Bally Ghat railway station
Bally Ghat railway station is a station of Eastern Railway in Howrah. It is 15 km away from Sealdah and 7 km from Dankuni Junction on the Sealdah–Dankuni line of Eastern Railway.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dakshineswar Kali Temple and Nivedita Setu.
Dakshineswar Kali Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Bibek Raj Pandeya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dakshineswar Kali Temple or Dakshineswar Kalibari is a Hindu navaratna style temple in Dakshineswar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River. Dakshineswar Kali Temple is situated 1 km east of Bally Ghat railway station.
Nivedita Setu
Bridge
Photo: Jonoikobangali, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nivedita Setu is a multi-span extradosed bridge spanning the Hooghly River, connecting Bally, Howrah with Dakshineswar, Kolkata. It runs parallel to and about 50m downstream of the old Vivekananda Setu, opened in 1932. Nivedita Setu is situated 640 metres east of Bally Ghat railway station.
Vivekananda Setu
Bridge
Photo: Palrana, Public domain.
Vivekananda Setu is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah, at Bally, to Kolkata, at Dakshineswar. Completed in 1931, it is a multispan truss bridge that was built to primarily to provide direct road and rail connectivity between the Calcutta Port and the major railhead at Howrah railway station on the West bank of the Hooghly River. Vivekananda Setu is situated 610 metres east of Bally Ghat railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bally and Uttarpara.
Bally
Photo: Kinjal bose 78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bally is a laid-back town north of Howrah city, in the Howrah district of southern West Bengal. It is home to the Belur Math, headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission.
Uttarpara
Uttarpara is an industrial town on the western bank of the Hooghly River, in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. Close to Kolkata, Uttarpara was a major automobile hub with India's first car factory, and although the city faced decline from the 1990s till the 2020s, it has been revived as a major manufacturing hub for metro vehicles in India.Dakshineswar
Photo: Sukanta Pal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dakshineswar is a suburb north of Kolkata, in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Considered the twin of Varanasi by locals, the suburb is famous for the riverside Kali temple.
Bally Ghat railway station
- Type: Railway station
- Description: Railway Station in West Bengal, India
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Bally Jagachha, Howrah, South Bengal, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.65243° or 22° 39′ 9″ northLongitude
88.34791° or 88° 20′ 53″ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Operator
ERNetwork
IRAbbreviation
“BLYG”Open location code
7MJCM82X+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 7717075781OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Santali—“Bally Ghat railway station” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “বালিঘাট রেলওয়ে স্টেশন”
- French: “Bally Ghat”
- Hindi: “बालिघाट रेलवे स्टेशन”
- Santali: “ᱵᱟᱞᱤ ᱜᱷᱟᱴ ᱨᱮᱞᱣᱮ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ”
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