- Sealdah
Sealdah (In Bengali: শিয়ালদহ) is one of the major
train station s servingKolkata (Calcutta) inIndia , the others beingHowrah Station and Kolkata Station. Sealdah is one of the busiest rail stations inIndia . It is famous for the suburban local train terminal. There are two sections, Sealdah Main and Sealdah South. These town sections have separate set of emerging tracks.The southern section acts as the terminal for local trains plying between Kolkata and
Diamond Harbour ,Budgebudge ,Canning and Lakshmikantapur. The main section acts as the terminal for local trains and is the terminal for two divisions, the main and theBongaon . The main division (colloquially the "main line") operates train plying between Kolkota andBarrackpore ,Naihati ,Kalyani ,Krishnanagar ,Ranaghat and others.The Bongaon division handles trains for
Durganagar ,Birati ,Madhyamgram ,Hridaypur ,Barasat ,Duttapukur ,Habra ,Gobardanga ,Bongaon and others. The main division also handles long distance trains connecting all over India, especially to eastern India.Politics
Sealdah assembly constituency is part of
Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency) . [cite web
url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S25/WB_Dist_PC_AC.pdf
title = Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies
accessdate = 2008-10-01
work = West Bengal
publisher = Election Commission of India ]Gallery
ee also
Kolkata suburban railway External links
* [http://railindia.tripod.com/sealdah.html Article about Sealdah Station]
* [http://www.calcuttaweb.com/train.htm Trains from Sealdah Station]
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