Nalhati Railway Station

Nalhati Junction
Indian Railway Station Junction

Location	Nalhati, Birbhum district, West Bengal India
Coordinates	24°17'34"N 87°50'17"E
Elevation	48 m
Owned by	Indian Railway
Operated by	Eastern Railway
Line(s)	Nalhati-Azimganj Branch Line Sahibganj Loop
Platforms	5
Tracks	8
Construction
Structure type	At Ground
Other information
Status	Functional
Station code	NHT
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Howrah Division
History
Opened	1892
Electrified	Work in progress

Nalhati Railway Station is a junction station in Nalhati in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

Nalhati Railway Station building was built in 1892 as a part of private railway line (Nalhati-Azimganj). The structure of the station was made of bricks and mortar and its roof was made of wooden beams, purlins and tiles which has been damaged.According to the trantrik legend the Nali or neck of sati had fallen at this place and as a result of which the name of the place came to be known as Nalhati. There is also a saying that Lalat or forehead of Sati fell at the place the Lalat later due to twist of tongue became Nalhati. It is one of the 51 Shakti peetha.

Platforms

Nalhati Jn station has 5 platforms having capacity of 14 coach+1 engine among them two 1A and 1B platform for branch line. It is a standard on ground structure with roof. Platform number 3 and 2 for up & down main line respectively and 1 for down loop line.

New Construction

New Foot over bridge

Two new construction were made recently at Nalhati Junction station they are platform 1B and a long foot over bridge.

Platform 1B situated near the station which serve all the trains coming from Azimganj towards Rampurhat.The foot over bridge is long enough and it connects platform 3,2,1 and 1A with booking office.

Nalhati Jn Branch Platform 1B Entrance

Trains at Nalhati Station

These are the Trains have stoppage at Nalhati station. Total 46 trains. Information taken from Time table September 2014.

UP Train No.	Time	Stop	Day	Train Name	Day	Stop	Time	DOWN Train No.
13403	00:25-00:27	02 Min	Daily	Vananchal Express	Daily	02 Min	19:29-19:31	13404
13133	01:38-01:40	02 Min	Except M,F	Sealdah-Varanasi Express	Except M,Th	02 Min	05:10-05:12	13134
13119	01:38-01:40	02 Min	M,F	Sealdah-Delhi Express	M,Th	02 Min	05:10-05:12	13120
13027	03:01-03:03	02 MIn	Daily	Kaviguru Express	Daily	02 Min	09:03-09:05	13028
13153	03:24-03:26	02 Min	Daily	Gour Express	Daily	02 Min	23:41-23:43	13154
53137	04:50-04:52	02 Min	Daily	Rampurhat-Barharwa Pass	Daily	02 Min	11:13-11:15	53138
53032	-- -- 05:05	--	Daily	Nalhati-Azimganj Pass	Daily	--	00:15 -- --	53033
53403	05:59-06:02	03 Min	Daily	Rampurhat-Gaya Pass	Daily	02 Min	20:56-20:58	53408
53417	07:49-07:50	01 Min	Daily	Barddhaman-Malda Town Pass	Daily	02 Min	17:35-17:37	53418
53405	08:04-08:06	02 Min	Daily	Rampurhat-Sahibganj Pass	Daily	01 Min	22:08-22:09	53406
53008	09:16-09:18	02 Min	Daily	Rampurhat-Katwa Pass	Daily	05 Min	13:10-13:15	53007
53063	09:34-09:37	03 Min	Daily	Barddhaman-Barharwa Pass	Daily	31 Min	16:36-17:07	53064
13017	10:48-10:50	02 Min	Daily	Ganadevata Express	Daily	02 Min	16:52-16:54	13018
53041	13:49-13:51	02 Min	Daily	Howrah-Jaynagar Pass	Daily	02 Min	14:04-14:06	53042
53034	15:35-15:38	03 Min	Daily	Rampurhat-Azimganj Pass	Daily	03 Min	19:47-19:50	53031
53043	16:25-16:27	02 Min	Daily	Howrah-Rajgir Fast Pass	Daily	02 Min	02:52-02:54	53044
53026	17:47-17:52	05 Min	Daily	Rampurhat-Azimganj Pass	Daily	02 Min	10:36-10:38	53025
13011	20:03-20:04	01 Min	Daily	Intercity Exp	Daily	01 Min	06:45-06:46	13012
73022	20:29-20:31	02 Min	Except Sat	Barddhaman-Azimganj DEMU Pass	Except Su	02 Min	06:27-06:29	73021
53073	21:04-21:06	02 Min	Daily	Rampurhat-Sahibganj Pass	Daily	02 Min	07:39-07:41	53074
53024	22:49-22:53	04 Min	Daily	Rampurhat-Azimganj Pass	Daily	02 Min	07:10-07:12	53023
53075	23:19-23:21	02 Min	Daily	Rampurhat-Barharwa Pass	Daily	02 Min	03:42-03:44	53076
13147	23:52-23:54	02 Min	Daily	Uttar Banga Express	Daily	02 Min	00:29-00:31	13148

Gallery

Afternoon shot from newly build foot over bridge when 12041 Up Shatabdi Exp was stopped due to signal
Day shot at Nalhati
Old foot over bridge at Nalhati
Evening shot at Nalhati
Afternoon shot at Nalhati
Shot of twin WDG4 at Nalhati

Nalhati Junction
Next station west: Chatra Station	Indian Railways : Sahibganj Loop			Next station east: Swadinpur Station
	Stop No: '	KM from start: '	Platforms: 5

References

Railway stations in West Bengal

Eastern Railway	Andal Asansol Azimganj Bandel Bangaon Bashlai Bridge Barachak Barasat Bardhaman Chatra Dankuni Diamond Harbour Durgapur Gede Howrah Janai Road Katwa Khana Kolkata Majerhat Malda Town Murarai Naihati New Farakka Rajgram Rampurhat Ranaghat Raniganj Sealdah Sainthia Singhabad Sitarampur

South Eastern Railway	Adra Bero Bishnupur Damodar Digha Gourinathdham Jhalda Joychandi Pahar Haldia Kharagpur Madhukunda Muradi Purulia Ramkanali

North East Frontier Railway	Alipurduar Junction Balurghat Bamanhat Buxa Road Changrabandha Cooch Behar Dalkolha Dhupguri Falakata Haldibari Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri Halt Jalpaiguri Junction Jalpaiguri Road New Alipurduar New Cooch Behar New Jalpaiguri New Mainaguri Radhikapur Raiganj Samuktala Road Siliguri Junction Siliguri Town

See also	Kolkata Suburban Railway stations Kolkata Metro

Railways in India

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