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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] Asansol ...
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 ...
The Eastern Railway (abbreviated ER) is among the 19 zones of the Indian Railways. Its headquarters is at Fairley Place and comprises four divisions: Howrah, Malda, Sealdah, and Asansol. [1] Each division is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM).
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.
Also, the rail network kept on growing continuously, e.g. was the bridge over the Rupnarayan River at Kolaghat completed on 19 April 1900 and connected Howrah with Kharagpur. [33] 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.
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.
Bandel Junction railway station is one of the junction stations of the Kolkata Suburban Railway network, India. It is situated on the Howrah–Bandel–Barddhaman main line in Hooghly district with an approximate 40 kilometres (25 mi) distance from Howrah railway station. [2] The station is operated by the Howrah railway division. A 16-line ...
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