Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line

Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line
(including Shantipur loop line)
Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line ; (including Shantipur loop line)
	Krishnanagar City Junction railway station
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railway
Locale	West Bengal
Termini	Ranaghat; Lalgola;
Stations	35
Service
System	Electrified
Operator(s)	Eastern Railway
Depot(s)	Ranaghat EMU Carshed
History
Opened	1899 (Aistala Ghat–Shantipur–Krishnanagar City NG line); 1905 (Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Krishnapur BG line)
Technical
Line length	155 km (96 mi) - Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola ; 36 km (22 mi) - Ranaghat–Shantipur–Krishnanagar City
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Old gauge	2 ft 6 in (762 mm) - Aistala Ghat–Nabadwip Ghat section
Electrification	Yes
Operating speed	up to 100 km per hour
Route map
	Godagari Ghat–Amnura line
	(abandoned)
	Bangladesh
	India
	old ferry connection
	to Godagari Ghat
	destroyed bridge
	over Bhagirathi River
	planned bridge
	over Bhagirathi River
	Kolkata Suburban Railway
	ends here
	26
	36
	old ferry connection
	to Aistala Ghat
Key
	out of use, planned, or
	under construction (u/c);

The Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line is a 155 km (96 mi) long broad gauge railway line which connects Ranaghat Junction in the Nadia district with Lalgola in the Murshidabad district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The line runs up to the Bangladesh border near the Ganga river and is a part of the Sealdah railway division of the Eastern Railway zone.

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