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Howrah station has an underground station, which in turn, is a part of Line 2 of the Kolkata Metro serves the area. [53] It will be the deepest station on the East-West Metro line of the Kolkata Metro [ 47 ] [ 54 ] and also the deepest in the country.
Howrah metro station is a metro station of Kolkata Metro Line 2 in Howrah, India. [3] Built underneath Howrah railway station 's new and old complex, the metro station allows interchanging with other zones of Indian Railways as part of the Howrah station transport hub . [ 1 ]
Howrah railway division is one of the four railway divisions under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. [1] This railway division was formed on 1854 and its headquarters is located at Howrah in West Bengal, India. [2] It covers the area more than 400 km which includes parts of Bihar and Jharkhand also. [3]
Howrah Station. 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.
The Line consists of a total 266 stations and the entire line is at grade. It mainly consists of two sections according to its division area and the main two terminal stations of Kolkata metropolitan region : the Howrah section , centered around Howrah railway station and the Sealdah Section centered around Sealdah railway station .
[10] [11] In the deepest metro shaft, the Howrah metro station is be the deepest metro station in India, at a depth of 33 m (108 ft). [12] The first phase between Salt Lake Sector V and Salt Lake Stadium was inaugurated by the then Minister of Railways , Piyush Goyal , on 13 February 2020, and commercial services started from 14 February 2020.
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.
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. The station is operated by the South Eastern Railway (SER) zone of Indian Railways. [5]