Sealdah Main and North section

Sealdah Main and North section
Suburban EMU arriving at Naihati
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerIndian Railways
LocaleKolkata
North 24 Parganas
Howrah
Purba Bardhaman
Murshidabad
Nadia
Termini
WebsiteEastern Railway
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemKolkata Suburban Railway
ServicesSealdah–Dankuni
Dum Dum–Bangaon
Barasat–Hasnabad
Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede
Ranaghat–Bangaon
Ranaghat–Shantipur–Krishnanagar City
Krishnanagr City–Lalgola
Operator(s)Eastern Railway
Depot(s)Narkeldanaga EMU Carshed
Barasat EMU Carshed
Ranaghat EMU Carshed
History
Opened2 January 1862; 162 years ago (1862-01-02)
Technical
Number of tracks2
CharacterAt grade
Track gauge5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification25 kV AC overhead line
Operating speedup to 100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map

km
km
Noapara
02
Noapara Metro Depot
Kestopur Canal
7
Biman Bandar Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
5
Jessore Road
Up arrow line dismantled
3
Dum Dum Cantonment
Down arrow line dismantled
Dum Dum Junction
00
Jessore Road
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Bimanbandar
LowerRight arrow  KM Line 4  (u/c)
Patipukur loop
line (dismantled)
Belgachia
02
2
Patipukur
Ultadanga Road
03
Lansdown mill siding
Kolkata
04
Brown Blanket mill siding
Down arrow
Kestopur Canal
Bidhan Nagar Road
3
Bidhannagar Road
Press House siding
Kankurgachi Road
5
Kankurgachi Road Junction
6
Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt
Narkeldanga
EMU Carshed
Circular Canal
Kankurgachi
Chord line
Sealdah North
08
8
Sealdah Main
Sealdah
Left arrow  KM Line 2  Right arrow
Sealdah South
08
Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed
9
Kamardanga Halt
Beruck & Comens Siding
3│7
Park Circus
km
km
Key
Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm)
Kolkata Metro (KM) broad gauge (1676 mm)
Kolkata Metro (KM) standard gauge (1435 mm)
narrow gauge (762 mm)
in use
out of use, planned, or
under construction (u/c)
tunnel

The Sealdah Main and North section refer to a set of rail lines which connect the city of Kolkata with its northern suburbs and with the North 24 Parganas, Nadia and Murshidabad districts of West Bengal, India along the eastern bank of the Hooghly river. It is a part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway and is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division of the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways.[1][2]

It is linked to the Sealdah South section via the Kolkata Circular Railway at Dum Dum Junction and Kankurgachi Road Junction railway stations[1][2] and connects Kolkata to the rest of the country via the Calcutta Chord link line and the Naihati–Bandel branch line which link it to the districts of Howrah and Hooghly on the west bank of the Hooghly river via the Howrah and Kharagpur division railway networks.[2]

This section also has two international railway transit points with Bangladesh at Gede and Petrapole from where majority of the freight traffic from India is imported into Bangladesh.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Brief Detail of Sealdah Division Archived 2018-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, Eastern Railway
  2. ^ a b c "Sealdah Division System map" (PDF). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Trade through Benapole land port resumes after 10 weeks". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Procurement Details". World Bank. Retrieved 28 June 2020.