Here goes the fulfilment of one of my pending Rail Fanning; it is the BDR (Bankura Damodar railway) line which connects Bankura to Masagram and for that both stations bear the ‘junction’ tag. Though the train-journey from Bankura Jn. to Rainagar was in run but it is the full length journey from Masagram to Bankura and therefore carries extra importance. However to accomplish the venture I went to HWH station on 26th April at 11 pm; then I spent time before catching the 1st up chord local at 1.50 am which took me to Masagram Jn. at 3.40 am. Then I spent another one and half hour there in the company of the early passengers rather the vegetable traders. At 5.20 in the morning the Masagram – Bankura DMU started to move and after a little more than 2 and half hour it reached Bankura station at 8 am. With...
more... this I am enclosing a series of the station photos of this section which certainly let people know about the existence of this less known route.