Sealdah railway station

Sealdah
শিয়ালদহ
शियालदह
Indian Railway Station
Central Station

Main Entrance of the Station
Location Kolkata, West Bengal
India
Coordinates 22°34′03″N 88°22′15″E / 22.5674°N 88.3708°E / 22.5674; 88.3708Coordinates: 22°34′03″N 88°22′15″E / 22.5674°N 88.3708°E / 22.5674; 88.3708
Elevation 9.00 metres (29.53 ft)
Line(s) Sealdah-Ranaghat-Krishnanagar-Berhampore-Lalgola line
Sealdah-Ranaghat-Gede line
Sealdah-Ranaghat-Shantipur line
Sealdah-Barasat-Bangaon line
Sealdah-Barasat-Hasnabad line
Sealdah-Budgebudge line
Sealdah-Canning line
Sealdah-Diamond Harbour line
Sealdah-Namkhana line
Platforms 20
Tracks 20
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Parking Available
Disabled access SDAH
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code SDAH
Zone(s) Eastern Railway
Division(s) Sealdah
History
Opened 1862
Electrified Yes
Previous names Eastern Bengal Railway, Bengal Assam Railway
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railway   Following station
TerminusEastern Railway zone
TerminusEastern Railway zone
Park Circus

Sealdah railway station is one of the major railway stations serving Kolkata in India, the others being Howrah Station, Shalimar Station, Santragachi Junction and Kolkata Railway Station. Sealdah is one of the busiest railway stations in India[1] and an important suburban rail terminal. After completion, Kolkata Metro Line 2 will pass through Sealdah.

History

Sealdah Railway station was started in 1869.[2][3] Before 1978, there was a tram terminus at Sealdah station. Trams departed from here towards Rajabazar, Howrah Station, High Court, Dalhousie Square, Park Circus and Dharmatala. The first horse tram service of Kolkata was also started from Sealdah to Armenian Ghat, following the currently route 13, 14 & 16 between Lebutala & Dalhousie Square. The Sealdah-Lebutala & Dalhousie Square-Armenian Ghat (later extended to High Court) stretch is now closed. That terminus was demolished in 1978 also with the Sealdah-Lebutala tram track stretched through Boubazar Street for construction of the Sealdah flyover. The flyover is not high enough to pass tramway tracks under it. However, after its construction, tram tracks were relaid on the flyover. Now tram services between Rajabazar-Esplanade, Parkcircus-Burrabazar and other services pass through Sealdah. Currently, a car parking exists in place of the old tram terminus.

Operations

There are three station terminals at Sealdah: Sealdah North, Sealdah Main and Sealdah South. The North section consists of Sealdah North and Sealdah Main buildings. It has 13 platforms numbering 1 to 4, 4A (Sealdah North), and 5 to 9C, 9A & 9B (Sealdah Main). The South section consists of Sealdah South terminal, with 7 platforms (10A, 10-14,14A). The north and south sections have separate set of emerging tracks. The north and south section is connected by two links, one is Dumdum-Majherhat link (popularly circular rail), and other is Bidhannagar-Parkcircus link (extension of circular rail). These two links were constructed to quickly travel between the two sections avoiding Sealdah.

For the financial department,There are DRM's,Sr.DFM's and ADFM's to look over.Sealdah North acts as the suburban train terminal for 2 divisions: the main division and the Bongaon division. The main division of Sealdah north operates trains plying between Kolkata and Bandel, Gede, Shantipur, Krishnanagar,Baharampur,Lalgola,Dankuni, Kalyani Simanta and others. A narrow gauge line earlier used to connect Shantipur and Krishnanagar but now it has been replaced with broad gauge. This line continues to Nabadwip Ghat. These narrow gauge lines are served by DMU trains (all other lines run EMU trains). There is a plan to extend the suburban train service from Krishnanagar to Plassey, which is currently served by electric loco hauled trains. Dankuni line connects Eastern Railway's Howrah line at Bali and Dankuni. Bandel line connects Eastern Railway's Howrah line at Bandel.

The Bongaon division handles trains for Kolkata Airport, Bangaon, Hasnabad and others. Bangaon and Ranaghat are also connected.

Sealdah Main is the mail/express terminal for long distance trains to northern, north-western, north-eastern & eastern India, through Dankuni line and Bandel line. Krishnanagar line is also serving long distance intrastate trains.

The South section, consisting of Sealdah South terminal, acts as the terminal for local trains plying between Kolkata and Diamond Harbour-Budgebudge, Canning, and Namkhana.

There is also an EMU carshed at Sealdah (Narkeldanga). Other EMU carsheds are at Barasat & Sonarpur. A diesel shunter loco shed is also situated at adjacent Beliaghata. A rail coach factory is set to come up at Kanchrapara.

Before partition in 1947 of India, Gede line and Bangaon line were continued to present day Bangladesh.

Sealdah station

Some major trains originating from Sealdah Railway Station are

S No Train Number Destination Train Name Remarks
1 12329 / 12379 Delhi / Amritsar West Bengal Sampark Kranti Express (leaves Sealdah for Amritsar on Fridays)
2 12313 New Delhi Sealdah Rajdhani Express
3 13133 Varanasi Sealdah Varanasi Express
4 12317 Amritsar Akal Takht Express
5 15657 Guwahati Kanchenjunga Express
6 13141 New Alipurduar Teesta Torsha Express
7 13103 Lalgola Bhagirathi Express
8 12343 New Jalpaiguri Darjeeling Mail
9 13163 Saharsa Hate Bazare Express
10 13105 Ballia Sealdah Ballia Express
11 13153 Malda Town Gour Express
12 12316 Ajmer/Udaipur City Ananya Express
13 12987 Ajmer Ajmer Sealdah Superfast Express
14 13185 Jaynagar Ganga Sagar Express
15 13503 Asansol Intercity Express (Indian Railways)
16 12377 New Jalpaiguri Padatik Express
17 13149 Alipurduar Kanchan Kanya Express
18 13147 New Cooch Behar Uttar Banga Express
19 13187 Rampurhat Sealdah Rampurhat Express
20 12259 New Delhi Sealdah - New Delhi Duronto Express
21 22201 Puri Sealdah - Puri Duronto Express

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Rainbows of Kolkata. Lulu.com. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-1-4092-3848-5. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sealdah History". irfca.org/. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Railway gazette international. Reed Business Pub. 1957. p. 182. Retrieved 1 October 2012.

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