Sonamukhi railway station


Sonamukhi railway station is a railway station of Bankura-Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside Bishnupur-Sonamukhi Road at Sonamukhi in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

Old narrow gauge Bankura–Damodar Railway connecting Bankura and Rainagar in Bankura and Bardhaman districts was opened to traffic in sections between 1916–1917. In 2005, the 118 kilometers long railway section known as Bankura–Masagram line was converted to 1,676 mm broad gauge. The whole track including Sonamukhi railway station was electrified in 2018–19.