Ashapurna Devi railway station


Ashapurna Devi railway station is a railway station on the Tamluk-Digha branch line of South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. The railway station is situated beside Chawlkhola-Mandarmani Road, Jinandipur in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. This station is named after notable Bengali novelist Ashapoorna Devi.

History

The Tamluk-Digha line was sanctioned in 1984-85 Railway Budget at an estimated cost of around Rs 74 crore. Finally this line was opened in 2004. This track including Ashapunra Devi railway station was electrified in 2012–13.