Dum Dum Cantonment (DDC) is a

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station in

Dum Dum Dum Dum is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Author ...

. The

Dum Dum Cantonment metro station Dum Dum Cantonment is an elevated metro station of Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro in Subhas Nagar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is situated just beside Dum Dum Cantonment railway station. It is also a part of the integration of old line of ...

is adjacent to Dum Dum Cantonment railway station. It was named by the Cantonment area near Dum Dum. It serves

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, Natun Bazar, Subhas Nagar,

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and surrounding Dum Dum Cantonment areas. LHB coaches at Dum Dum Cantonment railway station

Dum Dum Cantonment is located on Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line of

. Link between

Khulna Khulna (, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of the Khulna District and the Khulna Division. It is the divisional centre of 10 districts of the division. Khulna is also the seco ...

now in

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, via

Bangaon Bangaon is a town and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Bangaon subdivision. Geography Location Bangaon is located at . It has an average elevation of 7 met ...

was constructed by the Bengal Central Railway Company in 1882–84. The Sealdah–Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64. It had been also a station of

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between 2006 and 2016, after closure and dismantling of Dum Dum Cantonment - Biman Bandar section it is removed from

stations.

Station complex

The station consists of three platforms. The platform is very much well sheltered with newly installed seating arrangements and fans.

Connections

Auto

8 Auto services are available from this station. Autos are available towards

Nagerbazar Nagerbazar is a locality in South Dumdum of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is one of the largest markets in the Dum Dum area. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KM ...

More, Promod Nagar Bazar, Mathkal, Shibtala, Matish Roy Setu, 1 no. Airport Gate, Sukur Ali More and Dudhpukur.

Bus

Bus route number 30D serves the station which runs from Dum Dum Cantonment to Babughat.

Metro

Under construction

of Yellow Line is situated just beside of it. It will be connected through footover bridge.

Air

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is just 3.9 km away from the station which was previously connected through Rail between 2006 and 2016. But after 2016 it was closed and dismantled. Currently only connection with it, is auto. But in future it will be connected also through Yellow Line.

References

External links

* * Railway stations in India opened in 1883 Sealdah railway division Railway stations in North 24 Parganas district Transport in Kolkata Kolkata Suburban Railway stations {{WestBengal-railstation-stub