Howrah

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Coordinates: 22.5829°N 88.3428°E
Howrah railway station
HOWRAH
HOWRAH JUNCTION
Indian Railways and Kolkata Suburban Railway station
Howrah Station, view from Hooghly River

General information
Location Lower Foreshore Rd, Howrah, West Bengal – 711101
India
Coordinates 22.5829°N 88.3428°E
Elevation 12 metres (39 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Eastern Railway
Line(s) Howrah–Delhi main line
Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line
Howrah–Chennai main line
Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line
Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line
Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line
Howrah–Bardhaman Main Line

Howrah–Bardhaman chord
Grand Chord
Platforms 23
Tracks 25
Connections Howrah Bus Depot
Howrah metro station
Howrah Ferry Ghat

Other information
Status Functioning
Station code HWH
Zone(s) Eastern Railway(ER) & South Eastern Railway (SER)
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Division(s) Howrah (ER) & Kharagpur (SER)

History
Opened 1854
Electrified 1954[1]
Previous names East Indian Railway Company
Passengers
10lakh/day (as of 2019)[2]
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station
Eastern Line Liluah

Terminus Main line & Chord towards Bandel
line Junction
Tikiapara South Eastern Line

Terminus
towards Midnapore Main line
Route map
km
Asansol–Tatanagar–
Kharagpur line
Kalaikunda Kharagpur–Bankura
Kharagpur–Bankura–
Kharagpur–Puri line Adra line
–Adra line
Nimpura Nimpura Through Yard
Nimpura Goods Yard
Girimaidan
Hijli
Kharagpur-Puri line
0 Kharagpur
NH 60
7 Jakpur
13 Madpur
19 Shyam Chak
24 Balichak
27 Duan
30 Radhamohanpur
35 Haur
39 Khirai
km Kangsabati River
44 Panskura
to Ghatal
Raghunathbari 20 (planned)
Rajgoda 28 48 Narayan Pakuria Murail
Saheed Matangini 33 51 Bhogpur
Tamluk 360 54 Nandaigajan
Nandakumar 10 57 Mecheda
43 Keshabpur
N d k B l i
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Nandakumar-Balaipanda
new line (planned)
Chak Simulia 49 Satish Samanta Halt
Bargoda 51 Mahishadal
Moyna 60 Barda
Balaipanda 66 Basulya Sutahata
NH 41 Haldia Energy Power Station
Haldi River 71 Durgachak
Lavan Satyagrah Smarak 21 HPCL Siding
Deshapran 33 Indorama Checmicals Siding
Deshapran-Kendamari
new line (planned)
Gholpukur 74 Durgachak Town
New Krishnanagar 77 Silpaprabesh
Hampigram Haldia Industrial Belt
Nandigram
Kendamari
Henria 39 Haldia Dock Complex
Nachinda 52
Kanthi 63 79 Bandar
ICF Haldia
Sitalpur 69 81 Haldia
Sujalpur 71
Kolaghat Thermal
Ashapurna Devi 76 Power Station
Badalpur 78 60 Kolaghat
Kanthi-Egra new Rupnarayan River
line (planned)
Raipur 64 Deulti
Satmile 67 Ghoraghata
Paschimbatya 70 Bagnan
Bagnan–Amta
Balighai line (planned)
Egra Damodar River
Bhatda 78 Kulgachia
Dubda 79 Bir Shibpur
Pujali–Uluberia
Paniparul Road line (planned)
Depal 83 Uluberia
Champa River 85 Phuleswar
Ramnagar (Bengal) 86 88 Chengel
Egra-Digha new Fort Gloster Jute Mill
line (planned)
Tikra 88 91 Bauria
Digha–Jaleswar
line (planned) 95 Nalpur
Digha 94
Ambuja Cement
97 Abada
Sankrail Goods yard
99 Sankrail
Delta Jute Mill
103 Andul
105 Mourigram
S t hi A t
Santragachi–Amta
branch line
Hindustan Industries
and Engineering
108 Santragachi
Padmapukur NH 12 (Kona Expressway)

Guest Keen Williams 109 Ramrajatala
111 Dasnagar
Shalimar │ Shalimar 112 Tikiapara
rail yard
Howrah–Bardhaman main line
& Howrah–Bardhaman chord
115 Howrah
km
Sources:[3][4][5][6]
Howrah–Barddhaman main line
km km
Barddhaman–Asansol section
Barddhaman Down Yard B.B. loop line
Barddhaman–Katwa line
Barddhaman Junction 107
0
143
53 Katwa Junction
136 Dainhat
Barddhaman Up Yard Barddhaman Diesel Loco shed
Gangpur 100 Dainhat–Manteswar (planned)
–Memari line
Saktigarh 95 B.B. loop line
Howrah–Barddhaman chord line Manteswar (planned)

Palsit 91
87 Rasulpur
Nimo 84
Dainhat–Manteswar (planned)
–Memari line
81 Memari
Bagila 78
74 Debipur
Bainchi 70
67 Bainchigram
Simlagarh 65
60 Pundooah
Khanyan 55
50 Talandu
Howrah–Barddhaman chord line B.B. loop line
Dhaniakhali Halt 46 Magra

(planned) Tarakeswar–Dhaniakhali Saraswati river
–Magra line
Howrah–Barddhaman chord line 43 Adisaptagram
Bandel EMU car shed

B.B. loop line
Bandel goods yard

Bandel Junction 39 Bandel Steam Loco shed
Bandel–Naihati branch line
Hooghly 37
35 Chuchura
Chandannagar 32
30 Mankundu
Victoria jute mill siding
Bhadreshwar jute mill siding
Braithwaite Angus Works siding

Angus jute mill siding
Bhadreshwar 28
Champdani coal depot siding
30 Bhadreshwar Ghat
DVC Khal
North Brook jute mill siding
Dalhousie jute mill siding
Champdani jute mill siding
24 Baidyabati
Seoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line
22 Seoraphuli Junction
(planned) Shrirampur 19 Shrirampur
(planned) Howrah Maidan–Dankuni
–Srirampur metro
Standard Pharma siding FCI siding
Rishra Glass factory siding
Grasim Industries factory siding Wellington jute mill siding
16 Rishra
Rishra cotton mill siding Berger Paints factory siding
Hindustan Motors factory siding 13 Konnagar
Titagarh Wagons siding 11 Hind Motor
9 Uttarpara
Condemned Coach Dismantling Bone mill siding

& Cutting Yard
Bally Khal
Howrah–Barddhaman chord line Bally jute mill siding
8 Bally
Belghoria Expressway
Calcutta Chord link line
6 Belur Math
Belur Railway Scrap Yard
Belur 5
Belur Store Yard
4 Liluah
Howrah–Kharagpur line Liluah C & W Workshop
Santragachi Locomotive Shed
Santragachi Coaching Yard
Hindustan Industries Santragachi–Amta branch line
& Engineering siding
(planned) Howrah–Santragachi
–Dhulagarh metro
7
Santragachi Junction 7 Santragachi (planned)
10
–Dhulagarh metro
Liluah Sorting Yard
Kona Expressway
Ramrajatala 6 Howrah Diesel Loco Shed
Dasnagar 4
Tikiapara–Liluah line Howrah Electric Loco Shed
(Howrah bypass line)
Tikiapara 2 Tikiapara EMU Car Shed

Padmapukur Coaching Yard Tikiapara Coaching Yard
Padmapukur 8
–Dhulagarh metro Howrah EMU Car Shed
Guest Keen Williams siding
Shalimar 5 Shalimar (planned)
Shalimar rail yard
CCI siding
Shalimar Goods Shed B & R siding
Salt Golah Goods Yard (abandoned)
(planned) Coal Depot Howrah Maidan–Dankuni (planned)
–Srirampur metro
(planned) Foreshore Road Jheel Siding Coaching Yard
Howrah–Shalimar line Howrah Maidan
(abandoned)
Burn Standard Company siding
KM Line 2 (u/c)
Howrah Goods Shed 0 Howrah
Hooghly river East West Metro Tunnel
KM Line 2 (u/c)
km km
Key
Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm)
Kolkata Metro (KM) standard gauge (1435 mm)
in use
out of use, planned, or tunnel
under construction (u/c)

Howrah–Bardhaman Chord
km
Bardhaman–Asansol section
Bardhaman–Katwa line
95 Bardhaman
88 Gangpur
83 Saktigarh
NH 19
78 Palla Road
75 Chanchai
Bankura–Masagram line
72 Masagram
SH 15
Memari–Tarakeswar Road
69 Nabagram
65 Jaugram
62 Jhapandanga
58 Gurap
56 Hajigarh
54 Cheragram Block Hut
52 Sibaichandi
to Mogra (planned)
to Tarakeswar (planned)
49 Dhaniakhali Halt
47 Belmuri
45 Porabazar
41 Chandanpur
36 Madhusudanpur
SH 2
33 Kamarkundu
Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur line
32 Balarambati
30 Mirzapur–Bankipur
27 Baruipara
23 Begampur
to Furfura Sharif (planned)
UltraTech Cement Siding
21 Janai Road
Dankuni Coal Complex Siding
Jangalpara
16 Gobra
15
0 Dankuni
ELAAU CLW Siding
FCI Siding
NH 19
NH 16
Santragachi–Amta branch line
12 Belanagar
7 Bally
4 Rajchandrapur
6 Bally Halt
C.C. link line
7 Belur
Belur Math
5 Liluah
Howrah–Kharagpur line
0 Howrah
km
Location
Station
Location in Kolkata
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Howrah railway station, also known as Howrah Junction, is a railway station located in the
city of Howrah, West Bengal, India.[7] It is also the oldest and largest existing railway complex in
India.[8][9] It is one of the busiest train stations in the world (and the second busiest railway
station in India).[10]
About 600 passenger trains pass through the station each day, utilising its 24 platforms, and
serving more than one million passengers per day.[2][11][12] About 450 are suburban local
trains,[2][11] while 107 are coaching trains out of which 9 are trains with more than 24 coaches.[13]
Out of the 24 platforms, 10 are long enough to cater to trains with more than 24 coaches.[13] Goods
and parcel trains also originate and terminate here.[13] The Howrah–Barddhaman main line is the
busiest line that connects this station.[14]
Howrah is one of five intercity train stations serving the Kolkata metropolitan area (including
Howrah and its twin city of Kolkata), the others being Sealdah, Santragachi, Shalimar and Kolkata
railway station.
The book Vibrant Edifice: The Saga of Howrah Station by Eastern Railways was released in
2005.[15]
Contents
History
Tram terminus, Howrah
Heritage museum
Rail services
Station facilities
Services for rolling stock
Connectivity
Metro station
Gallery
See also
References
Works cited
Further reading
External links
History
In 1849, a contract was signed between the East Indian Railway Company and East India
Company and an initial amount allocated for the first section between Howrah and Raneegunge
via Pandooah and Burdwan.[16] Frederick Walter Simms, the consulting engineer to Government
of India, initially envisaged a station on the right side of Hoogly in 1846. However following the
amount of money sanctioned, Howrah was chosen as the location of the terminus for the new
line.[17] A bridge across the Hooghly River, a span of 1,700 feet (520 m) at the concerned stretch,
was unfeasible at that time.[18] In the coming years the question of connecting the rail line to
Calcutta was discussed frequently.[18]
On 17 June 1851, George Turnbull, the Chief Engineer of the East Indian Railway Company and his
team of engineers submitted plans for a railway station at Howrah. In January 1852, the
government authorities decided not to purchase the land and expensive water frontage needed for
the project, not then realising the future importance of railways. Turnbull then developed other
plans to cost an estimated 250,000 rupees. In October 1852, four tenders for the building of the
station were received: they varied from 190,000 to 274,526 rupees.[19][20] There were two
directions in which construction of the station was discussed, one that Howrah should be a big
station, and the other that Howrah should be a smaller station and other station should be
developed at the same time.[21] Eventually land was bought.[21]
The first experimental locomotive left Howrah on 18 June 1853 for the 37.5 miles to
Pundoah.[19][20] There was a gap between laying the line and opening it up since the ship carrying
the carriages sank while the locomotive ended up in Australia. Eventually the carriages were built
locally and the locomotive was directed to Calcutta.[22] The first public departure from Howrah for
the 23.5 miles to Hooghly was on 15 August 1854.[23] During this period, the station was located at
what is now the office of the divisional railway manager of Howrah.[24] It consisted of one line and
platform, a ticket window and a supporting building.[12] Two weeks later the line to Pundoah was
opened.[23] In the first 4 months, over 109,000 passengers used the service.[23] The locomotive
was of the same type as the Fairy Queen.[25]
Indians on their way to European colonies in the early 1800s came through Howrah Station.[26]
The increase of residents in the region around Howrah and Kolkata and the booming economy
lead to an increasing demand for rail travel. 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.[27] The Bengal-Nagpur Railway was extended to Howrah in
1900, thus making Howrah an important railway centre.[28] So in 1901, a new station building was
proposed. The British architect Halsey Ricardo designed the new station.[28] It was opened to the
public on 1 December 1905,[28][29] and completed by 1911.[24]
In the 1980s, the station was expanded to 15 platforms.[30] At the same time, a new Yatri Niwas
(transit passenger facility) was built south of the original station frontage.
The new terminal complex was finished in 1992, creating a total of 19 platforms.[30] This was
extended by a further four platforms in 2009.[30]
On 3 March 1969, the first Rajdhani Express left Howrah for New Delhi.[31][30] In October 2011,
India's first double-decker train, Howrah–Dhanbad Double Decker Express, left Howrah for
Dhanbad.[32] The first service of the Antyodaya Express, the Howrah–Ernakulam Antyodaya
Express, was inaugurated in February 2017.[33]
Tram terminus, Howrah
Until 1992 there was a tram terminus at Howrah Station. Trams departed for Sealdah Station,
Rajabazar, Shyambazar, High Court, Dalhousie Square, Park Circus, Ballygunge, Tollygunge etc.
Trams also departed for Bandhaghat and Shibpur. The tram terminus was partially closed in 1971
while the Bandhaghat and Shibpur lines were closed. Many unauthorized vehicles and pedestrians
began to traverse the tram tracks and so the routes were not continued. The terminus station was
converted to underpasses and a bus terminus. The part of the tram terminus for other routes
continued to function until 1992, when the Rabindra Setu (Howrah Bridge) was declared unfit to
carry trams because it was a cantilever bridge.
Heritage museum
The nearby Rail Museum, Howrah was opened in 2006, and contains a section dedicated to the
heritage and history of Howrah railway station.[34] The railway museum, located south of the
station, displays artefacts of historical importance related to the development of Eastern Railway.
From 1909 to 1943 the Fairy Queen, the world's oldest operational steam locomotive, was
displayed on a plinth inside the station.[35][25]
Rail services
The Eastern Railway runs local trains to Belur Math, Tarakeswar, Arambagh, Goghat, Katwa,
Bandel, Sheoraphuli, Bardhaman, Serampore and numerous intermediate stations (see Howrah–
Bardhaman main line, Howrah–Bardhaman chord and Tarakeswar branch line). There are also
mail and express trains to Central, North and North-East India. A narrow-gauge line formerly used
to connect Bardhaman and Katwa, served by DMU trains; but now this line is also converted to
broad gauge and used by EMU trains like all the other lines.[36]
The South Eastern Railway, operates local trains to Amta, Mecheda, Panskura, Haldia, Tamluk,
Medinipur and Kharagpur and mail and express trains to Central, West and South India. South
Eastern Railway, connects with the Great Indian Peninsular Railway (GIPR) route to Mumbai and
Chennai.
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. They are the Howrah–Delhi, Howrah–Mumbai, Howrah–
Chennai and Howrah–Guwahati routes.
After completion Kolkata Metro Line 2 will pass through Howrah Station.[37]
Station facilities
The station is the divisional headquarters for the Eastern Railway.
The station has 23 platforms. Platforms 1 to 16 are located in the old complex, referred to as
"Terminal 1". It serves the local and long-distance trains of Eastern Railway and local trains of
South Eastern Railway. Platforms 17 to 23 are in the new complex, referred to as "Terminal 2". It
serves the long-distance trains of South Eastern Railway.
There is a large covered waiting area between the main complex and the platforms and other areas
for passengers awaiting connecting trains. Free wifi is present at the station.[38][39] In addition,
there is a transit passenger facility with dormitory, single-room and double-room accommodation.
First-class passengers wait in an air-conditioned area with balcony views of the Kolkata Skyline
and the Howrah Bridge.
The station platforms have carriageways for motor vehicles within the complex including two
carriageways to platforms 8 and 9 for Eastern Railway and to platforms 21 and 22 for South
Eastern Railway. Flyovers at the ends of the platforms allow motor vehicles to exit the complex
quickly.
Sampath Rail Yatri Niwas and Regional Rail Museum are a part of "Terminal 2" Howrah station
complex.[40][41]
Services for rolling stock

The station has a diesel-locomotive shed with room for 84 locomotives. The electric-locomotive
shed has room for 96 locomotives. There is also an electric-trip shed with the capacity to hold up
to 20 locomotives. The sheds accommodate 175+ WAP-4, WAP-5, and WAP-7 locomotives. The
EMU car shed has over 15 parking slots. The station has a coach maintenance complex.
Connectivity
Metro station
underground station, a part of Line 2 of the Kolkata Metro serves the area.[42] It will be the
deepest station on the East-West Metro line of the Kolkata Metro[37][43] and further the deepest in
the country.[44] The connecting metro stations will be Howrah Maidan to the west and Mahakaran
to the east.
Gallery

Howrah station bus Howrah station Public buses near Howrah

terminal railway station entrance
Waiting Travelers at Howrah Railway

Station
Howrah station night view
See also
Kolkata Metro
Kolkata railway station
Kolkata suburban railway
List of Kolkata Metro stations
Santragachi railway station
Sealdah railway station
Shalimar railway station
Trams in Kolkata
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External links
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Howrah Junction railway station travel guide from Wikivoyage
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1/12/23, 6:55 PM Howrah railway station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 22.5829°N 88.3428°E

Howrah railway station

Howrah Station, view from Hooghly River

Howrah–Chennai main line

Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line

Howrah–Bardhaman Main Line

Howrah metro station

Howrah Ferry Ghat

Division(s) Howrah (ER) & Kharagpur (SER)

Preceding station Kolkata Suburban Railway Following station

Eastern Line Liluah

Tikiapara South Eastern Line

Nimpura Nimpura Through Yard

Nimpura Goods Yard

Padmapukur NH 12 (Kona Expressway)

Howrah–Barddhaman main line

Howrah–Barddhaman chord line Manteswar (planned)

Dhaniakhali Halt 46 Magra

Bandel EMU car shed

Bandel goods yard

Braithwaite Angus Works siding

Condemned Coach Dismantling Bone mill siding

Tikiapara 2 Tikiapara EMU Car Shed

under construction (u/c)

Tram terminus, Howrah

Services for rolling stock

Howrah station bus Howrah station Public buses near Howrah

Waiting Travelers at Howrah Railway

Howrah station night view

2. "Passengers run riot in Howrah" (https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/passenge

21. Khosla 1988, p. 48.

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