Bally Ghat railway station

Bally Ghat railway station is a station of Eastern Railway in Howrah. It is 15 km away from Sealdah and 7 km from Dankuni Junction on the Sealdah–Dankuni line of Eastern Railway. It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. Dankuni and Bardhaman local trains connect this place to Sealdah Station and other stations of the Sealdah main line. It is an important railway station between Dum Dum and Dankuni Junction railway station.

Bally Ghat
Kolkata Suburban Railway station
Bally Ghat railway station
Location	Bally, Howrah, West Bengal India
Coordinates	22.652433°N 88.348028°E
Elevation	15 metres (49 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railway
Platforms	2 (Side platforms)
Tracks	2
Connections	54 Bus Stand Bally Ghat Auto Stand
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Not available
Bicycle facilities	Not available
Disabled access	Not available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	BLYH [1][2][3]
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Sealdah
History
Opened	1865
Electrified	1964–65
Previous names	Eastern Bengal Railway
Services
Preceding station   Kolkata Suburban Railway   Following station Dakshineswar toward Sealdah Chord link Line Bally Halt toward Dankuni Junction
Route map km  to Howrah–Kharagpur line  0 Andul Mourigram  to Howrah–Kharagpur line  Kona Expressway 5 Bankranayabaz 7 Baltikuri  to Santragachi–Amta branch line  Benaras Road 10 Bhattanagar  to Howrah–Bardhaman chord  0 Dankuni Junction Dankuni Electric Loco Factory 13 / 4 Rajchandrapur Belanagar Bally 6 Bally Halt  to Howrah–Bardhaman main line  Belghoria Expressway PWD Road 7 Bally Ghat  Hooghly River  PWD Road 9 Dakshineswar BT Road 10 Baranagar Road Belgharia Expressway  to Sealdah–Ranaghat line  Noapara Keshtopur Canal  to Sealdah–Bangaon line  15 Dum Dum Junction Dum Dum Road  to Kavi Subhash  Jessore Road Patipukur  on Kolkata Circular Railway  Kolkata Keshtopur Canal Bidhannagar Road 18 Bidhannagar Road Kangurgachi Road Kangurgachi Road Cabin  to Kolkata Circular Railway  Narkeldanga Shed 22 Sealdah Main Sealdah Metro Sealdah South Belighata Gross Siding to Namkhana  Sealdah South lines
Location
Bally Ghat Location in Kolkata Bally Ghat Location in West Bengal Bally Ghat Location in India

History

Sealdah–Dankuni line was opened in 1865 and converted to electrification in 1965,[4] On that time the Freight Services was passed on this line which was profitable for railways and the EMU trains also runs on this line for connecting to Chord line to Howrah Jn for plying long-distance trains.

The station

Platform layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
P1	Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left
		Towards →Dankuni→ →
	Towards ←Sealdah← ←
P2	Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left

Track layout

Bally Ghat track layout
to Dankuni to Sealdah
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

References

1. "Indian railway codes". Indian Railways. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
2. "Timetable". www.er.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
3. "Code". raw.githubusercontent.com. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
4. Electrification of Railways, irfca.org, 10 December 2018