Duan railway station is situated in National Highway 6, Debra, West Bengal. Its station code is DUAN. It is a small railway station between Howrah and Kharagpur, and the local EMU services Howrah–Balichak, Howrah–Kharagpur, Santragachi–Kharagpur local, and Howrah–Kharagpur stop there. The Howrah–Kharagpur line was opened in 1900.[6] The Howrah–Kharagpur stretch has three lines.[7] There is a plan to build a fourth line for the Santragachi–Panskura–Kharagpur stretch.[8]
The Howrah–Kharagpur line was electrified in 1967–69.[9]