Sealdah
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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.

The Bongaon division handles trains for Durganagar, Birati, Madhyamgram, Hridaypur, Barasat, Duttapukur, Habra, Gobardanga, Bongaon and others. The main division also handles long distance trains connecting all over India, especially to eastern India.

Politics

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

Sealdah assembly constituency is part of Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency).²

Gallery

A stationary rajdhani train	Sealdah station	Rampurhat passenger leaving Sealdah	Outlook of the building of Sealdah north section
Outside of Sealdah station	Platform of sealdah station

See also

• Kolkata railway station
• Kolkata suburban railway

References

External links

• Article about Sealdah Station
• Trains from Sealdah Station

Coordinates: 22°34′N 88°22′E / 22.567, 88.367