Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line

Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line
including Naihati–Bandel and Kalyani–Kalyani Simanta branch lines
Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line ; including Naihati–Bandel and Kalyani–Kalyani Simanta branch lines
	Halisahar railway station
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railway
Locale	West Bengal
Termini	Sealdah; Gede;
Stations	45
Website	Eastern Railway
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Kolkata Suburban Railway
Operator(s)	Eastern Railway
Depot(s)	Narkeldanga EMU Carshed; Ranaghat EMU Carshed
History
Opened	1862
Technical
Line length	117 km (73 mi)
Number of tracks	Quadruple line: Sealdah–Naihati; Triple Line: Naihati–Kalyani; Double line: Naihati–Bandel, Kalyani–Ranaghat–Gede Single line: Kalyani–Kalyani Simanta
Character	At grade
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification	25 kV overhead line
Operating speed	up to 100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map
	Chilahati–Parbatipur
	–Santahar–Darshana line
	Bangladesh
	India
	old ferry route to Aistalaghat–
	Santipur dismantled NG line
	Jubilee Bridge
	over Hooghly River
	45
	Kanchrapara Workshop Gate
	Kanchrapara Railway Workshop
	Barrackpore
	Army Cantonment
	Vivekananda Setu over
	Hooghly River
	Patipukur loop
	line (dismantled)
	Narkeldanga
	EMU Carshed
	Kankurgachi
	Chord line
Key
	out of use, planned, or
	under construction (u/c);

The Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line connects the Sealdah Main and North terminus of Kolkata with Ranaghat and Gede of Nadia district of West Bengal, India. Once a part of the old Calcutta–Siliguri main line, today it is a busy suburban section of the Kolkata Suburban Railway's Sealdah North section connecting the North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts with Kolkata. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division of the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.

The Naihati–Bandel branch line connects this line with the Howrah–Bardhaman main line and Bandel–Katwa line through the Sampreeti Bridge ,and previously the Jubilee Bridge, over the Hooghly river. The Kalyani–Kalyani Simanta branch line caters to the Kalyani town and industrial area of the Nadia district.

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