Dankuni Junction railway station is an important railway station serving Kolkata metropolitan area, Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Dankuni lies on the HowrahâÂÂBardhaman chord line. This railway station is one of the important railway station that serves Kolkata Metropolis, alongwith , , , and . Dankuni has significantly reduced the traffic congestion of Howrah railway station by emerging as a major halting point in Kolkata Metropolis for those mail and express trains plying to and fro the southern states of India to the Eastern India and Northeast India which previously use to run via . It also provides a railway interchange between the Howrah and Sealdah rail division.
The HowrahâÂÂBardhaman chord, a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the HowrahâÂÂBardhaman main line, was constructed in 1917. In 1932, the Calcutta chord line was built over the Willingdon Bridge joining Dum Dum and Dankuni.
Major trains running from Dankuni railway station are as follows:
â Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal âÂÂAgartala Humsafar Express (12503/12504)
â Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express (16597/16598)
â Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Malda Town Amrit Bharat Express (13433/13434)
â Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Guwahati Kaziranga Superfast Express (12509/12510)
â Sir M.Visvesvaraya Terminal - New Tinsukia Express (22501/22502)
â Sir M.Visvesvaraya Terminal - Balurghat Express (16523/16524)
â Sir M.Visvesvaraya Terminal - Radhikapur Express (16223/16224)
â Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Bhagalpur Anga Express (12253/12254)
â Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Muzaffarpur Express (15227/15228)
â Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Jasidih Express (22305/22306)
â TiruchchirappalliâÂÂNew Jalpaiguri Amrit Bharat Express (20609/20610)
â NagercoilâÂÂNew Jalpaiguri Amrit Bharat Express (20603/20604)
â Kamakhya - Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express (15673/15674)
â Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express (12507/12508)
â Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express (12515/12516)
â DibrugarhâÂÂKanyakumari Vivek Express (22503/22504)
â SilcharâÂÂSecunderabad Express (12513/12514)
â Kamakhya - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Karmabhoomi Express (22511/22512)
HowrahâÂÂBardhaman chord was electrified in 1964âÂÂ66.
Trial production has started in the Diesel Component Factory at Dankuni. Built at a cost of Rs. 84.21 crores, it was inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal on 28 May 2012. The components manufactured are being supplied to Banaras Locomotive Works.
Construction of the Rs. 270.77 crore Electric Loco Component Factory is in progress.
A project is on to remodel the Dankuni Goods Yard and develop it as Dankuni Freight Yard. It will be a multi-purpose freight terminal that would consolidate the entire freight movement in one place. It will ease the load of Howrah, Sealdah, Shalimar and Chitpur yards.
The 1839 km long eastern dedicated freight corridor has been proposed from Dankuni to Ludhiana, in Punjab.