Howrah railway division

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Howrah railway division is one of the four railway divisions under Eastern Railway zone and South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 1854 and its headquarter is located at Howrah in the state of West Bengal of India.

Howrah railway division, Sealdah railway division and Malda railway division are the other railway divisions under ER Zone headquartered at Kolkata.[1][2]

List of railway stations and towns[edit]

The list includes the stations under the Howrah railway division and their station category.[3][4][5]

Category of station No. of stations Names of stations
A-1 1 Howrah Junction
A 3 Bandel, Barddhaman Junction, Rampurhat
B 16 Dankuni Junction, Seoraphuli Junction, Tarakeswar, Serampore, Nabadwip Dham, Saktigarh, Masagram, Memari, Pundooah, Ambika Kalna, Chandannagar, Chuchura, Bally, Azimganj Junction, Katwa Junction, Bolpur Shantiniketan
C 77 Liluah, Bally, Belur, Rishra, Konnagar, Uttarpara etc
D 9 -
E 40 -
F 33 halt station
Total 176 -

Stations closed for Passengers -

References[edit]

  1. "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. "Howrah Railway Division". Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  3. "Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  4. "PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation Of Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. "Howrah railway division - About Us". Retrieved 15 January 2016.
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