Gede
Indian Railways & Kolkata Suburban Railway station
General information
Location	Gede, Nadia, West Bengal India
Coordinates	23°29′31″N 88°47′15″E / 23.492040°N 88.787378°E / 23.492040; 88.787378
Elevation	15 metres
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railway
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Not available
Accessible	Not available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	GEDE
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Sealdah
History
Opened	1962
Electrified	1997–98
Previous names	Eastern Bengal Railway
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station Harish Nagar Halt towards Sealdah Eastern Line Gede line Terminus
Route map Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line including Naihati–Bandel & Kalyani–Kalyani Simanta branch lines km Chilahati–Parbatipur –Santahar–Darshana line Darshana–Jessore line 121 Darshana Bangladesh India border 117 Gede 114 Harish Nagar Halt 112 Banpur 106 Majhdia Mathabhanga river 100 Tarak Nagar Halt 97 Mayurhat Halt 94 Bagula 91 Bhayna Halt 89 Shantinagar Halt 87 Bahirgachhi Halt 91 Duttapulia (planned) 83 Aranghata km 80 Panchberia Halt 78 Bankimnagar Halt Ranaghat–Lalgola line old ferry route to Aistalaghat– Santipur dismantled NG line 76 Churni Ghat 74 Ranaghat Junction Ranaghat–Bangaon line Kalyani Simanta 56 69 Payradanga Kalyani Ghosh Para 53 63 Chakdaha Kalyani Silpanchal 51 61 Palpara FCI siding 58 Simurali Howrah–Bardhaman main line 54 Madanpur Bandel–Katwa line Bandel Junction 47 49 Kalyani Howrah–Bardhaman main line Kalyani Expressway Hooghly Ghat 43 46 Kanchrapara Jubilee Bridge over Hooghly River 45   Kanchrapara Workshop Gate Kanchrapara Railway Workshop Sampreeti Bridge Hukumchand jute mill siding 43 Halisahar Indian Pulp & Paper Mill siding Naihati jute mill siding Sealdah–Ranaghat line Garifa 42 Naihati–Bandel line Gauripur jute mill siding 39 Naihati Junction Nadia jute mill siding Naihati Rail Yard Reliance jute mills siding 36 Kankinara abandoned lines Kankinara jute mill siding 34 Jagaddal Kankinara paper mill siding Weaverly jute mill siding Anglo-India jute mill siding 31 Shyamnagar Jagaddal jute mill siding Shyamnagar jute mill siding Alliance jute mill siding Dunbar cotton mill siding Alexandra jute mills siding 28 Ichhapur Meghna jute mills siding Ishapore Rifle Factory siding 26 Palta India jute mills siding 27 Racecourse Barrackpore Army Cantonment Craig jute mills siding 24 Barrackpore Auckland jute mills siding Bhatpara power house siding Empire jute mill siding Kelvin jute mill siding Kinnison jute mill siding Titagarh Wagons siding Standard jute mill siding abandoned lines Titagarh paper mill siding 22 Titagarh Titagarh jute mill siding CESC TTPS siding Khardaha jute mill siding 20 Khardaha Electrosteel Castings siding TEXMACO Sodpur siding 17 Sodpur 15 Agarpara Calcutta Chord link line Kamarhati jute mill siding Vivekananda Setu over Hooghly River M/s Diamond Products siding Dakshineswar 14  KM Line 5  (planned) Baranagar jute mill siding TEXMACO Belgharia siding Baranagar Road 13 13 Belgharia Noapara 00 Noapara Metro Depot Kestopur Canal 15 Biman Bandar 13 Jessore Road Sealdah–Bangaon line line dismantled 11 Dum Dum Cantonment line dismantled Dum Dum Junction 08 Jessop & Co. factory siding Jessore Road Ordnance Factory siding Biman Bandar Patipukur loop line (dismantled)  KM Line 4  (u/c) Jessore Road Belgachia 00 10 Patipukur Chitpur Rail Yard Ultadanga Road 011 Lansdown mill siding Kolkata 012 Brown Blanket mill siding Kolkata Circular Railway  KM Line 1  Kestopur Canal Bidhan Nagar Road 5 Bidhannagar Road Press House siding Kankurgachi Road 2 Kankurgachi Road Junction Narkeldanga EMU Carshed 3 Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Circular Canal Kankurgachi Chord line Sealdah North 00 0 Sealdah Main Sealdah  KM Line 2  (u/c) Sealdah South 00 Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed 6 Kamardanga Halt Beruck & Comens Siding 3│7 Park Circus Sealdah South section km km Key Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm) Kolkata Metro (KM) broad gauge (1676 mm) Kolkata Metro (KM) standard gauge (1435 mm) in use   out of use, planned, or under construction (u/c)   tunnel
Location
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Gede is the last railway station on the Indian side of the Bangladesh–India border in Krishnaganj CD Block in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The corresponding station on the Bangladesh side is Darshana. It is the terminal station on the Sealdah–Gede section of Kolkata Suburban Railway system.^[1] There is a border checkpoint at Gede.

History

Gede was one of the stations on the Sealdah–Goalundo route of East Bengal Railway. With the partition of India in 1947, it became a border town. Thereafter there were three trains from Sealdah running into East Pakistan: the East Bengal Express, the East Bengal Mail and the Barisal Express. The services all ceased after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Freight trains ran on Petrapole–Benapole, Gede–Darshana and Singhabad–Rohanpur lines off and on since 1972 after the independence of Bangladesh, and more regularly after transport agreements were signed by the two countries in the 1990s.^[2]Radhikapur–Birol section was another section for movement of goods traffic. As of 2002, the Gede-Darshana section accounted for the bulk of the exports handled by the Indian Railways (both the Eastern Railway and the Northeast Frontier Railway together) for Bangladesh.^[3]

A direct train between Dhaka and Kolkata, named Maitree Express (Maitree is a Sanskrit word meaning friendship) commenced on 14 April 2008. The train is managed by Indian Railways and Bangladesh Railway. The approximate distance covered by Maitree Express is estimated at around 375 kilometres (233 mi), a stretch of 114 kilometres (71 mi) in India and a stretch of 261 kilometres (162 mi) in Bangladesh. The train follows the border point route at Gede–Darshana. The train runs on Saturdays and Sundays every week.^[4] Passengers of the Maitree Express are irked by the five-hour wait for immigration and customs clearance at the border stations of Darshana and Gede.^[5]

Trans-Asian Railway

Currently, all freight traffic originating from Asia destined for Europe goes by sea. The Trans-Asian Railway will enable containers from Singapore, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Korea to travel over land by train to Europe. The Southern Corridor of the Trans-Asian Railway is of prime interest to India. It connects Yunnan in China and Thailand with Europe via Turkey and passes through India.^[6]

The proposed route will enter India through Tamu and Moreh in Manipur bordering Myanmar, then enter Bangladesh through Mahisasan and Shabajpur and again enter India from Bangladesh at Gede. On the western side, the line will enter Pakistan at Attari. There is a 315 kilometres (196 mi) missing link on this route in the India–Myanmar sector; of this, 180 kilometres (110 mi), in India, is between Jiribam in Manipur and Tamu in Myanmar. The rail link between Jiribam and Imphal has been sanctioned by Indian Railways, but that is unlikely to be completed before 2016. At present construction work is in progress in a 97 kilometres (60 mi) stretch between Jiribam and Tupul.^{[7][8][9][10]}

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