Akra railway station

Akra railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Budge Budge Branch line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It serves the local area of Akra in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.^[1][2]

Akra
Kolkata Suburban Railway Station
General information
Location	Akra Station Rd, Maheshtala, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal India
Coordinates	22.514658°N 88.249255°E / 22.514658; 88.249255
Elevation	9 metres (30 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railway
Line(s)	Budge Budge Branch line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Not Available
Bicycle facilities	Not Available
Accessible	Not Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	AKRA
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Sealdah
History
Opened	1890; 135 years ago (1890)
Electrified	1965–66
Previous names	Eastern Bengal Railway
Services Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station Nangi towards Budge Budge Sealdah South Budge Budge Branch line Santoshpur towards Sealdah
Route map v t e Sealdah South section Legend km Sealdah Main & North section 5 Bidhannagar Road Press House siding Kankurgachi Road 02 Kankurgachi Road Junction Narkeldanga EMU Carshed 3 Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Circular Canal Sealdah North 00 Kankurgachi Chord line Sealdah Main 00 Sealdah Green Line Sealdah South 00 Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed 6 Kamardanga Halt Beruck & Comens siding 03 7 Park Circus Maa Flyover Hindusthan Engineering & Industrial Ltd. siding BESCO siding Bijon Setu 5 Ballygunge Junction Lake Gardens 07 6 Dhakuria Tollygunge 08 8 Jadabpur Blue Line 10 Bagha Jatin Rabindra Sarobar Orange Line Tollygunge Bridge New Garia Metro Depot Adi Ganga river New Garia–Baruipur Metro (planned) New Alipore 09 11 New Garia Jai Hind Bridge Kavi Subhash Blue Line Kalighat–Falta Railway (narrow gauge) Majerhat 10 Purple Line Kolkata Circular Railway 12 Garia KDS Railway 14 Narendrapur Brace Bridge 12 16 Sonarpur Junction KDS Railway Sonarpur EMU Carshed Santoshpur 15 Clive jute mill siding 19 Bidyadharpur Union jute mill siding 22 Kalikapur Akra 18 planned branch Nangi 21 46 Ghatakpukur Batanagar factory siding 60 Minakhan Caledonian jute mill siding 24 Champahati K.M. Budge Budge 24 27 Piali IBP/IOCL Depot 29 Gourdaha Budge Budge Rail Yard 31 Ghutiari Shariff HPCL siding 34 Betberia Ghola Budge Budge jute mill siding 38 Taldi BPCL siding 41 Matla Halt IOCL siding 45 Canning Charial Canal planned extension Lothian jute mill siding Matla River (planned) Kalipur 29 50 Bhangankhali Magadi Soda factory siding 60 Sonakhali Orient jute mill siding 65 Basanti Albion jute mill siding 87 Jharkhali FCI siding Charial Extension Canal CESC siding planned extension Pujali 31 Howrah–Kharagpur line Hooghly River 19 Subhasgram Bir Shibpur 41 22 Mallikpur Howrah–Kharagpur line BESCO siding New Garia–Baruipur Metro (proposed) Pujali–Bankrahat line (planned) Baruipur (proposed) Bankrahat 42 25 Baruipur Junction Gurudasnagar–Bankrahat line (planned) Baruipur Metro Depot Kalyanpur 28 27 Shasan Road Dakshin Durgapur 30 29 Krishna Mohan Hotar 32 31 Dhapdhapi Dhamua 34 33 Surjyapur Uttar Radhanagar 37 35 Gocharan Magra Hat 40 38 Hogla Bahirpuya 43 41 Dakshin Barasat Sangrampur 45 44 Baharu (planned) Sangrampur– Krishnachandrapur line 49 Jaynagar Majilpur Deula 50 87 Durgapur (planned) Netra 53 planned branch Basuldanga 55 Gurudas Nagar 63 57 70 57 Krishnachandrapur Gurudasnagar–Bankrahat line (planned) 61 Uttar Kashinagar 66 Companirthek Diamond Harbour 60 70 Raidighi Hara Fort goods siding 54 Mathurapur Road 59 Madhabpur Gurudasnagar–Kulpi line (planned) 62 Lakshmikantapur 67 Udairampur 75 71 Kulpi 76 Karanjali 82 Nischintapur Market 84 Nischintapur 88 Madhabnagar 92 Kashinagar 95 Kakdwip planned extension Budhakhali 103 103 Ukilerhat Muriganga river 110 Namkhana Sagar Island 108 112 Namkhana Ghat 124 Chandranagar 141 Bakkhali planned extension km Key Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm) Kolkata Metro (KM) broad gauge (1676 mm) Kolkata Metro (KM) standard gauge (1435 mm) narrow gauge (762 mm) in use   out of use, planned, or under construction (u/c)   tunnel
Location

History

In 1890, the Eastern Bengal Railway constructed a 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide broad-gauge railway from Ballygunge Junction to Budge Budge via Akra.^[3]

Electrification

Electrification from Ballygunge Junction to Budge Budge including Akra was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1965–66.^[4]

Station complex

The platform is very much well sheltered. The station possesses many facilities including water and sanitation. There is a proper approach road to this station.^[5]