Tikiapara railway station
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Tikiapara
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| Kolkata Suburban Railway station | |||||||||||
| Location | By Pass, Tikiapara, Howrah, West Bengal India |
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| Elevation | 9 metres (30 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | South Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Howrah-Kharagpur line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Station code | TPKR | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | South Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Kharagpur | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1900 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 1967-69 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Bengal Nagpur Railway | ||||||||||
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Tikiapara is a railway station on the Howrah-Kharagpur line and is located in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves Tikiapara and other neighbourhoods of Howrah.
History
The Howrah-Kharagpur line was opened in 1900.[1]The Howrah-Kharagpur line was electrified in 1967-69.[2]
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The BNR had no station at Haora, and does not to this day. It operated from a siding in Tikiapara, and was later permitted to use the new Haora Station of the EIR.[3]
Electrification
The Howrah-Kharagpur line was electrified in 1967-69.[4]
Car shed
There is a car shed of South Eastern Railway at Tikiapara.[5]
Coaching depot
Tikiapara Coaching Depot maintains 22 primary base trains and 6 round trip trains. Total coach holding capacity is 744 coaches. It handles prestigious trains like Rajdhani Express and Duronto Express. The Coaching Depot is under Howrah Division, Eastern Railway.[6]
References
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- ↑ The Railway Comes to Calcutta by Sukanta Chaudhuri, published in Calcutta The Living City, Volume 1, page 238. First published by Oxford University Press in 1990. ISBN o 19 563696 1
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