Belur railway station

Belur is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah-Bardhaman main line and Howrah-Bardhaman chord. It is located in Howrah district in the State of West Bengal. It serves the town of Belur and the surrounding areas. It is 7 km from Howrah railway station.HistoryEast Indian Railway Company started construction of a line out of Howrah for the proposed link with Delhi via Rajmahal and Mirzapur in 1851.The first passenger train in eastern India ran from Howrah to Hooghly on 15 August 1854. The track was extended to Raniganj by 1855.ElectrificationElectrification of Howrah—Burdwan main line was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1958. The Howrah-Sheoraphuli-Tarakeswar line was electrified in 1957-58.Nearby places of interestThe Belur Math which is the headquarters of the Ramkrishna Mission and a leading tourist and pilgrimage destination for people across the world, is located on the banks of river Ganga, at a distance of about 1.5 km from the station. It was established by Swami Vivekananda in the year 1938 and also contains the Samadhi of the great Saint and youth icon along with that of Sharada Devi and Ramkrishna Paramhansa.