Owned by Indian Railways Tracks Broad Gauge Elevation 30 m Phone 090238 45954 Platforms in use 7 | Operated by Eastern Railway zone Address Malda, West Bengal 732101 Opened 1971 Owner Indian Railways | |
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Location Station Road, English Bazar, West Bengal
India Line(s) Howrah-New Jalpaiguri line Structure type Standard (on ground station) Similar New Farakka railway st, New Jalpaiguri Junction r, Howrah Junction railway st, Rampurhat railway station, Kolkata railway station | ||
Malda Town is a railway station, serves English Bazar city in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the rail head for a visit to Gauḍa (city) and Pandua.
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History
In the early 1960s, when Farakka Barrage was being constructed, a radical change was made in the railway system north of the Ganges. Indian Railways created a new broad-gauge rail link from Kolkata.
The 2,240 m (7,350 ft) long Farakka Barrage carries a rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges. The rail bridge was opened in 1971 thereby linking the Barharwa-Azimganj-Katwa loop to Malda, New Jalpaiguri and other railway stations in North Bengal.
Busy station
Malda Town railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.One of the reason for it being a busy station is that every train that passes through the station stops here since it is the meeting point of two railway zone (The Eastern Railway and the Northeast Frontier Railway). To the north of the station starts the Northeast Frontier Railway and to the south starts the Eastern Railway.
Malda railway division
Malda railway division was established in 1975.
Tourism
The ruins of the historic cities of Gauda and Pandua are approachable from Malda Town railway station.