Hasnabad railway station

Hasnabad is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Barasat-Hasnabad line. It is located in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves Hasnabad and the surrounding areas.HistoryBarasat Basirhat Railway constructed a narrow gauge line in 1914 as a part of Martin's Light Railways. The line was closed in 1955.The 33.06km long wide broad gauge Barasat-Hasnabad branch line was constructed between 1957 and 1962.Rolling stockEastern Railway has some WDM-2D locos, which is used on the Sealdah-Hasnabad route amongst others.Proposed linesThe Hasnabad-Machlandapur line is one of the 84 new line projects sent to Planning Commission and the Ghatakpukur-Hasnabad line is one of the 111 new line surveys to be taken up in 2012-13, as per the Railway Budget proposals for 2012-13.