri Junction Siliguri Town Sivok
Suburban rail and urban transit	Kolkata Suburban Railway (Chord link Circular line Eastern line Sealdah South lines South Eastern line) Kolkata Metro

v t e Stations on the Circular line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway
Dum Dum Junction Patipukur Kolkata Tala Bagbazar Sovabazar Ahiritola Burra Bazar B.B.D. Bag Eden Gardens Prinsep Ghat Khiddirpur Remount Road Majerhat New Alipore Tollygunge Lake Gardens Ballygunge Junction Park Circus Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Bidhannagar Road

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