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It serves the long-distance trains of South Eastern Railway. Currently Platform No. 8 in "Terminal 1" is the longest in Howrah Station at 961 metres (3,153 ft), followed by Platform No. 21 in "Terminal 2" which is 930.25 metres (3,052.0 ft) long & Current Platform No. 1 "Terminal 1" in which is 916 metres (3,005 ft) long.
Howrah railway station (more commonly referred to as Howrah Station) is the major railway station serving Howrah, Kolkata and the neighbouring districts. It is the second busiest rail station in India, along with being the largest railway station in terms of number of platform.
It has four divisions; Howrah and Sealdah divisions operate the system. The Sealdah division was part of the Eastern Bengal Railway before the recategorisation. [4] [5] Howrah division is the oldest in the ER zone. [6] On 1 February, 1957, the EMU services were introduced on the Howrah – Bandel section of the Howrah division. In 1963 ...
Due to the limitation of space, new platform construction is restricted at Howrah. Although 3 new platforms (17, 22 & 23) were constructed at Howrah during 2006 – 2008, those were not sufficient. Side by side, due to its almost central position in Howrah, Howrah station is too busy for both suburban and long-distance rail traffic.
Presently, it comprises four divisions and they are Malda Town, Howrah, Sealdah and Asansol. In 2021, Eastern Railway completed full electrification of its 2010 km rail network in West Bengal , [ 7 ] while in 2022, its entire network of 2848 km was electrified with the conversion of the Hansdiha - Godda section.
Santragachi Junction railway station (SRC) is a railway junction in South Eastern Railway Zone of Indian Railways, situated in Santragachhi, Howrah, India. [5] It is one of the five intercity large railway stations serving the Kolkata metropolitan region , India .
This tunnel will be used by Howrah bound tunnel. 2018-March 31: BEML delivers first metro train set to KMRC. The train sets to arrive in 20 days. Second train set will be delivered in the end of April. 2018-April 5: Second TBM completes boring of second tunnel between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade station.
Belur railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line and Howrah–Bardhaman chord. It is located in Howrah in the state of West Bengal. It serves the town of Belur and the surrounding areas. It is 7 km from Howrah railway station.