Palsit railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the HowrahâÂÂBardhaman main line operated by Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is situated beside Palla Road, National Highway 2, at Sekhpur, Palsit, Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
The East Indian Railway Company was formed on 1 June 1845, The first passenger train in the eastern section was operated up to , on 15 August 1854. On 1 February 1855 the first train ran from Howrah to through HowrahâÂÂBardhaman main line. Bandel to Bardhaman route was opened for traffic on 1 January 1885. Electrification of the HowrahâÂÂBardhaman main line was initiated up to Bandel in 1957, with the 3000V DC system, and the entire HowrahâÂÂBardhaman route including Palsit railway station completed with AC system, along with conversion of earlier DC portions to 25 kV AC, in 1958.