Khirai railway station

The Khirai railway station in the Indian state of West Bengal, serves Khirai in Purba Medinipur district. It is on the Howrah–Kharagpur line. It is 75 km (47 mi) from Howrah Station.^[5]

Khirai
Kolkata Suburban Railway station
General information
Location	Khirai, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal India
Coordinates	22°22′30″N 87°41′49″E
Elevation	12 metres (39 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Howrah–Kharagpur line
Platforms	3
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	yes
Other information
Station code	KHAI
Fare zone	South Eastern Railway
History
Opened	1900
Electrified	1967–69
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station Haur towards Midnapore South Eastern Line Howrah–Kharagpur line Panskura towards Howrah Junction
Route map Legend km Asansol–Tatanagar– Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Puri line Kharagpur–Bankura– Adra line Kalaikunda Kharagpur–Bankura –Adra line Nimpura Nimpura Through Yard Nimpura Goods Yard Girimaidan Hijli Kharagpur-Puri line 0 Kharagpur NH 60 7 Jakpur 13 Madpur 19 Shyam Chak 24 Balichak 27 Duan 30 Radhamohanpur 35 Haur 39 Khirai km Kangsabati River 44 Panskura Raghunathbari 20 to Ghatal (planned) Rajgoda 28 48 Narayan Pakuria Murail Saheed Matangini 33 51 Bhogpur Tamluk 36 00 54 Nandaigajan Nandakumar 10 57 Mecheda Nandakumar-Balaipanda new line (planned) 43 Keshabpur Chak Simulia 49 Satish Samanta Halt Bargoda 51 Mahishadal Moyna 60 Barda Balaipanda 66 Basulya Sutahata NH 41 Haldia Energy Power Station Haldi River 71 Durgachak Lavan Satyagrah Smarak 21 HPCL Siding Deshapran 33 Indorama Checmicals Siding Deshapran-Kendamari new line (planned) Gholpukur 74 Durgachak Town New Krishnanagar 77 Silpaprabesh Hampigram Haldia Industrial Belt Nandigram Kendamari Henria 39 Haldia Dock Complex Nachinda 52 Kanthi 63 79 Bandar ICF Haldia Sitalpur 69 81 Haldia Sujalpur 71 Ashapurna Devi 76 Kolaghat Thermal Power Station Badalpur 78 60 Kolaghat Kanthi-Egra new line (planned) Rupnarayan River Raipur 64 Deulti Satmile 67 Ghoraghata Paschimbatya 70 Bagnan Balighai Bagnan–Amta line (planned) Egra Damodar River Bhatda 78 Kulgachia Dubda 79 Bir Shibpur Paniparul Road Pujali–Uluberia line (planned) Depal 83 Uluberia Champa River 85 Phuleswar Ramnagar (Bengal) 86 88 Chengel Egra-Digha new line (planned) Fort Gloster Jute Mill Tikra 88 91 Bauria Digha–Jaleswar line (planned) 95 Nalpur Digha 94 Ambuja Cement 97 Abada Sankrail Goods yard 99 Sankrail Delta Jute Mill 103 Andul 105 Mourigram Santragachi–Amta branch line Hindustan Industries and Engineering 108 Santragachi Padmapukur NH 12 (Kona Expressway) Guest Keen Williams 109 Ramrajatala 111 Dasnagar Shalimar │ Shalimar rail yard 112 Tikiapara Howrah–Bardhaman main line & Howrah–Bardhaman chord 115 Howrah km Sources:[1][2][3][4]
Location Khirai Location in West bengal

Main article: Howrah–Kharagpur line

History

Khirai railway station is situated in Meghadangar, West Bengal. Station code is KHAI. It is a small railway station between Howrah and Kharagpur. Local EMU trains Howrah–Balichak, Howrah–Kharagpur, Santragachi–Kharagpur local, Howrah–Kharagpur local stop here. The Howrah–Kharagpur line was opened in 1900.^[6] The Howrah–Kharagpur stretch has three lines.^[7] There is a plan to build a fourth line for the Santragachi–Panskura–Kharagpur stretch.^[8] The Howrah–Kharagpur line was electrified in 1967–69.^[9]