Bainchigram railway station


Bainchigram railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah-Bardhaman main line operated by Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is situated beside Grand Trunk Road at Bainchigram in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

The East Indian Railway Company was formed on 1 June 1845, The first passenger train in the eastern section was operated up to Hooghly, on 15 August 1854. On 1 February 1855 the first train ran from Howrah to Raniganj through Howrah–Bardhaman main line. Bandel to Bardhaman rout was opened for traffic on 1 January 1885. Electrification of the Howrah–Bardhaman main line was initiated up to Bandel in 1957, with the 3000 v DC system, and the entire Howrah–Bardhaman route including Bainchigram railway station completed with AC system, along with conversion of earlier DC portions to 25 kV AC, in 1958.