The Eastern lines of Kolkata Suburban Railway comprises 14 Local train routes that are operated by the Eastern Railway zone, serving the Kolkata metropolitan region and its neighbouring areas in West Bengal, India. The Line consists of a total 266 stations and the entire line is at grade. It mainly consists of two sections according to its division area and the main two terminal stations of Kolkata metropolitan region: the Howrah section, centered around Howrah railway station and the Sealdah Section centered around Sealdah railway station.

The line consists of a total of '14 corridors': 6 Corridors in the Howrah section, 7 corridors in the Sealdah section and there's a separate corridor connecting the two sections. In the Howrah Section first two corridors are from Howrah to Barddhaman- one via the Mainline through Bandel and the other via the Chord line through Dankuni, the third corridor runs from Howrah to Goghat via Seoraphuli Jn, while the fourth corridor connects Howrah to Katwa via Bandel Jn, there is one small fifth corridor also available between and Belur Math via Liluah and the sixth corridor runs between Barddhaman and .Brief Details of Howrah Division , Eastern Railway In the Sealdah section, among the 7 corridors the mainline runs from Sealdah to Gede, which is situated at the India-Bangladesh Border. The second corridor is from Sealdah to Krishnanagar City Jn via Ranaghat. The third corridor connects to via , The fourth one is from to via DumDum Jn, fifth one is connecting Hasnabad to via DumDum Jn and Barasat Jn, the sixth line connects to Kalyani Simanta via Kalyani railway station and the seventh corridor is a Single-track railway corridor between and . The other line is the important – line which serves as a crucial link between the two sections of the eastern line.Brief Detail of Sealdah Division , Eastern Railway

The Major Carsheds on this line are at Howrah, Bandel, Narkeldanga, Barasat and Ranaghat on both of the sections.

Stations with routes Routes The Eastern lines consists of the following sections with routes:

Howrah section Howrah - Barddhaman (mainline via ) Howrah - Barddhaman (chord line via ) Howrah - Goghat (via Seoraphuli) Howrah - (via ) Howrah - (via ) Barddhaman -

Sealdah section - (via ) - Krishnanagar City (via ) - (via ) - (via DumDum) - (via DumDum) - (via )

- (connects two divisions)

Stations Names in bold indicate that the station is a fast train stop as well as important terminal.

Howrah Section 1. Howrah–Barddhaman main line

Howrah–Barddhaman Main line#Distance from Howrah Jn (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 HWH † / Chord line / Belur Math Branch line (Eastern line)/ Howrah 2 5 LLH Chord line / Belur Math Branch line (Eastern line) 3 6 BEQ Chord line (Eastern line) 4 8 BLY Chord line (Eastern line) 5 10 UPA None 6 12 HMZ None 7 13 KOG None 8 16 RIS None 9 20 SRP None 10 22 SHE Tarakeswar and Goghat (Eastern line) 11 24 BBAE None 12 28 BHR None 13 30 MUU None 14 33 CGR None 15 36 CNS None 16 38 HGY None 17 39 BDC Katwa (Eastern line) 18 43 ADST None 19 47 MUG None 20 50 TLO None 21 55 KHN None 22 61 PDA None 23 66 SLG None 24 68 BCGM None 25 70 BOI None 26 75 DBP None 27 79 BGF None 28 82 MYM None 29 85 NMF None 30 88 RSLR None 31 92 PLAE None 32 95 SKG Chord line (Eastern line) 33 100 GRP Chord line (Eastern line) 34 107 BWN Chord line / Katwa (Eastern line)

†Howrah Junction railway station is a terminus for South Eastern Railway and Eastern Railway.

2. Howrah–Bardhaman chord line

Chord line#Distance from Howrah Jn (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 HWH / Main line / Belur Math Branch line (Eastern line)/ Howrah 2 5 Main line / Belur Math Branch line (Eastern line) 3 6 Main line (Eastern line) 4 8 Main line (Eastern line) 5 11 None 6 15 DKAE 7 17 None 8 20 None 9 22 None 10 26 None 11 29 None 12 31 None 13 33 Seoraphuli/ Tarakeswar/ Goghat (Eastern line) 14 36 None 15 40 CDAE None 16 45 None 17 46 None 18 49 None 19 51 None 20 53 None 21 55 None 22 58 None 23 62 None 24 65 None 25 69 None 26 72 MSAE None 27 75 None 28 78 None 29 83 Main line (Eastern line) 30 88 Main line (Eastern line) 31 95 BWN Main line / Katwa (Eastern line)

3. Howrah–Goghat line

Howrah–Goghat line#Distance from Howrah Jn (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 HWH Howrah 2 4 Towards 3 6 None 4 8 None 5 9 None 6 11 None 7 13 None 8 16 None 9 19 None 10 21 † SHE Main line (Eastern line) 11 27 None 12 29 None 13 33 None 14 35 Chord line (Eastern line) 15 39 None 16 43 None 17 44 None 18 47 None 19 50 None 20 54 None 21 56 TAK None 22 61 None 23 66 None 24 72 None 25 81 Arambagh AMBG None 26 91 GOGT None† – Branch Line starts at Seoraphuli

4. Howrah–Katwa line Howrah–Katwa line#Distance from Howrah (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 HWH Chord line / Belur Math Branch line (Eastern line)/ Howrah 2 4 LLH Chord line / Belur Math Branch line (Eastern line) 3 6 BEQ Chord line (Eastern line) 4 8 BLY Chord line (Eastern line) 5 9 UPA None 6 11 HMZ None 7 13 KOG None 8 16 RIS None 9 19 SRP None 10 21 SHE Tarakeswar and Goghat (Eastern line) 11 24 BBAE None 12 28 BHR None 13 30 MUU None 14 32 CGR None 15 35 CNS None 16 37 HGY None 17 39 † BDC Main line (Eastern line) 18 43 None 19 45 None 20 47 None 21 50 None 22 54 None 23 56 None 24 61 None 25 64 None 26 67 None 27 72 None 28 74 None 29 81 ABKA None 30 85 None 31 90 None 32 93 None 33 97 None 34 100 None 35 105 NDAE None 36 106 None 37 110 None 38 112 None 39 115 None 40 118 None 41 121 None 42 126 None 43 131 None 44 134 None 45 137 None 46 144 KWAE Barddhaman (Eastern line)† – Branch Line starts at Bandel

5. Howrah–Belur Math Line Howrah–Belur Math Line#Distance from Howrah Jn (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 † HWH †/ Main line / Chord line (Eastern line)/ Howrah 2 5 Main line / Chord line (Eastern line) 3 7 BRMH None† – Branch Line starts at Howrah

6. Barddhaman–Katwa line Barddhaman–Katwa line#Distance from Barddhaman Jn (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 † BWN Main/Chord line (Eastern line) 2 6 None 3 8 None 4 10 None 5 11 None 6 12 None 7 14 None 8 19 None 9 25 BGNA None 10 29 None 11 31 None 12 35 None 13 40 None 14 44 None 15 45 None 16 52 KWAE Bandel (Eastern line)† – Branch Line starts at Barddhaman

Sealdah Section 1. Sealdah–Gede Main Line

Sealdah–Gede Main line#Distance from Sealdah (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 SDAH / / Sealdah 2 3 BNXR / 3 6 DDJ / / Bangaon and Hasnabad (Eastern line)/ Dum Dum 4 11 None 5 13 None 6 15 None 7 18 None 8 20 None 9 22 BP None 10 24 None 11 27 None 12 30 None 13 33 None 14 35 None 15 37 NH Bandel (Eastern line) 16 42 None 17 43 None 18 45 None 19 48 KYI Kalyani Simanta (Eastern line) 20 52 None 21 57 None 22 59 None 23 61 None 24 67 None 25 73 RHA Bangaon, Krishnanagar & Shantipur (Eastern line) 26 77 None 27 79 None 28 82 None 29 86 None 30 88 None 31 90 None 32 93 None 33 96 None 34 99 None 35 105 None 36 111 None 37 113 None 38 116 GEDE None

2. Sealdah–Krishnanagar City line

Sealdah–Krishnanagar City line#Distance from Sealdah (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 SDAH / / Sealdah 2 3 BNXR / 3 6 DDJ / / Bangaon and Hasnabad (Eastern line)/ Dum Dum 4 11 None 5 13 None 6 15 None 7 18 None 8 20 None 9 22 BP None 10 24 None 11 27 None 12 30 None 13 33 None 14 35 None 15 37 NH Bandel (Eastern line) 16 42 None 17 43 None 18 45 None 19 48 KYI Kalyani Simanta (Eastern line) 20 52 None 21 57 None 22 59 None 23 61 None 24 67 None 25 73 † RHA Main (Eastern line) 26 77 Shantipur (Eastern line) 27 81 None 28 84 None 29 89 None 30 94 None 31 99 KNJ Shantipur (Eastern line)† – Sealdah - Gede main line till Ranaghat

3. Sealdah–Shantipur Line Sealdah–Shantipur line#Distance from Kalinarayanpur (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 SDAH / / Sealdah 2 3 BNXR / 3 6 DDJ / / Bangaon and Hasnabad (Eastern line)/ Dum Dum 4 11 None 5 13 None 6 15 None 7 18 None 8 20 None 9 22 BP None 10 24 None 11 27 None 12 30 None 13 33 None 14 35 None 15 37 NH Bandel (Eastern line) 16 42 None 17 43 None 18 45 None 19 48 KYI Kalyani Simanta (Eastern line) 20 52 None 21 57 None 22 59 None 23 61 None 24 67 None 25 73 † RHA Main (Eastern line) 26 77 † Ranaghat and Krishnanagar (Eastern line) 27 81 None 28 86 FLU None 29 89 None 30 93 STB None† – Branch Line starts at Kalinarayanpur

4. Sealdah–Bangaon Line

Sealdah - Bangaon line#Distance from Sealdah (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 SDAH / / Sealdah 2 3 BNXR / 3 6 † DDJ / /Main (Eastern line)/ Dum Dum 4 9 DDC Dum Dum Cantonment 5 11 None 6 13 BBT None 7 14 None 8 16 None 9 17 None 10 20 None 11 22 BT Hasnabad (Eastern line) 12 25 None 13 29 DTK None 14 33 None 15 37 None 16 40 None 17 44 HB None 18 49 None 19 53 None 20 57 GBG None 21 62 TKNR None 22 66 None 23 71 None 24 76 BNJ Ranaghat (Eastern line)† – Sealdah - Gede Main Line till Dum Dum Junction

5. Sealdah–Hasnabad Line Sealdah–Hasnabad line#Distance from Barasat (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 † BT Dum Dum and Bangaon (Eastern line) 2 3 None 3 6 None 4 10 None 5 12 None 6 15 None 7 18 None 8 20 None 9 24 None 10 27 None 11 31 None 12 33 None 13 36 None 14 41 None 15 42 None 16 45 None 17 47 None 18 48 None 19 51 None 20 53 HNB None† – Branch Line starts at Barasat Junction

6. Sealdah–Kalyani Simanta line Sealdah–Kalyani Simanta line#Distance from Sealdah (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 SDAH / / Sealdah 2 3 BNXR / 3 6 DDJ / / Bangaon and Hasnabad (Eastern line)/ Dum Dum 4 11 None 5 13 None 6 15 None 7 18 None 8 20 None 9 22 BP None 10 24 None 11 27 None 12 30 None 13 33 None 14 35 None 15 37 NH Bandel (Eastern line) 16 42 None 17 43 None 18 45 None 19 48 † KYI Main (Eastern line) 20 49 None 21 51 None 22 52 KLYM None† – Sealdah -Gede Main Line till Kalyani

7. Ranaghat–Bangaon Line Ranaghat–Bangaon line#Distance from Ranaghat (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 † RHA Main/ Krishnanagar/Shantipur (Eastern line) 2 3 None 3 5 None 4 9 None 5 14 None 6 18 None 7 22 None 8 28 None 9 32 BNJ Dum Dum (Eastern line)† – Branch Line starts at Ranaghat

Hooghly Branch line Hooghly Branch line#Distance from Naihati (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 † NH Sealdah Main (Eastern line) 2 3 None 3 5 None 4 8 † BDC Howrah Main (Eastern line)† – Branch Line starts at Naihati and Ends at Bandel

Far North Branch line Far North Branch line#Distance from Krishnanagar City Junction (km)Station NameStation CodeConnections 1 0 KNJ Ranaghat (Eastern line) 2 7 None 3 12 None 4 18 None 5 28 None 6 32 None 7 40 None 8 44 None 9 50 None 10 55 None 11 59 None 12 68 None 13 74 None 14 77 None 15 80 None 16 85 None 17 89 None 18 96 None 19 100 None 20 103 None 21 108 None 22 115 None 23 119 None 24 125 None 25 127 None† – Branch Line starts at Krishnanagar City Junction

Electrification From 1957, The Eastern Railway Started Electrification at Howrah - Tarakeswar Route with 1500 V DC later it was converted to 25000 V AC 50 Hz in 1967–68, after that the work goes also on the chord line, Barddhaman & Bandel To Katwa line of Howrah Division, which is now fully electrified.

And on the Sealdah Division of Eastern Railway, the electrification process was started in 1963 from Sealdah to Ranaghat line, Dum Dum To Bangaon and the other lines in this division with the different phases and completed up to 1965 from that time the whole division is also fully electrified.

Services

Currently in 2017–18 all services of the Eastern line running on 9 and 12 Cars. Sealdah section has 461 Services of 9 rakes EMU and 452 Services of 12 Rakes EMU and also on Howrah Section has 398 Services of 12 Rakes EMU. Which It Handles the 100% Suburban Network of Eastern Railways.ER Features , Eastern Railways, 4 December 2018

See also Kolkata Suburban Railway List of Kolkata Suburban Railway stations Eastern Railway zone

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