Santragachi Junction railway station

Santragachi Junction
General information
LocationSantragachi, Howrah, West Bengal
 India
Coordinates22°35′04″N 88°16′59″E / 22.584395°N 88.283082°E / 22.584395; 88.283082
Elevation12 metres (39 ft)
System Indian Railways and
Kolkata Suburban Railway station
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouth Eastern Railways
Lines
Platforms8
Tracks22
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes Disabled access
Other information
StatusActive
Station codeSRC
Zone(s) South Eastern Railway
Division(s) Kharagpur
History
Opened1900 (1900)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesBengal Nagpur Railway
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station
Mourigram
towards Midnapore
South Eastern Line Ramrajatala
Bankranayabaz
towards Amta
Padmapukur
towards Shalimar
Location
Santragachi Junction is located in Kolkata
Santragachi Junction
Santragachi Junction
Location in West Bengal
Santragachi Junction is located in West Bengal
Santragachi Junction
Santragachi Junction
Location in India
Santragachi Junction is located in India
Santragachi Junction
Santragachi Junction
Santragachi Junction (India)

Santragachi Junction railway station (SRC) is a railway junction in South Eastern Railway Zone of Indian Railways, situated in Santragachhi, Howrah, India.[5] The station is operated by the South Eastern Railway (SER) zone of Indian Railways.[5] It is one of the important railway station serving the Kolkata metropolitan region, India. The other stations are Sealdah, Howrah, Shalimar, Dankuni and Kolkata station.

While the station had existed for many years on the line to Howrah railway station, work for its upgrade to a railway terminal started in 2015.[5] SER wished to use it for their long-distance trains which reduces the load on the crowded Howrah railway station, which is operated by Eastern Railway.[5]

Major Trains

Major trains available from Santragachi railway station are as follows:

Santragachi–Chennai Central AC Superfast Express (22807/22808)

Shalimar–Secunderabad AC Superfast Express (12773/12774)

Santragachi–Pune Humsafar Express (20821/20822)

Santragachi - Jabalpur Humsafar Express (20827/20828)

Santragachi–Rani Kamalapati Humsafar Express (22169/22170)

Santragachi–Tirupati Express (22855/22856)

Santragachi–Mangaluru Central Vivek Express (22851/22852)

Santragachi - Porbandar Kavi Guru Express (12949/12950)

Santragachi - Tambaram Amrit Bharat Express (16107/16108)

Santragachi - Purulia Rupashi Bangla Express (12883/12884)

Santragachi–Anand Vihar Superfast Express (22857/22858)

Santragachi–Ajmer Weekly Express (18009/18010)

Santragachi - Hazur Sahib Nanded Express (12767/12768)

Howrah–Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express (12021/12022)

New Jalpaiguri - Digha Paharia Express (15721/15722)

Shalimar–Chennai Central Superfast Express (22825/22826)

Shalimar – Vasco da Gama Amaravati Express (18047/18048)

Shalimar - Nagercoil Gurudev Express (12659/12660)

Shalimar - Thiruvananthapuram Express (22641/22642)

Shalimar - Hyderabad East Coast Express (18045/18046)

Shalimar–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express (18029/18030)

Shalimar - Puri Sri Jagannath Express (18409/18410)

Shalimar - Bhojudih Aranyak Express (12885/12886)

Shalimar - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Samarsata Express (12151/12152)

Shalimar - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Jnaneswari Express (12101/12102)

Shalimar - Visakhapatnam Superfast Express (22853/22854)

Shalimar - Sambalpur Mahima Gosain Express (20831/20832)

Shalimar - Badampahar Express (18049/18050)

Shalimar–Gorakhpur Express (15021/15022)

Shalimar–Udaipur City Weekly Express (20971/20972)

Shalimar–Porbandar Superfast Express (12905/12906)

Shalimar–Bhuj Weekly Superfast Express (22829/22830)

Shalimar - Okha Superfast Express (22905/22906)

Shalimar - Puri Express (12887/12888)

Shalimar - Puri Garib Rath Express (12881/12882)

Shalimar - Sambalpur Superfast Express (22803/22804)

Shalimar - Bhanjpur Simlipal Intercity Express (18007/18008)

Howrah - Jagdalpur Samaleshwari Express (18005/18006)

Howrah–Mumbai CSMT Mail (via Nagpur) (12809/12810)

Howrah–Chennai Mail (12839/12840)

Howrah - Hatia Kriya Yoga Express (18615/18616)

Howrah - Digha Tamralipta Express (12857/12858)

Howrah - Puri Dhauli Express (12821/12822)

Howrah - Jamshedpur Steel Express (12813/12814)

Howrah - Chennai Central Coromandel Express (12841/12842)

Howrah–Mysore Express (22817/22818)

Howrah - Mumbai CSMT Gitanjali Express (12859/12860)

Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast Express (12833/12834)

Howrah - Digha Kandri Express (22897/22898)

Howrah - Secunderabad Falaknuma Express (12703/12704)

Howrah - Titlagarh Ispat Express (12871/12872)

Howrah - Kantabanji Ispat Express (22861/22862)

Howrah - Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal Superfast Express (12863/12864)

Santragachi–Tambaram Antyodaya Express (22841/22842)

Incidents

In 2018 two people died due to a stampede at the railway station.[6] According to The Hindu, the two were killed when a train hit them when they were crossing the railway tracks on foot.

Electric Loco Shed, Santragachi

Santragachi based WAP-4 with East Coast Express at Howrah.
SN Type of loco HP Holding
1. WAP-4 5350 60
2. WAP-7 6350 52
Total locomotives active as of February 2026[7] 112

References

  1. ^ Google Maps
  2. ^ Kharagpur-Howrah Local 38606 Indiarailinfo
  3. ^ Howrah-Haldia Local 68689 ⇒ 38089 Indiarailinfo
  4. ^ Santragachi-Digha EMU 78001 ⇒ 68687 Indiarailinfo
  5. ^ a b c d Gupta, Jayanta (26 May 2015). "Santragachi to be developed into terminal in 3–4 years". The Times of India. Times News Network. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Two die, 14 injured in stampede at Santragachi station in West Bengal". The Hindu. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  7. ^ "e-Locos".