old narrow gauge bankura–damodar railway (also called as bankura damodar river railway) connecting bankura and rainagar in bankura and bardhaman districts was opened to traffic in sections between 1916—1917. in 2005, the 118 kilometers long railway section known as bankura–masagram line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge. the whole track including belboni railway station was electrified in 2018-19.