Howrah Junction - Howrah
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| Address : | 12322, Station Rd, Howrah Railway Station, Howrah, West Bengal 711101, India |
| Phone : | 📞 +9798777 |
| Postal code : | 711101 |
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Jayaprakash Dash on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is the biggest railway station in all of India....very old station....it is a station from the british areana....it has connectivity to all the major cities in India...it has a total of 23 platforms....it is the busiest railway station according to me...very very rush all the time....but it is well maintained ...i have first time seen a railway station in india where vehicle can go up to the railway platforms...very well managed and well planned....u can see vehicles parking near the platform...it is really unique....the howrah bridge is just a stones throw away from here....can witness the howrah bridge just outside the station....overall a railway station to cheer for India
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Moni Sankar Mandal on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Oldest and largest railway complex in India. About 600 passenger trains come here daily, has 23 platforms. It has two sections, the old one is for north and north eastern servise and is side closer to Howrah bridge, the new section is for west and south eastern side.
Not the cleanliest station, but could be cleaner.
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AniKeT KuMaR on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ India's biggest railway station, all over India trains are available from here, good waiting hall, fully air conditioning, lift access, facilities provided for handicapped persons, digital train time table boards available, free wifi available 24*7, variety of food available, fully secured by RPSF personnels. Also you will get a lot of food stalls just outside the station and also there are ferry ghat just outside the station where you can get the boats nd steamers to cross the mighty Hooghly river through water ways, and also there is a very big bus stand just outside the station,from there you can get the buses of overall whole kolkata,either Sealdah, barrackpore,dum dum, new town, kestoput.ect ect....nd also one of the most royal looking station you can ever see.
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Parthajit Dasgupta on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There are two howrah juction complex, the old and the new. The old complex caters to suburban trains to and from bardhaman, arambagh, and bandel alongwith long distance trains to and from Dhanbad, Delhi, Bombay, Patna, Varanasi etc. The new complex is considered as a south eastern railway terminal with suburban trains to kharagpur and Medinipur. There are long distance trains arriving and departing for Pune, Madras, Kerala, Karnataka, Purulia etc. Howrah junction is accessible by road, ferry, and bus. There is a bus stand right near exit from platform#1. The prepaid taxi stand is near the exit from platform #10.
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Kalakar Harshit on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Busy railway Junction serving South Eastern Railway and Eastern Railway. Housed in a heritage structure close to iconic Howrah Bridge. Has Prepaid Taxi and Bus service and direct Volvo Bus service to/fro Kolkata Airport. Major Rail Terminus for Kolkata. Has good restaurant facilities for regular and fine dining passengers, Spacious waiting halls with large verandahs on the upper level accessible by elevator. Free Rail wifi on railway station
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HACKER ZILANI on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One of the oldest railway Junctions ? in India established in British period on the bank of river Ganges. Quite a large number of local as wll as express trains depart and arrive everyday covering most of the places of the country. Plenty of food courts, restrooms available. And bus, ferry, taxis ? all are available just outside the stations. Howrah Junction railway station is the largest railway complex in India. Started 163 years ago (1854). It was named as East Indian Railway Company. More than 293 trains start. Approx 1220 stations are passengers directly connected to HWH station via 293 passengers trains. Howrah Junction, more popularly known as Howrah Station was opened to the public on 1 December 1905. It is the oldest and largest railway complex in India, serving the twin cities of Howrah and Kolkata. The station is located in Howrah on the west bank of the Hooghly River. 1313 stations across India are directly connected to Howrah Railway Station. Approximat ely b17 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 witth the highest train handling capacity of any Indian railway station. The station has 23 platforms +. Platforms 1to 5 are located in the old complex, referred to as "Terminal F On 3 March 1969, the first Rajdhani Express left Howrah Junction for New Delhi .
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Sagnik Maji STAD on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Howrah Junction is the largest and busiest station in India with 23 platforms and more than 600 trains. It also one of the most oldest stations in India. This station was built by Britishers and Indians. It is among the five intercity stations in Kolkata with the others being Sealdah, Santragachi, Kolkata and Shalimar. It is adjacent to the holy river Ganga. Howrah Station has several amenities such as food plaza, restroom, government owned hotel, free Wi-Fi, prepaid service center and many more. The nearby attractions of this station are Howrah Bridge, Howrah Rail Museum, Belur Math, Botanical Garden, Mallick Ghat, Princep Ghat, Millennium Park, Metcalfe Hall, General Post Office Kolkata and many more. Though I have mentioned five to six places there are above than hundred attractions in Howrah itself. This station is historical as many rebels and legends of India used to travel from here and helped in making India independent. This station is the economy holder of Kolkata as trades happen from here. We can reach here from several parts of India either by bus, metro, train, ferries, rickshaws, cabs or autos. Trains for every part of India is available. Trains are available for New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Mysore, Patna, Ranchi, New Jalpaiguri, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Jamalpur, Jamshedpur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Tirupati, Asansol, Dhanbad, Katwa, Bardhaman and many more places of India.
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Giridhar Naidu on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One of the busiest railway station in India. Difficult for the new person to understand the situation in the crowd. Better to use Google maps or ask a random person for some guidance
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