Kotshila Junction railway station
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LocationRanchi–Purulia road, Kotshila, Purulia district, West Bengal
India
IndiaElevation312 metres (1,024 ft)
SystemIndian Railways station
 KOTSHILA JUNCTION | |||||||||||
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 Kotshila Junction railway station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Ranchi–Purulia road, Kotshila, Purulia district, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°20′02″N 85°54′02″E / 23.3338312°N 85.9006569°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 312 metres (1,024 ft) | ||||||||||
| System | Indian Railways station | ||||||||||
| Line | Double electrified BG | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | Not available | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Functional | ||||||||||
| Station code | KSX | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | South Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Adra Division | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1907 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1957 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1961 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 11,20 (Daily Average, 2019)[1] | |||||||||||
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Kotshila Junction is a railway station of Adra railway division of the South Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It serve the nearby area of Kotshila town in the Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[2]
The 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)-wide narrow-gauge Purulia–Ranchi line was opened by Bengal Nagpur Railway in 1907.[3][4]
The construction of the 143 kilometres (89 mi)-long broad-gauge Chandrapura–Muri–Ranchi–Hatia line was started in 1957 and was completed in 1961. The construction of this line included the conversion of the narrow-gauge Kotshila–Ranchi line to broad gauge.[4][5]
The narrow gauge Purulia–Kotshila sector was converted to broad gauge in 1992.[6]