Phulia railway station

23°13′46″N 88°29′49″E / 23.229516°N 88.496872°E / 23.229516; 88.496872Elevation15 m (49 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated byEastern RailwayLine(s)Ranaghat–Shantipur line of Kolkata Suburban RailwayPlatforms3Tracks3ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeParkingNot availableBicycle facilitiesNot availableAccessibleNot availableOther informationStatusFunctionalStation codeFLU Zone(s) Eastern Railway Division(s) SealdahHistoryElectrified1963–64Services

Preceding station	Kolkata Suburban Railway			Following station
Habibpur towards Sealdah		Eastern Line Lalgola and Gede branch lines		Bathna Krittibas towards Shantipur

Route map

v t e Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line including Shantipur loop line Legend km km Godagari Ghat–Amnura line (abandoned) 178 Godagari Ghat Ganges River Bangladesh India old ferry connection to Godagari Ghat 160 Lalgola Ghat line dismantled 155 Lalgola line dismantled 153 Krishnapur 147 Pirtala 144 Bhagwangola B.B. loop line 137 Subarnamrigi Azimganj Junction 108 132 Jiaganj destroyed bridge over Bhagirathi River 129 Nashipur Road Bhagirathi River Nashipur Rail Bridge (u/c) B.B. loop line 124 Murshidabad 116 Cossimbazar 113 Berhampore Court New Balarampur Halt 108 Sargachhi 104 planned line Bhabta 101 Beldanga 95 Domkal Rejinagar 86 Karimpur Sirajnagar 82 Betai Plassey 77 Tehatta Paglachandi 71 Charatala Paglachandi River Chapra B.B. loop line 66 Debagram Nabadwip Dham 49 58 Sonadanga B.B. loop line 54 Bethuadahari planned bridge over Bhagirathi River 44 Muragchha Nabadwip Ghat 49 39 Dhubulia Maheshganj 47 33 Bahadurpur Amghata 44 Jalangi River Krishnanagar Road 39 planned line under gauge conversion Kolkata Suburban Railway ends here 26 36 Krishnanagar City Junction Bhatjangla 33 Dignagar 27 Bagdi 23 Shantipur Junction 21 21 Jalal Khali Halt Bathna Krittibas 16 16 Badkulla Phulia 12 11 Taherpur Habibpur 08 8 Birnagar old NG line dismantled 4 Kalinarayanpur Junction Baicha 13 Churni River Raghabpur 08 Ranaghat–Gede line Aistala Ghat 05 3 Churni Ghat old ferry connection to Aistala Ghat 0 Ranaghat Junction Ranaghat–Bangaon line Sealdah–Ranaghat line km km Key Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm) narrow gauge (762 mm) metre gauge (1000 mm) in use   out of use, planned, or under construction (u/c)   tunnel

Location
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Phulia railway station is a railway station of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system and operated by Eastern Railway. It is situated beside National Highway 34 at Chatkatala, Phulia on the Ranaghat–Shantipur line in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.^[1][2] The distance between Sealdah to Phulia railway station is approximately 89 km.^[3]

History

The Kalinarayanpur–Shantipur section was converted to broad gauge to allow EMU coaches from Sealdah to run up to Shantipur. The line including Phulia railway station was doubled in 2014–15 and electrified in 1964–65.^[4][5]

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