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Train services along the Sealdah Section were normal. However, two trains were cancelled as train movement was affected following the incident. [72] On 17 November 2015, a 40-year-old man, who had boarded the Howrah–Bandel Matribhumi special local for women only, fell off the train and died between Uttarpara and Hind Motor stations.
The Dasnagar railway station in the Indian state of West Bengal, serves Dasnagar in Howrah. It is on the Howrah–Kharagpur line . It is 4 km (2 mi) from Howrah station .
The Bengal-Nagpur Railway was extended to Howrah in 1900, thus making Howrah an important railway centre. [34] So in 1901, a new station building was proposed. The British architect Halsey Ricardo designed the new station. [34] It was opened to the public on 1 December 1905, [34] [35] and completed by 1911. [30]
The Eastern lines of Kolkata Suburban Railway comprises 14 Local train routes that are operated by the Eastern Railway zone, serving the Kolkata metropolitan region and its neighbouring areas in West Bengal, India. The Line consists of a total 266 stations and the entire line is at grade.
The Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line is a railway line connecting Sheoraphuli on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line and Bishnupur. The 39-kilometre long (24 mi) railway line traverses Hooghly in the Indian state of West Bengal. Sheoraphuli is 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Howrah. It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system.
Howrah station was a tin shed and to reach it from Kolkata one had to cross the Hooghly River in a ferry. On 15 August 1854, the first passenger train in the eastern section was operated up to Hooghly railway station, 39 kilometres (24 mi) away. On 1 February 1855 the first train ran from Howrah to Raniganj, 195 kilometres (121 mi) from Howrah.
The station is on the Howrah–Delhi main line. It is the 8th busiest railway station in India in terms of frequency of trains after Kanpur Central, Vijayawada Junction, Delhi Junction, New Delhi, Ambala Cant, Howrah and Patna Junction. [citation needed] Around 171 trains pass through the station daily. It serves Asansol and the surrounding areas.
The train will run at a permissible speed of 110 km per hour on the Howrah–Bardhaman chord line. [ 4 ] Earlier, nine rake EMU coaches were used in local trains but twelve coach EMU trains have been introduced in the chord line in 2011, for which the platforms have been extended.