D.R.M. Office, Howrah - Howrah

Good place howra

This is Howrah Divisional Railway Administrative office.

DRM OFFICE IS SITUATED AT HOWRAH RAILWAY STATION

Looking really beautiful and clean place I. Kolkata...good job for here municipal or corporation service person.....thank to clean kolakata because I like Kolkata

Need and clean place. Everyone is very helpful.

This is the Divisional headquarter office of Howrah division of Eastern Railway. The many years old four storied building is between old and new copex of Howrah railway station.

In between new station and old station entrances

Howrah Junction railway station:- Howrah Junction, more popularly known as Howrah Station, is the oldest and largest railway complex in India, serving the twin cities of Howrah and Kolkata. Approximately 617 passenger trains pass through the station each day requiring its 23 platforms (the largest number of platforms in Indian railways) and serving more than two million passengers per day with the highest train handling capacity of any Indian railway station. Howrah Junction is one of five intercity railway stations serving the city of Kolkata, the others being Sealdah, Santragachi, Shalimar, and Kolkata railway station. Howrah Junction is also one of the busiest stations in India as per passenger footfall. The station is located in Howrah on the west bank of the Hooghly River. 1373 stations across India are directly connected to Howrah Railway Station. On 17 June 1851, George Turnbull, the Chief Engineer of the East Indian Railway Companyand his team of engineers submitted plans for a railway station at Howrah. In January 1852, the government authorities decided not to purchase the land and expensive water frontage needed for the project, not then realising the future importance of railways. Turnbull then developed other plans to cost an estimated 250,000 rupees. In October 1852, four tenders for the building of the station were received: they varied from 190,000 to 274,526 rupees. The first locomotive left Howrah on 18 June 1853 for the 37.5 miles to Pundoah. Great crowds celebrated the first public departure from Howrah for the 23.5 miles to Hooghly on 15 August 1854. In 1901, a new station building was proposed due to increased demand for rail travel. The British architect Halsey Ricardo designed the new station. It was opened to the public on 1 December 1905. This is the current Howrah station building including 15 platform tracks. On 3 March 1969, the first Rajdhani Expressleft Howrah Junction for New Delhi.[8][5] In the 1980s, the station was expanded to include 8 new platforms on the south side of the station. On the other hand, the opening of the bridge over the Rupnarayan River at Kolaghat, on 19 April 1900, connected Howrah with Kharagpur. At the same time, a new Yatri Niwas (transit passenger facility) was built south of the original station frontage. Until 1992, there was a tram terminus at Howrah station. Trams departed for Rajabazar, Sealdah Station, High Court, Dalhousie Square, Park Circus and Shyambazar. Trams also departed for Bandhaghat and Shibpur. The tram terminus was partially closed in 1971 while the Bandhaghat and Shibpur lines were closed. Many unauthorized vehicles and pedestrians began to traverse the tram tracks and so the routes were not continued. The terminus station was converted to underpasses and a bus terminus. The part of the tram terminus for other routes continued to function until 1992, when the Rabindra Setu (Howrah Bridge) was declared unfit to carry trams because it was a cantilever bridge. The new terminal complex was finished in 1992, creating a total of 19 platforms. This was extended by a further 4 platforms in 2009. In October 2011, India's first double-decker train left Howrah for Dhanbad. The first service of the Antyodaya Express started on 4 March 2017 between Ernakulam Junction and Howrah. South of the station there is a railway museum displaying artefacts of historical importance related to the development of Eastern Railway. For many years the Fairy Queen, the world's oldest operational steam locomotive, was displayed on a plinth inside the station.