Dum Dum Cantonment railway station


Dum Dum Cantonment railway station is a small railway station in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. Its code is DDC. It serves Dum Dum Cantonment town. The station consists of three platforms. The platform is very much well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation.
Dum Dum Cantonment is located on Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line of Kolkata Suburban Railway. Link between Dum Dum to Khulna now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon was constructed by Bengal Central Railway Company in 1882–84.It was named by the cantonment area near DumDum. The Sealah-Dum Dum-Barasat-Ashok Nagar-Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64.