Siuri railway station

Siuri সিউড়ি
Train station
Siuri railway station
General information
Location	Hatjan Bazar, Suri, West Bengal India
Coordinates	23°53′25″N 87°31′52″E / 23.890301°N 87.531016°E / 23.890301; 87.531016
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railways
Line(s)	Andal–Sainthia branch line
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	Standard
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	SURI
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway zone
Division(s)	Asansol
History
Opened	1913
Electrified	2016
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Kachujor towards Andal Junction Eastern Railway zone Andal–Sainthia branch line Kunuri towards Sainthia Junction
Location Siuri Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Siuri Location in India Show map of India

v t e Andal–Sainthia branch line
Legend
km Bardhaman–Asansol section Andal Marshalling Yard 0 Andal Bardhaman–Asansol section NH 19 Andal–Sitarampur loop line Singaran River 5 Kajoragram Khas Kajora Colliery 10 Siduli Siduli Colliery Shree Diamond Sitalpur Colliery 12 Ukhra Bankola Colliery Sankarpur Colliery South Samla Colliery Pandaveswar Colliery Pandaveswar Airfield Khottadih Colliery 20 Pandabeswar Ajay River 23 Bhimgara Junction 29 Hazratpur 33 Raswan 37 Barhragram 42 Lachhmanpur Road West Bengal Jharkhand border 49 Palasthali Hinglo River 29 Panchra 35 Dubrajpur Bakreshwar River 42 Chinpai Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station 45 Kachujor 51 Jibdharpur 54 Siuri Prantik-Siuri line (planned) 63 Kunuri 65 Mahishadahari Halt 69 Kherua Sahibganj Loop 73 Sainthia Junction Sahibganj Loop km

Siuri railway station (Station Code- SURI) is one of the major railway stations on Andal–Sainthia branch line under Asansol railway division. It serves Suri, the district Headquarters of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal, and the adjoining villages. The railway station is owned by Indian Railways and operated by Eastern Railway. A total number of 24 trains runs via Siuri. 2 trains terminates at Siuri and 2 trains originates from Siuri. This makes Siuri railway station the 7th busiest railway station in Birbhum district.^[1] Pilgrims and travellers visiting Bakreshwar Temple and hot springs in the village of Bakreshwar and Data Babar Mazaar (the Dargah of Data Saheb) in the village of Patharchapuri use this station.

Construction of the Andal–Sainthia section was completed in 1913. Construction of the Siuri railway station was done as part of building the entire line and that was the start of the Siuri railway station that year. Electrification work of this line was completed in 2016.

Siuri station is situated at Hatjan Bazar area in the southern part of Suri town, the District Headquarters of Birbhum district in the state of West Bengal in India. It is an important station on Andal–Sainthia branch line. Coming from Andal Junction railway station, the previous station of Siuri is Kachujor railway station and the next station of Siuri is Kunuri railway station

Siuri is a Model Railway station. Ticket counters for both reserved and un-reserved tickets are available here. Sheds, seats, drinking water, pay and use toilets, foot overbridge, digital clock etc. are available on the platforms. Separate waiting rooms for first and second class passengers are available here. Parking area is also provided in outside of the station building.

Some of the important trains that runs via Siuri are,

• Vananchal Express
• Surat–Malda Town Express
• Ranchi–Kamakhya Express
• Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Adra)
• Mayurakshi Fast Passenger
• Nagaon Express
• Dibrugarh–Tambaram Express
• Hool Express
• Siuri-Sealdah MEMU Exp

Through Mail/Express and Passenger trains, this station connects Suri, the District Headquarters of Birbhum district with various places like Howrah, Kolkata, Bardhaman, Durgapur, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Malda, Siliguri, Puri, Chennai, Surat, Jhajha, Asansol, Ranchi, Nagpur, Bilaspur, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam, Dimapur, Jamshedpur, Purulia, Cuttack, Vijayawada, Raipur, Durg etc. Apart from Suri, people of surrounding areas like Rajnagar, Mohammad Bazar, Purandarpur etc. also use this station. Moreover, pilgrims and travellers visiting 'Bakreshwar Temple and 'hot springs in the village of Bakreshwar and Data Babar Mazaar (the Dargah of Data Saheb) in the village of Patharchapuri use this station.

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  An old picture of Siuri railway station
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  15640 DN Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Adra) standing on platform no. 2 of Siuri railway station
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  22322 DN Hool Express standing on platform no. 3 of Siuri railway station
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  53046 Down Mayurakshi Fast Passenger at Siuri railway station
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  Up Andal–Sainthia MEMU at Siuri
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  Siuri station – Circulating area

• Suri town
• Hool Express