22°34′21.8″N 88°21′50.2″E / 22.572722°N 88.363944°E
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 4-Eastern Railway | |
 Howrah Junction | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Fairley Place, Kolkata |
| Locale | West Bengal and Jharkhand, and some parts of Bihar |
| Dates of operation | 14 April 1952– |
| Predecessor | East Indian Railway |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | Broad gauge (BG) & narrow gauge (NG) |
| Electrification | 2,222.620 kilometres (1,381.072 mi) |
| Length | 2,818.484 kilometres (1,751.325 mi) |
| Other | |
| Website | Eastern Railway |
The Eastern Railway (abbreviated ER) is among the 19 zones of the Indian Railways. Its headquarters is at Fairley Place, Kolkata and comprises four divisions: Howrah, Malda, Sealdah, and Asansol. Each division is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM). The name of the division denotes the name of the city where the divisional headquarters is located. Eastern Railway oversees the largest and second largest rail complexes in the country, Howrah Junction and Sealdah railway station, and also contains the highest number of A1 and A Category Stations like Howrah, Malda Town, Sealdah, Asansol, Kolkata, Durgapur, Barddhaman, Rampurhat Junction, Bhagalpur,Jamalpur, Jasidih, Bandel and Naihati. Eastern Railways operates India's oldest train, Kalka Mail.