The South Eastern Line of Kolkata Suburban Railway is a suburban railway line serving Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It consists of 37 stations from Howrah Junction to Midnapore. The entire line is at grade level. It has section of triple track starting from Howrah Junction and ends at Midnapore, Amta, Haldia and Digha stations in West Bengal.History of South Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway

The South Eastern line in Kolkata consists of 3 major corridors, which bifurcate as they run into the suburban satellite towns. Two corridors (one local and other through) follow the South Eastern Railway run from Howrah Junction (HWH) to Midnapore (128 km). At the mainline there is a bifurcation into two branch lines – one from Panskura to Haldia (69 km) in the south-east and the other from Shalimar to Amta (50 km) in the west. These two corridors constitute the 'main' South Eastern line.

The major car sheds on this line are at Tikiapara, Panskura & Kharagpur. There are fast and slow locals here for suburban service. Trains usually start from and terminate at important stations.SER Pink Book 2018-19, Indian Railways

Stations with Routes Routes The South Eastern line consists of the following routes: Howrah Jn – Midnapore Panskura Jn – Haldia Shalimar – Amta Tamluk Jn – Digha Andul - Dankuni

Stations Names in bold indicate that the station is a fast train stop as well as important terminal.

Main line

South Eastern line (Main)#Distance from Howrah Jn (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 HWH † and Howrah 2 3 TPKR None 3 4 DSNR None 4 6 RMJ None 5 7 SRC Shalimar/Amta (South Eastern line) 6 11 MRGM None 7 12 ADL 8 16 SEL None 9 18 ABB None 10 20 NALR None 11 24 BVA None 12 27 CGA None 13 30 FLR None 14 32 ULB None 15 36 BSBP None 16 40 KGYNone 17 45 BZN None 18 48 GGTA None 19 51 DTE None 20 55 KIG None 21 58 MCA None 22 61 NDGJ None 23 64 BOP None 24 67 NPMR Haldia/Digha (South Eastern line) 25 71 PKU Haldia/Digha (South Eastern line) 26 76 KHAI None 27 80 HAUR None 28 85 RDU None 29 88 DUAN None 30 91 BCK None 31 96 SMCK None 32 102 MPD None 33 108 JPR None 34 115 KGP None 35 117 GMDN None 36 121 GKL None 37 125 CSY None 38 128 MDN None

†Howrah Junction railway station is a terminus for South Eastern Railway and Eastern Railway.

Main line Branches At the main line of South Eastern line, there is a bifurcation in two sections and one line crosses onto it.

West branch line

West branch line#Distance from Shalimar (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 SHM None 2 3 PDPK None 3 5 SRC South Eastern line (Main) 4 11 BKNM 5 13 BALT 6 15 KONA None 7 18 DNI None 8 20 JLBR None 9 21 MDC None 10 23 DMJR None 11 25 DJR None 12 28 DKB None 13 32 BAC None 14 35 PTHL None 15 37 MNH None 16 38 MHLN None 17 42 MJH None 18 45 JLI None 19 47 HDC None 20 50 AMZ None

South East branch line South East branch line#Distance from Panskura Jn (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 † PKU South Eastern line (Main) 2 8 RGX None 3 16 RGA None 4 21 SMTG None 5 24 † TMZ Digha (South Eastern line) 6 31 KSBP None 7 36 SSPH None 8 39 MSDL None 9 47 BRDB None 10 53 BYSA None 11 59 DZK None 12 62 DZKT None 13 65 SLPR None 14 67 BAAR None 15 69 HLZ None† – Branch Line starts at Panskura

†Tamluk railway station acts as a Junction station and makes a branch line to Digha.

South branch line South branch line#Distance from Tamluk (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 † TMZ Panskura / Haldia (South Eastern line) 2 10 NDKR None 3 21 LSGS None 4 32 DSPN None 5 39 HEN None 6 51 NCN None 7 62 KATI None 8 68 STLB None 9 71 SJPA None 10 76 APRD None 11 78 BDPA None 12 86 RMRB None 13 88 TKRA None 14 94 DGHA None† – Branch Line starts at Tamluk

Electrification SER electrified the South Eastern line to 25,000 V AC in the period of 1967 to 1969 with the different phases: Howrah – Maurigram, Maurigram – Bauria, Bauria – Uluberia, Uluberia – Shyamchak, Shyamchak – Kharagpur. During this period the first EMU train on this line was started on Howrah – Mecheda route after completion of this route it was extended to Kharagpur on 1 February 1969.

In the period 1974 to 1976, Panskura – Haldia line was also electrified with the two phases: Panskura – Durgachak & Durgachak – Haldia, After that EMU services was started on this line at 1 May 1976.

In 1985, The Kharagpur – Midnapore line was also electrified.

Services Currently, the South Eastern Railway Running 12 Car Services on South Eastern line, Before May 2018 The 9 Car rakes was running due to an increase in passenger transport conversion of 9 Car Rakes into 12 Car rakes was started for ease of transportation.Successful Completion of 50 yrs of EMU services., South Eastern Railway, 2 May 2018

And also, South Eastern Railway is also Running a GPS based 3-phase Medha ICF EMU train with CCTV cameras in ladies compartment in suburban sections, which was flagged off on 22 March 2018.New 3-phase EMU train is launched., South Eastern Railway, 22 March 2018

See also Kolkata Suburban Railway List of Kolkata Suburban Railway stations South Eastern Railway zone

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