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Begampur railway station
Begampur
railway station
is a
Kolkata Suburban Railway
station
on the
Howrah-Bardhaman chord
line
operated by
Eastern Railway zone
of
Indian Railways
. It is situated beside Chanditala-Serampore Road, Purbbatajpur, at Begampur in
Hooghly district
in the
Indian state
of
West Bengal
.
History
The
Howrah–Bardhaman chord
, the 95
kilometers
railway line
was constructed in
1917
. It was
connected
with
Sealdah
through
Dankuni
after
construction
of
Vivekananda Setu
in
1932
.
Howrah
to
Bardhaman
chord line
including Begampur railway station was
electrified
in 1964–66.
