Begunkodor Railway Station: Most people must have heard ghost stories from their grandmothers. But in reality hardly anyone has seen a ghost. Today we are going to tell you a story in which claims of being a ghost were made. However, it could never be proven whether there was a ghost there or not. That public place was kept closed for 42 years due to fear of ghosts.
This story is of a railway station. It sounds very strange that a railway station was closed because of a girl and that too when only seven years have passed since the station (Begunkodor Railway Station) was opened. You might be thinking this is a joke, but it is absolutely true.
This railway station of India remained closed for 42 years
The place we are talking about is this railway station in Purulia district of West Bengal. Whose name is Begunkodor Railway Station. It was opened in the year 1960. After the opening of this station, it worked fine for a few years, but after 7 years some strange incidents started happening here. In the year 1967, a railway employee of Begunkodar claimed to have seen the ghost of a woman at the station. The next day the railway employee told people about it, but they ignored his words.
Begunkodar station of Bengal is haunted by a ghost
The railway employee died the next day. But this too was forgotten considering it an accident. According to reports, the station master of that station (Begunkodor Railway Station) had seen a woman wearing a white saree walking on the tracks in the dark of night. The real trouble started when the then station master of Begunkodar and his family were found dead in the railway quarters. The people living here claimed that the same ghost was responsible for these deaths. He said that whenever a train passes here after sunset, the ghost of the woman starts running with it.
The station was started in 1960
Not only this, people believe that the ghost sometimes runs faster than a train and leaves them behind. Apart from this, it was claimed that many times he was also seen dancing on the tracks in front of the train. This haunted station (Begunkodor Railway Station), 260 kilometers away from Kolkata, has only a 12 by 10 feet ticket counter. After the station was built in 1960, everything remained fine here for a few years, but then some strange incidents started happening here.
Rani Lakhan Kumari started it
It is said that Queen Lakhan Kumari of the Santhal tribe started this station. Lakhan Kumari had given a lot of subsidy to the Railways to build the station (Begunkodor Railway Station). People say that they have seen a girl walking on the tracks of this railway station who always wears a white saree.
There are so many stories associated with this station that it came to be called a haunted station. There are rice fields all around the station and there is no sign of humans anywhere. Going to the station is a scary experience in itself. It is said that whenever a train passes through this station at night, passengers roll down their windows.
This station started again in 2009
People were so scared by his arrival at the station that the station remained closed for 42 years. That means not a single train stopped here for 42 years. The train used to pass through here, but its speed was increased as soon as it reached Begunkodar station. However, in the year 2009, the then Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee once again opened this station (Begunkodor Railway Station). Local people and villagers from nearby areas advise to leave by 5:30 pm.
