Howrah railway station

at Station Road ,Howrah, Howrah , 711101 India

1. Transit Stop
2. Train Station

Description

Howrah Junction railway station is the largest railway complex and biggest railway station in India. It's the busiest railway station in India in terms of train frequency after Kanpur Central, Vijayawada Junction, Delhi Junction, New Delhi and Ambala Cant. Around 673 train routes start, end, or pass through the station daily. With 23 platforms, it has the highest train-handling capacity of any railway station in India and is one of the busiest railway stations in terms of passenger volume per day. It is one of the five intercity railway stations serving the city of Kolkata, the others being Sealdah Station, Santragachhi Station, Shalimar Station and Kolkata railway station. The terminal station is located on the West bank of the Hooghly River and is linked to Kolkata by Howrah Bridge.A total of 1220 stations are directly connected to Howrah railway station via 293 passenger trains.HistoryInitial plans for the first Howrah railway station were submitted on June 17, 1851, by George Turnbull, the Chief Engineer of the East Indian Railway Company. In January 1852, it became clear that the government authorities would not sanction the purchase of sufficient land nor the necessary water frontage, despite demonstrations from Turnbull that the terminus would continue to expand. In May 1852, the detailed station plans were the major work of Turnbull and his team of engineers. In October, four tenders for building the station received from 190,000 to 274,526 INR against an estimate of 250,000 INR.

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Howrah railway station is Kolkata based place and this enity listed in Train Station category. Located at Station Road ,Howrah 711101. Contact phone number of Howrah railway station: +91 33 2641 1326