Sovabazar Ahiritola railway station

Sovabazar Ahiritola
Kolkata Suburban Railway station
General information
Location	Shobhabazar, Kolkata, West Bengal India
Coordinates	22.597450°N 88.354894°E / 22.597450; 88.354894
Elevation	9 metres (30 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railway
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Connections	Sovabazar Launch Ghat, Ahiritola Launch Ghat
Construction
Structure type	At Ground, Single-track railway
Parking	Not available
Bicycle facilities	Not available
Accessible	Not available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	SOLA
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Sealdah
History
Opened	1984 (1984)
Electrified	1984 (1984)
Services Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station Bagbazar towards Dum Dum Junction Circular Line Burra Bazar towards Dum Dum Junction
Route map Kolkata Circular Railway km km Calcutta Chord link line Blue Line Sealdah–Ranaghat line Noapara 02 Noapara Metro Depot Kestopur Canal Sealdah–Bangaon line 3 Dum Dum Cantonment Dum Dum Junction 00 line dismantled Jessore Road 5 Jessore Road Bimanbandar 7 Biman Bandar Yellow Line (under const.) Patipukur loop line (dismantled) Jessore Road Belgachia 02 2 Patipukur Chitpur Rail Yard Ultadanga Road 03 Lansdown mill siding Kolkata 04 Brown Blanket mill siding Blue Line Kestopur Canal Cossipore Road Goods Shed Bidhan Nagar Road FCI siding 3 Bidhannagar Road CESC siding Press House siding Cossipore Gun and Shell factory siding Kankurgachi Road 5 Kankurgachi Road Junction Tala 05 Kankurgachi Chord line 6 Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Bagbazar 06 Narkeldanga EMU Carshed Circular Canal Sovabazar Ahiritola 08 8 Sealdah North 8 Sealdah Main Burra Bazar 09 Sealdah Green Line 8 Sealdah South Howrah Bridge Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed 9 Kamardanga Halt B.B.D. Bag 10 Beruck & Comens siding Eden Gardens 12 11 Park Circus Prinsep Ghat 13 Maa Flyover Vidyasagar Setu Hindusthan Engineering & Industrial Ltd. siding Adi Ganga river BESCO siding to KDS Railway Bijon Setu Khidderpore 16 13 Ballygunge Junction Remount Road 17 Sealdah–Sonarpur section to KDS Railway Sealdah–Budge Budge line 15 Lake Gardens Majerhat 18 Purple Line (under construction) Kalighat–Falta Rly (narrow gauge) 16 Tollygunge Jai Hind Bridge Rabindra Sarobar New Alipore 17 Blue Line Adi Ganga river Tollygunge Bridge km km Key Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm) Kolkata Metro (KM) broad gauge (1676 mm) Kolkata Metro (KM) standard gauge (1435 mm) narrow gauge (762 mm) in use   out of use, planned, or under construction (u/c)   tunnel
Location

Sovabazar Ahiritola railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in Shobhabazar, North Kolkata. It serves the local areas of Shobhabazar and Ahiritola in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is a very important station. The station has one platform only. Its station code is SOLA. It is connected with ferry stations which connect Kolkata with Howrah.

Station complex

The platform is not very well sheltered. The station lacks many facilities including water and sanitation. There is no proper approach road to this station.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance & ticket counter
P1	Side platform, No-1 doors will open on the left/right
	Track 1	Bagbazar ← toward → Burra Bazar

Track layout

Sovabazar Ahiritola station track layout
to Bagbazar 1 to Burra Bazar
Station with one tracks and one side platforms

See also

• North 24 Parganas district
• Indian Railways
• Sealdah railway station
• Kolkata Suburban Railway
• Dum Dum Cantonment railway station
• Transport in West Bengal
• List of railway stations in India

External links

• Kolkata/Northern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage
• "Sovabazar Ahiritola Railway station" (Map). Google Maps.