Sealdah railway division
Sealdah railway division is one of the four railway divisions under Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 1854 and its headquarter is located at Sealdah in the state of West Bengal of India.
Asansol railway division, Howrah railway division and Malda railway division are the other railway divisions under ER Zone headquartered at Kolkata.[1][2]
Indian Railways proposed to use ferro concrete sleepers in large yards. Ferro concrete sleepers only trial was made in 1949 in the Langhola Ghat section of the Sealdah Division in Indian railways. ere there are very many difficulties. For instance, they are heavy and each weighs about 6 mds. The handling difficulty, the difficulty about fastenings, packing are all there unsolved. They have to be experimented on a large scale before any definite opinion is given about them. [3]
List of railway stations and towns
The list includes the stations under the Sealdah railway division and their station category.[4][5][6]
| Category of station | No. of stations | Names of stations |
|---|---|---|
| A-1 | 1 | Sealdah |
| A | 2 | Naihati, Kolkata Chitpur |
| B | 3 | Berhampore Court, Krishnanagar City, Ranaghat |
| C | - | suburban station |
| D | - | - |
| E | - | - |
| F | - | halt stations |
| Total | 208 | - |
Stations closed for Passengers -
References
- ^ "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "Sealdah Railway Division". Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1777/1/lsd_02_05_27-09-1958.pdf Page 21
- ^ "Statement showing Category-wise No. of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation Of Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Sealdah railway division - Operating Department". Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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