Sealdah_Station

Train coaches at Sealdah

Location 88.22.17 E 22.34.2.1 N

Sealdah and Howrah are two main Railway Station in the city of Kolkata fullfilling the train service in calcutta. These two railway station provides the services to the city suburbs as well as long distance transportation. Sealdah being nearby railway station of Howrah form the headquarters of Eastern and South Eastern Railways. Sealdah Railway Station is primarily a suburban service provider.
One of the busiest stations in the world, Sealdah serves millions of passengers every day.
Sealdah Railway Station has two major sections, one serves the transportation in the city suburbs only and known as the South section, and the other serves for the long distances transport as well as the city suburbs thus known as the Main Section. Sealdah South Section provides transportation to areas like Ballygunge,Park Circus, Jadavpur, Garia, Budge and district towns of West Bengal like Port Canning, Shantipur and Diamond Harbour. The Main section provides services to the northern suburbs like Dum Dum, Barrackpore, Kalyani and district towns of Ranaghat, Krishnanagar, Shantipur, etc.

Sealdah station is known for having the longest platform in Asia

Walter Glanville designed designed the original station and was build in 1869. Being predominantly a suburban division, Sealdah connects the suburbs and districts with Kolkata.

Passenger tickets are available at these two stations and other places of calcutta