Barachak railway station
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| vteRailways in Asansol | ||||||
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| via Grand Chord to Mughalsaraivia Howrah–Delhi main line Radhanagar Sitarampur Chinakuri & Seetalpurcolliery sidings to Andal via Barabani line planned wye connection Sodepur colliery siding Barachak IISCO Damodar Yard Asansol–Kharagpur line SAIL IISCO Steel PlantHirapur Exchange Yard Damodar IISCO Burnpur sidings Burnpur Burnpur Airport Mohsila Asansol Freight bypassto Damodar station Kalipahari Asansol Airfield Bardhaman–Asansol section | ||||||
| via Grand Chord | ||||||
| via Grand Chord | ||||||
| to Mughalsaraivia Howrah–Delhi main line | ||||||
| to Mughalsarai | ||||||
| via Howrah–Delhi main line | ||||||
| Radhanagar | Sitarampur | |||||
| Chinakuri & Seetalpurcolliery sidings | to Andal via Barabani line | |||||
| Chinakuri & Seetalpur | ||||||
| colliery sidings | ||||||
| planned wye connection | ||||||
| Sodepur colliery siding | ||||||
| Barachak | ||||||
| IISCO Damodar Yard | ||||||
| Asansol–Kharagpur line | SAIL IISCO Steel PlantHirapur Exchange Yard | |||||
| SAIL IISCO Steel Plant | ||||||
| Hirapur Exchange Yard | ||||||
| Damodar | IISCO Burnpur sidings | |||||
| Burnpur | ||||||
| Burnpur Airport | ||||||
| Mohsila | Asansol | |||||
| Freight bypassto Damodar station | ||||||
| Freight bypass | ||||||
| to Damodar station | ||||||
| Kalipahari | ||||||
| Asansol Airfield | ||||||
| Bardhaman–Asansol section | ||||||
| Bardhaman– | ||||||
| Asansol section | ||||||
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Barachak is a railway station in Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India. This is a railway station between Asansol and Sitarampur railway stations.
The railway station
Barachak railway station is located at an elevation of 127 m above sea level. It has been allotted the railway code – BCQ and is under the jurisdiction of Asansol railway division of Eastern Railway. It has 3 platforms.
History
The East Indian Railway Company, extended the railway track that had been laid between Kolkata and Hooghly to Raniganj in 1855 and up to Asansol in July 1863. The initial route of the Howrah–Delhi main line was via what is now called the Sahibganj loop. The "shorter main line" was in position in 1871 with the completion of the Raniganj–Kiul section.
Electrification
The Asansol–Sitarampur section, including Barachak-Hirapur Exchange Yard, was electrified in 1960–61.
Mining industry
"The entire belt between Durgapur (158 km from Howrah), and all the way up to Dhanbad and beyond is industrialized. Apart from factories, there are many coalmines, some closed now, and some with fires burning deep in the mineshafts. The mining area extends for a large area, mostly to the south of the tracks. Quite a portion of the track passes through cuttings, where the surrounding area is higher than the track level, resulting in the profusion of characteristic small masonry bridges crossing the tracks." This description is from "Gomoh loco shed and CLW trip record" by Samit Roychoudhury.
External links
| Preceding station | Indian Railways Indian Railways | Following station | ||
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| Asansoltowards ? | Eastern Railway zoneAsansol–Gaya section and Asansol–Patna section | Sitarampurtowards ? |