Sealdah railway station
Sealdah | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sealdah, Kolkata, West Bengal India | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°34′05″N 88°22′16″E / 22.5680°N 88.3711°E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 11 metres (36 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||
| System | Indian Railways and Kolkata Suburban Railway station | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Eastern Railway | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Sealdah | |||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Available | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Active | |||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | SDAH | |||||||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | Eastern Railway | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Sealdah | |||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1862 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Eastern Bengal Railway, Assam Bengal Railway | |||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.5 million+ daily | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sealdah railway station (SDAH) is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Sealdah railway division of Eastern Railway zone. Located at Sealdah in central Kolkata, it is one of the railway stations serving the Kolkata metropolitan area, the others being Howrah, Shalimar, Kolkata, Dankuni and Santragachi. It is the second largest and second busiest railway station in India and West Bengal in terms of platforms, tracks and overall daily passenger holding capacity, making it one of the world also.
Over 1.5 million passengers the station is used on a daily basis. It is an important suburban rail terminal of Kolkata Suburban Railway. The station has a metro station, which is on the Green Line of Kolkata Metro.