Sealdah Railway Station

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, Calcutta 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 current route 14 & 16 between Lebutala & Dalhousie Square.

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

Kolkata: Sealdah station is among the 28 Eastern Railway (ER) stations in the ambit of the Prime Minister’s Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. The total cost for redevelopment of the 28 ER stations is Rs 1,187 crore, of which Asansol has been allocated Rs 431 crore, Barddhaman Rs 64.2 crore, Malda Town Rs 43 crore and Sealdah Rs 27 crore,” said ER’s general manager Amar Prakash Dwivedi at the curtain raising press conference for Sunday’s event