There are many strange mysteries in the world which remain unsolved till date. Some people do not believe in ghosts or evil spirits while some claim their existence. Not only this, some people also claim that there are many places in the world where ghosts inhabit.
There are many such places in India which have been declared as haunted. Today we are going to tell you about one such ghostly railway station in India, where not only people but the administration was also afraid, due to which trains did not stop at this railway station for 42 long years.
This railway station is in Purulia district of West Bengal, whose name is Begunkodor railway station. You will be surprised to know that the name of this railway station located is included in the list of ’10 ghostly stations’ of India. This railway station was opened in the year 1960. After the opening of the station, everything was fine for a few years, but later strange incidents started happening here. In 1967, a railway employee from Begunkodor claimed to have seen ghost of a woman at the station.
It is said that in the year 1967, this place was included in the list of ghostly stations when the station master here died after seeing ‘a woman in a white sari’. It was also rumored that the woman had died in a train accident at the same station. The next day the railway employee told people about it, but they ignored his words.
Thereafter the station master and his family were found dead in the railway quarters. The people living here started claiming that the same ghost was behind these deaths. People said that when any train passed by after sunset, the ghost of the woman used to run along with the train. Not only this, sometimes the ghost of the woman used to run faster than the train and overtake it. At the same time, it was being claimed to be seen dancing on the tracks in front of the train at times.
People were so scared that the station was closed for 42 years. Not a single train stopped here for about 42 years. At the same time, whenever a train passed through this station, its speed was increased. In 2009, when Mamta Banerjee became the Railway Minister, she directed to restart this station. However, regularly 10 trains halt here, but passengers still avoid using the station after sunset.
Many ghost hunters have visited the station repeatedly confirming that there is no presence of ghosts. Presently Begunkodor railway station was being touted by certain people for some time as a ghost tourist spot to attract visitors.