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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 Dakshineswar and Dunlop.
Dakshineswar
Suburb
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.
Dunlop
Suburb
Dunlop is a neighbourhood in Baranagar of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Dunlop is situated 3 km east of Bally Ghat railway station.
Cossipore
Suburb
Cossipore is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. One of the oldest neighbourhoods of the metropolis, it has a police station. Cossipore is situated 4½ km southeast of Bally Ghat railway station.
Bally Ghat railway station
- Type: Railway station
- Description: Railway Station in West Bengal, India
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Bally Jagachha, Howrah, 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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