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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
currently
route
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.
Now
tram
services
between
Rajabazar–Esplanade,
Park
Circus–Burrabazar
and
other
services
pass
through
Sealdah.
Currently,
a
car
parking
exists
in
place
of
the
old
tram
terminus.
Sealdah is
one
of India's
major railway
termini serving
the
city
of Kolkata.
The
other
main
railway
stations
in
the
Kolkata
metropolitan
region
are Howrah, Shalimar, Kolkata and Santragachi.
Sealdah
is
one
of
the
busiest
railway
stations
in
India with
a
daily
passenger
footfall
of
over
1.8
million.
It
also
acts
as
an
important
suburban
rail
terminal.
After
completion, Kolkata
Metro
Line
2 will
pass
through
Sealdah.
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
Road–Park
Circus
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
main
division
.
The
main
division
of
Sealdah
north
operates
trains
plying
between
Kolkata
and Hasnabad, Bandel, Gede, Ranaghat, Shantipur, Krishnanagar, Berhampore, Lalgola, Dankuni, Katwa, Bardhaman, Kanchrapara, Barrackpore, Kalyani,
Kalyani
Simanta and
others.
A
narrow-gauge
line
earlier
used
to
connect
Shantipur
and
Krishnanagar
but
now
it
has
been
replaced
with
broad
gauge.
This
narrow-gauge
line
further
continued
to Nabadwip
Ghat and
was
served
by
DMU
trains
formerly[5][6] (all
other
lines
run
EMU
trains).
Now
the
suburban
train
service
is
also
extended
from
Krishnanagar
to Lalgola,[7] which
part
was
previously
served
by
electric
loco-hauled
trains
only.
Sealdah-Dankuni
(via Vivekananda
Setu)
line
connects
Eastern
Railway's Howrah-Bardhaman
chord
line at
Bally
Halt
(on
a
viaduct
atop Bally
station)
and
Dankuni.
Naihati-Bandel
(via Sampreeti
Bridge)
line
connects
Eastern
Railway's Howrah-Bardhaman
main
line at Bandel
Jn.
Now
the
poorly-patronized
branch
line
between Dum
Dum
Cantonment
railway
station and
Biman
Bandar
railway
station
(Dum
Dum
Airport)
is
closed
and
replaced
by Line
4 (under
construction)
of
the Kolkata
Metro.
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 Budge
Budge, Canning, Diamond
Harbour and Namkhana.
There
is
also
an
EMU
carshed
at
Sealdah
(Narkeldanga).
Other
EMU
carsheds
are
at Barasat and Sonarpur.
A
diesel
shunter
loco
shed
is
also
situated
at
adjacent
Beliaghata.
A
rail
coach
factory
is
set
to
come
up
at
Halishahar-Kanchrapara
(Bijpur)
region
in
North
24
Parganas.
Before
partition
in
1947
of
India,
trains
used
to
run
up
to
present
day Bangladesh along
Gede
line
and
Bangaon
line.
Now
Gede
line
is
used
by Maitree
Express up
to Dhaka and
Bangaon
line
is
used
by Bandhan
Express up
to Khulna.
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