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The first train of the East Indian Railway, 1854. The Kolkata Suburban Railway is an offshoot of the second passenger railway to be built by the British in India. [1] The first train ran between Howrah and Hooghly stations on 15 August 1854 and was operated by the East Indian Railway (EIR).
The South Eastern line in Kolkata consists of 3 major corridors, which bifurcate as they run into the suburban satellite towns. Two corridors (one local and other through) follow the South Eastern Railway run from Howrah Junction (HWH) to Midnapore (128 km).
The South Eastern Railway (abbreviated SER) is one of the 19 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Garden Reach , Kolkata , West Bengal , India . [ 1 ] It comprises Adra railway division , Chakradharpur railway division , Kharagpur railway division and Ranchi railway division .
In the Central section, Petrapole railway station was created as the terminus on the Indian side while the Benapole railway station became the terminus in the East Pakistani side of the line. The Barisal Express , launched in 1884, from Sealdah to Khulna , continued post-partition until rail services between the two countries were suspended due ...
Eastern Railway oversees the largest and second largest rail complexes in the country, Howrah Junction and Sealdah railway station, and also contains the highest number of A1 and A Category Stations like Howrah, Malda Town, Sealdah, Asansol, Kolkata, Durgapur, Barddhaman, Rampurhat Junction, Bhagalpur,Jamalpur, Jasidih, Bandel and Naihati.
The Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway sections are connected by two links. One is the Lilua–Tikiapara link and the other is the Rajchandrapur–Dankuni–Mourigram link. They are used by goods trains and the Sealdah–Puri Duronto Express avoiding Howrah. Four major rail routes end at Howrah.
Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications, Secunderabad, for officers of S&T department. Indian Railways Track Machine Training Center; National Academy of Indian Railways; National Rail and Transportation Institute; Railway Protection Force Academy, Lucknow, for officers of Railway Protection Force.
It is a part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway and is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division of the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. [1] It is linked to the Sealdah Main and North section via the Kankurgachi Chord line at Park Circus and via the Kolkata Circular Railway at Majerhat Junction. [1]