Krishnapur railway station

Krishnapur is a railway station of the Sealdah-Lalgola line in the Eastern Railway of Indian Railways. The station is situated at Krishnapur or Kestopur near Lalgola in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Total 12 trains including Lalgola Passengers and few EMU trains halt in the station.

KRISHNAPUR
Passenger train and Suburban train station
General information
Location	Raghunathganj Road, Krishnapur, Lalgola, Murshidabad district, West Bengal India
Coordinates	24.406469°N 88.256551°E / 24.406469; 88.256551
Elevation	26 m (85 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railway zone
Line(s)	Sealdah-Lalgola line
Platforms	4
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	No
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	KRP
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway zone
Division(s)	Sealdah
History
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	East Indian Railway Company
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station Pirtala towards Krishnanagar City Junction Eastern Line Krishnanagar–Lalgola line Lalgola Terminus
Route map Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line including Shantipur loop line km km Godagari Ghat–Amnura line (abandoned) 178 Godagari Ghat Ganges River Bangladesh India old ferry connection to Godagari Ghat 160 Lalgola Ghat line dismantled 155 Lalgola line dismantled 153 Krishnapur 147 Pirtala 144 Bhagwangola B.B. loop line 137 Subarnamrigi Azimganj Junction 108 132 Jiaganj destroyed bridge over Bhagirathi River 129 Nashipur Road station dismantled Bhagirathi River Nashipur Rail Bridge B.B. loop line 124 Murshidabad 116 Cossimbazar 113 Berhampore Court New Balarampur Halt 108 Sargachhi 104 planned line Bhabta 101 Beldanga 95 Domkal Rejinagar 86 Karimpur Sirajnagar 82 Betai Plassey 77 Tehatta Paglachandi 71 Charatala Paglachandi River Chapra B.B. loop line 66 Debagram Nabadwip Dham 49 58 Sonadanga B.B. loop line 54 Bethuadahari bridge over Bhagirathi River 44 Muragchha Nabadwip Ghat 49 39 Dhubulia Maheshganj 47 33 Bahadurpur construction and electrification done upto here Amghata 44 Jalangi River station dismantled Krishnanagar Road 39 planned line under gauge conversion Kolkata Suburban Railway ends here 26 36 Krishnanagar City Junction Bhatjangla 33 Dignagar 27 Bagdi 23 Shantipur Junction 21 21 Jalal Khali Halt Bathna Krittibas 16 16 Badkulla Phulia 12 11 Taherpur Habibpur 08 8 Birnagar old NG line dismantled 4 Kalinarayanpur Junction Baicha 13 Churni River Raghabpur 08 Ranaghat–Gede line Aistala Ghat 05 3 Churni Ghat old ferry connection to Aistala Ghat 0 Ranaghat Junction Ranaghat–Bangaon line Sealdah–Ranaghat line km km Key Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm) narrow gauge (762 mm) metre gauge (1000 mm) in use   out of use, planned, or under construction (u/c)   tunnel
Location Krishnapur Location in West Bengal Krishnapur Location in India

Electrification

The Krishnanagar–Lalgola section, including Krishnapur railway station was electrified in 2004. In 2010 the line became double tracked.

Incident

On 15 December 2019, a protest was going on nearby area against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. Protesters vandalized Krishnapur railway station and at this station set several trains on fire.