Khana railway station

Khana Junction
Indian Railway Station Junction station
Location	Khana, Bardhaman, West Bengal  India
Coordinates	23°19′15″N 87°46′12″E / 23.32091°N 87.769989°E / 23.32091; 87.769989
Line(s)	Howrah-Delhi main line , Sahibganj Loop
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	KAN
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Howrah
History
Opened	1854
Electrified	1957-1962
Previous names	East Indian Railway

Bardhaman–Asansol section
to Asansol–Gaya section, Main Line to Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line 106 Asansol Junction Burnpur Airport / Grand Trunk Road freight bypass to Damodar Station 101 Kalipahari / Asansol Airfield Nunia River 88 Raniganj Damodar River Mejia Thermal Power Station 83 Baktarnagar Halt to Andal–Sitarampur branch line to Andal–Sainthia branch line 80 Andal / Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport Andal Marshalling Yard 74 Pinjrapol Halt DTPS 72 Waria Durgapur Steel Plant Alloy Steels Plant Raturia Angadpur industrial area Durgapur Projects Limited (DPL) 64 Durgapur Jai Balaji Industries Indian Oil Corporation depot 56 Rajbandh 48 Panagarh / Panagarh Airport NH 2 / Grand Trunk Road 38 Mankar 29 Paraj 23 Galsi 20 Ishan Chandi Halt to Sahibganj Loop 13 Khana 8 Talit to Burdwan Katwa Railway 0 Barddhaman Junction Main line, Chord
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Khana Junction (Bengali: খানা জংশন) is a railway station in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

During the middle of the nineteenth century, M/s Carr, Tagore & Company transported coal from Narayankuri ghat on the Damodar River to Kolkata, then known as Calcutta. However, as the flow of water in the river was inconsistent, supplies were irregular. In order to capture the lucrative coal transport business, East Indian Railway, extended the railway track that had been laid between Kolkata and Hooghly to Raniganj in 1855.^[3][4][5]

Construction of what was then considered to be the Howrah-Delhi main line was started in 1859, when the Khana junction-Rajmahal line was built. In 1866 Kolkata and Delhi were directly linked. With the completion of the 406 kilometres (252 mi) long line connecting Raniganj with Kiul in 1871, a "shorter main line" was in position. Initially, it was called the chord line. However, as it attracted more traffic it was designated the main line and the original line, operating between Khana Junction and Kiul Junction, became the Sahibganj Loop.^[5]

Film

A portion of Satyajit Ray’s Nayak was shot at Khana Junction.

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