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2 unusual facts about Sealdah–Ranaghat line


Sealdah–Ranaghat line

The main line of the Eastern Bengal Railway from Sealdah to Ranaghat, was opened in 1862 and extended to Kushtia, now in Bangladesh, within two months.

Among the important trains from Sealdah using this track are: Maitree Express to Dhaka, Rajdhani Express to New Delhi, Duronto Express to New Delhi, Annanya Express to Udaipur, Akal Takht Express to Amritsar, Darjeeling Mail to Haldibari, Bhagirathi Express to Lalgola, Gour Express to Balurghat, and Uttar Banga Express to New Cooch Behar.


Ajmer Sealdah Superfast Express

The 12988/87 Ajmer Sealdah Superfast Express is Superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Ajmer Junction and Sealdah in India.

Bahirgachhi New

This is known for railway stations which connects Gede, Ranaghat and Sealdah in Kolkata Suburban Railway system in West Bengal Railways.

Budge Budge

The Tollygunge railway station on the Sealdah Budge Budge line is at the surface level over the underground Rabindra Sarobar station of Metro Railway.

Eastern Bengal Railway

The first line of Eastern Bengal Railway was from Calcutta to Kushtia in 1862 (presently covered by Sealdah-Ranaghat Line, Ranaghat-Gede Line and Chilahati-Parbatipur-Santahar-Darshana Line).

Hridaypur railway station

The main line of the Eastern Bengal Railway from Sealdah to Ranaghat, was opened in 1862 and extended the same year to Kushtia, now in Bangladesh.

Kavi Subhash metro station

This metro station is at ground level and located adjacent to New Garia Railway station on the Sealdah-Sonarpur section.

Khanna rail disaster

The Khanna rail disaster occurred on November 26, 1998 near Khanna on the Khanna-Ludhiana section of India's Northern Railway in Punjab, at 03:15 when the Calcutta-bound Jammu Tawi-Sealdah Express collided with six derailed coaches of the Amritsar-bound "Frontier Mail" which were lying in its path.

Prostitution in Kolkata

Street prostitutes work in Esplanade Crossing, opposite of cinema ‘Metro’ and in the street between Elite Cinema Hall and Regal Cinema Hall, Jagat Cinema near Sealdah station and under Sealdah flyover, and another place is Ultadanga flyover and railway foot over bridge, kalighat, and Garia.

Rabin Deb

He worked tirelessly at the grassroots level at Sealdah in Kolkata and Panihati in 24 Parganas.

Sealdah railway station

The main division of Sealdah north operates trains plying between Kolkata and Bandel, Kalyani Simanta, Gede, Shantipur, Krishnanagar, Dankuni and others.

Vivekananda College, Madhyamgram

It stands on the eastern side of the Jessore Road, National Highway 34, about 1 km from either Madhyamgram or Hridaypur railway station on Sealdah-Bongaon section.


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