Sealdah (In Bengali: শিয়ালদহ) is one of the major train stations serving Kolkata (Calcutta) in India, the others being Howrah Station and Kolkata Station. Sealdah is one of the busiest rail stations in India. It is famous for the suburban local train terminal. There are two sections, Sealdah Main and Sealdah South. These town sections have separate set of emerging tracks.
The southern section acts as the terminal for local trains plying between Kolkata and Diamond Harbour, Budgebudge, Canning and Lakshmikantapur. The main section acts as the terminal for local trains and is the terminal for two divisions, the main and the Bongaon. The main division (colloquially the "main line") operates train plying between Kolkota and Barrackpore, Naihati, Kalyani, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat and others.
Current MLA from Sealdah assembly constituency is Somendranath Mitra of INC, who won the seat in State elections of 2006 and also earlier in 2001, 1996, 1991, 1987 and 1982. Binoy Bannerjee of JNP was MLA from this seat in 1977.1