Sealdah railway division
Sealdah Division Headquarters at the Sealdah railway station | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Stations called at | 205 |
| Headquarters | Divisional Railway Managers's Office, DRM Building, Eastern Railway, Sealdah Division, Kaiser Street, Kolkata-700014 |
| Locale | Kolkata, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Murshidabad |
| Dates of operation | 14 April 1952– |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge |
| Electrification | 25 kV AC railway electrification |
| Length | 715.34 kilometres (444.49 mi) |
Sealdah railway division is one of the four railway divisions under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. Its headquarters is located in Kaiser Street in Kolkata, West Bengal near the Sealdah railway station. Geographically the division covers the railway tracks and services in the areas between the Hooghly river on the west, Bangladesh on the north and east and the Sundarbans in the south. The Railway network under Sealdah Division was part of the Eastern Bengal Railway (present-day Bangladesh Railway). The Eastern Bengal Railway was formed on 1 July 1884. On 1 January 1942, Assam Bengal Railway (present-day Northeast Frontier Railway) and Eastern Bengal Railway were amalgamated to form Bengal Assam Railway. Sealdah Division became a part of East Indian Railway (present-day Eastern Railway and East Central Railway) on 15 August 1947, after the Partition of India and Partition of Bengal. The East Indian Railway was formed on 1 June 1845. On 14 April 1952, East Indian Railway was renamed as Eastern Railway.