South Eastern line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)

South Eastern line
South Eastern line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railway
Locale	Howrah, West Bengal; Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal; Purba Medinipur, West Bengal
Termini	Howrah Junction & Shalimar; Midnapore, Kharagpur, Amta, Haldia, Digha;
Stations	Total stations: 87; Interchange stations: 5;
Service
System	Kolkata Suburban Railway
Operator(s)	South Eastern Railway (SER)
Depot(s)	Tikiapara, Panskura & Kharagpur
Daily ridership	0.875 million
History
Opened	19 April 1900; 124 years ago
Technical
Line length	341 km (212 mi)
Character	At Grade
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification	25,000 V
Route map
Route map
	Legend
Howrah–Kharagpur line
	Asansol–Tatanagar–
	Kharagpur line
	Kharagpur–Bankura–
	Adra line
	Kharagpur–Bankura
	–Adra line
	to Ghatal on Sheoraphuli–
	Bishnupur branch line (u/c)
	36
	00
	Kolaghat Thermal
	Power Station
	to Jaleswar on Kharagpur–
	Puri line (under construction)
	to Amta on Santragachi–
	Amta branch line (planned)
	to Pujali on
	Sealdah South lines (planned)
	Fort Gloster Jute Mill
	(abandoned)
	Abada
	rail yard
	Santragachi–Amta
	branch line
	Hindustan Industries
	and Engineering
	National Highway 117
	(Kona Expressway)
	Shalimar
	rail yard
	Howrah–Bardhaman main line
	& Howrah–Bardhaman chord
Santragachi–Amta branch line
	to Bagnan
	(under construction)
	to Champadanga
	(under construction)
	Calcutta Chord
	to Dankuni
	Calcutta Chord
	to Dum Dum
	Hindustan Industries
	and Engineering
	Shalimar
	rail yard
	Howrah–Bardhaman main line

The South Eastern Line of Kolkata Suburban Railway is a suburban railway line serving Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It consists of 37 stations from Howrah Junction to Midnapore. The entire line is at grade level. It has section of triple track starting from Howrah Junction and ends at Midnapore, Amta, Haldia and Digha stations in West Bengal.^[5]

The South Eastern line in Kolkata consists of 3 major corridors, which bifurcate as they run into the suburban satellite towns. Two corridors (one local and other through) follow the South Eastern Railway run from Howrah Junction (HWH) to Midnapore (128 km). At the mainline there is a bifurcation into two branch lines – one from Panskura to Haldia (69 km) in the south-east and the other from Shalimar to Amta (50 km) in the west. These two corridors constitute the 'main' South Eastern line.^[6]

The major car sheds on this line are at Tikiapara, Panskura & Kharagpur. There are fast and slow locals here for suburban service. Trains usually start from and terminate at important stations.^[7]

Stations with Routes

Routes

The South Eastern line consists of the following routes:

Howrah Jn – Midnapore
Panskura Jn – Haldia
Shalimar – Amta
Panskura Jn – Digha
Andul - Dankuni

Stations

Names in bold indicate that the station is a fast train stop as well as important terminal.

Main line

South Eastern line (Main)
#	Distance from Howrah Jn (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Howrah Junction	HWH	^†Eastern line
2	3	Tikiapara	TPKR	None
3	4	Dasnagar	DSNR	None
4	6	Ramrajatala	RMJ	None
5	7	Santragachi Junction	SRC	Shalimar/Amta (South Eastern line)
6	11	Mourigram	MRGM	None
7	12	Andul	ADL	Chord link line
8	16	Sankrail	SEL	None
9	18	Abada	ABB	None
10	20	Nalpur	NALR	None
11	24	Bauria	BVA	None
12	27	Chengel	CGA	None
13	30	Phuleswar	FLR	None
14	32	Uluberia	ULB	None
15	36	Bir Shibpur	BSBP	None
16	40	Kulgachia	KGY	None
17	45	Bagnan	BZN	None
18	48	Ghoraghata	GGTA	None
19	51	Deulti	DTE	None
20	55	Kolaghat	KIG	None
21	58	Mecheda	MCA	None
22	61	Nandaigajan	NDGJ	None
23	64	Bhogpur	BOP	None
24	67	Narayan Pakuria Murail	NPMR	Haldia/Digha (South Eastern line)
25	71	Panskura Junction	PKU	Haldia/Digha (South Eastern line)
26	76	Khirai	KHAI	None
27	80	Haur	HAUR	None
28	85	Radhamohanpur	RDU	None
29	88	Duan	DUAN	None
30	91	Balichak	BCK	None
31	96	Shyamchak	SMCK	None
32	102	Madpur	MPD	None
33	108	Jakpur	JPR	None
34	115	Kharagpur Junction	KGP	None
35	117	Girimaidan	GMDN	None
36	121	Gokulpur	GKL	None
37	125	Cossye Halt	CSY	None
38	128	Midnapore	MDN	None

†Howrah Junction railway station is a terminus for South Eastern Railway and Eastern Railway.

Main line Branches

At the main line of South Eastern line, there is a bifurcation in two sections and one line crosses onto it.

West branch line

West branch line
#	Distance from Shalimar (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Shalimar	SHM	None
2	3	Padmapukur	PDPK	None
3	5	Santragachi Junction	SRC	South Eastern line (Main)
4	11	Bankranayabaz	BKNM	Chord link line
5	13	Baltikuri	BALT	Chord link line
6	15	Kona	KONA	None
7	18	Dansi	DNI	None
8	20	Jhaluarbar	JLBR	None
9	21	Makardaha	MDC	None
10	23	Domjur Road	DMJR	None
11	25	Domjur	DJR	None
12	28	Dakshinbari	DKB	None
13	32	Bargachia	BAC	None
14	35	Pantihal	PTHL	None
15	37	Munsirhat	MNH	None
16	38	Mahendralalnagar	MHLN	None
17	42	Maju	MJH	None
18	45	Jalalsi	JLI	None
19	47	Harishdadpur	HDC	None
20	50	Amta	AMZ	None

South East branch line

South East branch line
#	Distance from Panskura Jn (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Panskura Junction^†	PKU	South Eastern line (Main)
2	8	Raghunathbari	RGX	None
3	16	Rajgoda	RGA	None
4	21	Sahid Matangini	SMTG	None
5	24	Tamluk^†	TMZ	Digha (South Eastern line)
6	31	Keshabpur	KSBP	None
7	36	Satish Samanta	SSPH	None
8	39	Mahishadal	MSDL	None
9	47	Barda	BRDB	None
10	53	Basulya Sutahata	BYSA	None
11	59	Durgachak	DZK	None
12	62	Durgachak Town	DZKT	None
13	65	Silpaprabesh	SLPR	None
14	67	Bandar	BAAR	None
15	69	Haldia	HLZ	None
† – Branch Line starts at Panskura

†Tamluk railway station acts as a Junction station and makes a branch line to Digha.

South branch line

South branch line
#	Distance from Tamluk (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Tamluk^†	TMZ	Panskura / Haldia (South Eastern line)
2	10	Nandakumar	NDKR	None
3	21	Lavan Satyagrah Smarak	LSGS	None
4	32	Deshapran	DSPN	None
5	39	Henria	HEN	None
6	51	Nachinda	NCN	None
7	62	Kanthi	KATI	None
8	68	Sitalpur	STLB	None
9	71	Sujalpur	SJPA	None
10	76	Ashapurna Devi	APRD	None
11	78	Badalpur	BDPA	None
12	86	Ramnagar	RMRB	None
13	88	Tikra	TKRA	None
14	94	Digha	DGHA	None
† – Branch Line starts at Tamluk

Electrification

SER electrified the South Eastern line to 25,000 V AC in the period of 1967 to 1969 with the different phases: Howrah – Maurigram, Maurigram – Bauria, Bauria – Uluberia, Uluberia – Shyamchak, Shyamchak – Kharagpur. During this period the first EMU train on this line was started on Howrah – Mecheda route after completion of this route it was extended to Kharagpur on 1 February 1969.^{[citation needed]}

In the period 1974 to 1976, Panskura – Haldia line was also electrified with the two phases: Panskura – Durgachak & Durgachak – Haldia, After that EMU services was started on this line at 1 May 1976.^{[citation needed]}

In 1985, The Kharagpur – Midnapore line was also electrified.^[8]

Services

Currently, the South Eastern Railway Running 12 Car Services on South Eastern line, Before May 2018 The 9 Car rakes was running due to an increase in passenger transport conversion of 9 Car Rakes into 12 Car rakes was started for ease of transportation.^[9]

And also, South Eastern Railway is also Running a GPS based 3-phase Medha ICF EMU train with CCTV cameras in ladies compartment in suburban sections, which was flagged off on 22 March 2018.^[10]

References

^ Google maps
^ Kharagpur-Howrah Local 38606 Indiarailinfo
^ Howrah-Haldia Local 68689 ⇒ 38089 Indiarailinfo
^ Santragachi-Digha EMU 78001 ⇒ 68687 Indiarailinfo
^ History of South Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway
^ "Kharagpur Divisional Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.
^ SER Pink Book 2018-19, Indian Railways
^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
^ Successful Completion of 50 yrs of EMU services., South Eastern Railway, 2 May 2018
^ New 3-phase EMU train is launched., South Eastern Railway, 22 March 2018

[1] Google maps

[2] Kharagpur-Howrah Local 38606 Indiarailinfo

[3] Howrah-Haldia Local 68689 ⇒ 38089 Indiarailinfo

[4] Santragachi-Digha EMU 78001 ⇒ 68687 Indiarailinfo

[5] History of South Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway

[6] "Kharagpur Divisional Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.

[7] SER Pink Book 2018-19, Indian Railways

[History_of_Electrification-8] "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

[9] Successful Completion of 50 yrs of EMU services., South Eastern Railway, 2 May 2018

[10] New 3-phase EMU train is launched., South Eastern Railway, 22 March 2018

[5]