Sealdah

Sealdah Indian Railway Station
Main Entrance of the Station
Location
Coordinates	22°34′N 88°22′E
City	Kolkata
District	Kolkata
State	West Bengal
Elevation	MSL + 9 m (30 ft)
Station Info & Facilities
Station type	Central Station
Structure	At-grade
Station status	Functioning
Parking	Available
Baggage check	Not Available
Accessible
Operation
Code	SDAH
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Line(s)	Sealdah-Ranaghat Line
Platform(s)	17
History
Former Owner(s)	Eastern Bengal Railway

Sealdah (In Bengali: শিয়ালদহ) is one of the major train stations serving Kolkata (Calcutta) in India, the others being Howrah Station, Shalimar Station and Kolkata Railway Station. Sealdah is one of the busiest rail stations in India^{[citation needed]} and an important suburban rail terminal. After completion, Kolkata metro line 2 will pass through Sealdah.

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 12 platforms numbering 1 to 4/4A (Sealdah North), and 5 to 9, 9A & 9B (Sealdah Main). The South section consists of Sealdah South terminal, with 5 platforms (10-14). 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 Bangaon division. The main division of Sealdah north operates trains plying between Kolkata and Bandel, Kalyani Simanta, Gede, Shantipur, Krishnanagar, Dankuni and others. A narrow gauge line connects Shantipur and Krishnanagar. 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 Palashi, 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 Bangaon 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

History

Sealdah Railway station was started in 1869.

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.

Major Trains

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	Rajdhani Express
3	13133	Varanasi	Sealdah Varanasi Express
4	12317	Amritsar	Akal Takht Express
5	15657	Guwahati	Kanchanjanga Express
6	13141	New Alipurduar	Testa Torsa 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	Udaipur City	Ananya Express
13	12987	Ajmer	Sealdah Ajmer Express
14	13185	Jaynagar	Gangasagar Express
15	13503	Asansol	Intercity Express (Indian Railways)
16	12377	New Jalpaiguri	Padatik Express
17	13149	Alipurduar	Kanchankanya Express
18	13147	New Cooch Behar	Uttar Banga Express
19	13187	Rampur Hat	Sealdah Rampur Hat Express
20	12259	New Delhi	Duronto Express

Gallery

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  A stationary Rajdhani express train

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  Outside view of Sealdah station

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  Platform of Sealdah station

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  Platform of Sealdah station

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  Sealdah station nameboard

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  Sealdah station, main.

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  Sealdah station, main.

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  Sealdah station, main.

See also

• Howrah Station
• Shalimar Station
• Kolkata Station
• Kolkata Suburban Railway
• Kolkata Metro Railway
• Kolkata Tramways

External links

• Article about Sealdah Station
• Trains from Sealdah Station