Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station
Railway Station in West Bengal, India
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Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station is a major railway station on the Bardhaman-Rampurhat Section in Birbhum district, West Bengal. Its code is BHP. It serves Bolpur City and Shantiniketan. The station consists of three platforms.[1][2][3]
Bolpur
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| General information | |||||||
| Location | Station Road, Santiniketan Bolpur India | ||||||
| Coordinates | 23.657804°N 87.698136°E | ||||||
| Elevation | 55 metres (180 ft) | ||||||
| System | Indian Railways | ||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||
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| Platforms | 3 | ||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||
| Connections | Auto rickshaw, E-rickshaw, Cabs, Bus | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||||
| Parking | Available  | ||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Available  | ||||||
| Accessible | Available  | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Double-Line Electrification | ||||||
| Station code | BHP | ||||||
| Zone(s) | Eastern Railway | ||||||
| Division(s) | Howrah | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1860 | ||||||
| Electrified | 2016 | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| FY 2020-2021 | 2,04,932 | ||||||
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Trains
Some of the major trains that passes from the Bolpur railway station are as follows:
- Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express
- Howrah–Jamalpur Vande Bharat Express
- New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
- SMVT Bengaluru–Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express
- Nagercoil–New Jalpaiguri Amrit Bharat Express
- Tiruchchirappalli–New Jalpaiguri Amrit Bharat Express
- Charlapalli–Kamakhya Amrit Bharat Express
- Malda Town–SMVT Bengaluru Amrit Bharat Express
- Sealdah - Haldibari Superfast Darjeeling Mail
- Sealdah - New Alipurduar Padatik Superfast Express
- Howrah - Guwahati Saraighat Super-fast Express
- Sealdah - Alipurduar Kanchan Kanya Express
- Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjunga Express
- Sealdah–Agartala Kanchanjunga Express
- Silchar-Coimbatore Superfast Express
- Tiruvananthapuram-Silchar Aronai Superfast Express
- Silchar–Secunderabad Express
- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express
- Guwahati - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express
- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - New Tinsukia Superfast Express
- Kolkata–Silghat Town Kaziranga Express
- Howrah–Rampurhat Express
- Howrah–Bhagalpur Kavi Guru Express
- Sealdah–Rampurhat Intercity Express
- Howrah–Gaya Express
- Sealdah-Malda Town Gour Express
- Kolkata-Balurghat Tebhaga Express
- Barddhaman–Rampurhat Express
- Sealdah–Varanasi Express
- Howrah–Jamalpur Express
- Kolkata–Jogbani Express
- Sealdah-Rampurhat Maa Taara Express
- Sealdah-Bamanhat Uttar Banga Express
- Kolkata–Haldibari Intercity Express
- Howrah - Azimganj Ganadevata Express
- Howrah-Radhikapur Kulik Express
- Howrah-Bolpur Shantiniketan Express
- Yesvantpur-Muzaffarpur Express
- Howrah–Jamalpur Express
- Howrah–Malda Town Intercity Express
- Howrah–Sahibganj Intercity Express
- Howrah–Gaya Express
Incidents
On 1 August 2024 6:00 PM - 2 August 5:00 AM IST all the platforms of Bolpur Junction's railway tracks got submerged under water due to constant heavy rain.
Facilities
The station has all important facilities like reservation counter (8 am to 8 pm), two and four wheeler parking, resting room, railway canteen (Jan Aahar). The station has escalators for going through the platforms.
