Dum Dum Junction (DDJ) is a Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station in

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. Three lines branch out from Dum Dum in the north direction–the Kolkata Eastern line to Gede, the Calcutta chord line to and the Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line to and . On the other hand, in the south direction, those three lines go towards

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, while the

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line arises from it towards Patipukur, and also ends to it through Bidhannagar Road after encircling the city of Kolkata through various important stations like

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and Majerhat. The Dum Dum metro station of the Blue Line is adjacent to Dum Dum Jn. railway station. It serves

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, Purba Sinthee,

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and surrounding

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 ...

areas.

History

The Calcutta Sealdah–Kusthia line of

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was opened to traffic in 1862. Eastern Bengal Railway worked on the eastern side of the

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, which in those days there was no

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. In 1882–84 the Bengal Central Railway Company constructed two lines: one from Dum Dum to

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present day which is in

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, via Bangaon and the other linking Ranaghat and

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 ...

. The Bengal Central Railway was formed in 1881 to construct and operate a line to

. Later, it was merged with

in 1903. The long

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line from

Barasat Barasat () is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of Barasat Sadar subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (K ...

to was constructed between 1957 and 1962. In 1932, the Calcutta Chord line was built over the Willingdon Bridge joining Dum Dum and .

Redevelopment

In 2024, Ministry of Railways allocated for the redevelopment purpose of this station under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.

Electrification

The Sealdah–Ranaghat line and the Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon line were electrified in 1963–64. Further, the Dum Dum–Dankuni sector was electrified in 1964–65.

Platforms

Platform 1

Platform 1 mostly handles trains in the Up Sealdah Main Line sections. It also handles a few trains in the Up Sealdah-Dankuni chord line, Sealdah-Baruipara local, Sealdah-Bangaon section.

Platform 2

Platform 2 only handles Down Sealdah bound trains in the Sealdah-Main Line section and almost all trains from Dankuni and Baruipara and a few from the Bangaon-Sealdah section.

Platform 3

Platform 3 mostly handles Up train in the Sealdah-Dankuni chord line section, Sealdah-Baruipara local, the Sealdah-Bangaon section, Kolkata-Lalgola MEMU and Sealdah-Lalgola Passenger and MEMU trains. It also handles a few trains in the Up Sealdah-Main Line section and trains coming from Budge Budge, Majerhat through Ballygunge Junction.

Platform 4

Platform 4 mostly handles trains in the Sealdah bound trains in the Bangaon-Sealdah section. It also handles a few Dankuni-Sealdah trains and also handles trains from Majerhat and Ballygunge through Princep Ghat joining the Sealdah-Main Line section(and sometimes the reverse route too) and down passengers trains coming from Lalgola.

Platform 5

It mostly handles trains coming from or going to Princep Ghat, although Princep Ghat is not the terminus for trains passing through this platform. The Bangaon-Canning local also stops by this platform.

Passengers

Busy workday in Dum Dum Junction railway station

Dum Dum railway station handles 576,000 passengers daily.

Connections

Train

Being an important railway junction station in the Sealdah Division of the Eastern Railways, Dum Dum Junction serves as an important halt to many long-distance trains including: *

–

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Fast Passenger (Up 53131 / Dn 53132) * Sealdah–Lalgola Passenger (Up 53171, 53175, 53179,53181, 63105 / Dn 53172, 53176, 53180, 53182, 53186, 63106) * Sealdah–Jangipur DEMU (Up 73151/ Dn 73152) * Sealdah–Rampurhat MEMU (Up 63141 / Dn 63142) etc.

Metro

It is connected with Dum Dum metro station of Blue Line via subways.

Auto

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services to Nagerbazar, Chiriamore, RG Kar Hospital, 30A bus-stand and Sinthee More are abundant.

Buses

Bus routes including 30B, 30B/1, 202, 219/1, DN9/1, S168 (Mini), E19D, S10, 11A, AC38 serve the station via Dum Dum Road.

Air

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport () is an international airport serving the city of Kolkata and the Kolkata metropolitan area, the capital metropolis of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the primary aviation hub for eas ...

is connected via Dum Dum Rd and Jessore Rd; distance between Dumdum junction and the airport is 5.6 km.

References

External links

Long distance trains at Dum DumSealdah-Dum Dum trainsDum Dum-Sealdah trainsDum Dum-Lalgola trainsDum Dum-Bangaon trainsDum Dum-Dankuni trains
* {{North 24 Parganas topics Railway stations in India opened in 1862 Railway stations in North 24 Parganas district Sealdah railway division Kolkata Suburban Railway stations Airport railway stations in India Railway junction stations in West Bengal Kolkata Circular Railway