[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Durgapur is a model[citation needed] railway station on the Bardhaman–Asansol section.

It is located in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

It serves Durgapur, the third most populous city in West Bengal, and the surrounding industrial areas.

This description is from "Gomoh loco shed and CLW trip record" by Samit Roychoudhury.

[7][better source needed] The first passenger train in eastern India run from Howrah to Hooghly on 15 August 1854.