Tarakeswar is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the SheoraphuliâÂÂTarakeswar branch line and is located in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a very important railway station of Hooghly district. It also one of the most busy railway station with high revenue of Eastern Railway. It serves Tarakeswar city and a large area of Hooghly district and also some parts of Howrah & Purba Barddhaman district. Due to very good bus connectivity from Tarakeswar to South Bengal; peoples of Bankura, East & West Midnapore also used this station.
The broad gauge SheoraphuliâÂÂTarakeswar branch line was opened by the Tarkessur Railway Company on 1 January 1885 and was worked by East Indian Railway Company.
HowrahâÂÂSheoraphuliâÂÂTarakeswar line was electrified in 1957âÂÂ58.
Tarakeswar railway station has a six-bedded dormitory.