Howrah railway station is a major railway station in Howrah, West Bengal, India, across the Hooghly River from Kolkata, and one of the busiest stations on the Indian Railways network. It opened on August 15, 1854 and was rebuilt on December 1, 1905, later electrified in 1957 and converted to 25 kV AC operation in 1968. The station is built at grade with 24 platforms, each between 650 and 700 meters long, serving 25 tracks, and handles roughly 1.8 million passengers a day, jointly operated by the Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway divisions of Indian Railways.
Facts
Partially Attested
Completed YearThe source says the new station building was opened to the public on 1 December 1905 and completed by 1911, so 1911 is an upper bound for completion. Building Type LocationHowrah, West Bengal, India 1 Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: India, located there.
Sources
1. Howrah railway station, Wikipedia
Lead, first paragraph
It is the largest and busiest railway complex in India
Short description
Railway station in Howrah, West Bengal, India
History, new station building paragraph
and completed by 1911.
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
Howrah railway station is a major railway station in Howrah, West Bengal, India, across the Hooghly River from Kolkata, and one of the busiest stations on the Indian Railways network. It opened on August 15, 1854 and was rebuilt on December 1, 1905, later electrified in 1957 and converted to 25 kV AC operation in 1968. The station is built at grade with 24 platforms, each between 650 and 700 meters long, serving 25 tracks, and handles roughly 1.8 million passengers a day, jointly operated by the Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway divisions of Indian Railways.
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