Why India Built Its Largest Railway Station in Kolkata

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Howrah Station is India's largest & busiest railway station. It handles more than 600 trains & 10 lakh passengers everyday. It opened to public on 15 Aug 1854.
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Written by: Shubham Kandari & Mayank Narang
Narrated by: Mayank Narang
Edited by: Arpit Anand
Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Planning & Construction
2:50 Beginning & Expansion
4:50 Howrah Bridge
7:20 After Independence
9:10 Station & Metro
11:00 Kolkata Stations

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Howrah Station is India's largest & busiest railway station. It handles more than 600 trains & 10 lakh passengers everyday. It opened to public on 15 Aug 1854, 170 years ago. 🗺 View Digital Transit Maps: narangstudios.com/products/combo-mumbai-bangalore-maps 📷 Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/lastly.yt/

[@DXRK_GXMING]

Lastly bhai aapane kaha tha ki Sealdah Kolkata ka second largest railway station lekin o to India ka bhi second largest railway station o to nahin kaha😢 11:29

[@johnchrist-cn8ql]

one small correction, Howrah was electrified in DC Current in late 1950s when WCM series locos were borrowed from CR, DC EMUs ran between Howrah & Barddhaman & Tarakeshwar, later in early 1960s AC Current was made uniform & EMUs started running on Howrah-Kharagpur, Howrah Barddhaman via Chord, WAM 2/3 locos from ER was used & WAM 1 from SER was used in 1960s. Also Shalimar was built as a yard in 1900s.

[@ashutoshmaharana2398]

Good information

[@aryamukherjee434]

Kolkata is served by 5 major stations Howrah, Sealdah, Santragachi, Shalimar, Kolkata(Chitpur), other stations are local railway stations serving the local people of the city and people from nearby districts.

[@DXRK_GXMING]

Bro you forgot Dum Dum

[@AyushThakur108]

​@@DXRK_GXMING wo local trains ke liye hai dum dum se ek bhi express train nahi jaati hai 😊

[@Jygt6f677vih8h]

Dankuni also ,as some trains originate from there

[@shreehanpaswan6956]

Bardhamman also

[@aryamukherjee434]

@@Jygt6f677vih8h dankuni theke kono train er origination nei ar Dankuni kolkata theke onek dur e.

[@ayanroy8404]

howrah platform no 16 reconstruction started

[@priyanshu.sharma.0002]

There are already 23 platforms

[@SamDos-fh2vw]

​@@priyanshu.sharma.0002 16 nhi hai. 16 construction ho raha hai

[@bibekdas7449]

I don't know why but I find it annoying when suddenly someone changes the language under the discussion. Use English under English comments man!​@@SamDos-fh2vw

[@Ankitsingh11731]

​@@priyanshu.sharma.000216 no platform nhi hai yaha

[@user-sc3kl1pr5s]

I see

[@sumitkumarbaul9823]

I live in Barddhaman near Kolkata... and I must tell your every video is a detailed analysis and well edited... Thank you for making a video on Howrah junction... Take love ❤

[@RehanAli-jy5cu]

Is Burdwan really near Kolkata? I think it is about 100 kilometres away from Howrah Station..... 😅

[@sumitkumarbaul9823]

@@RehanAli-jy5cu ha eh bhik sahi baat hain...

[@PramitKonar]

@@RehanAli-jy5cu actually we in Bengal like to associate with our capital Kolkata so irrespective of where we belong to, we tell near kolkata or from kolkata since the world knows kolkata

[@arijitroy4792]

I live in Kolkata near Kharagpur 😂

[@RehanAli-jy5cu]

@@arijitroy4792 😂😂😂😂 , I live in Kolkata,near Tamluk 😂

[@arnabkoley8864]

There was a local train running from Howrah to Sealdah & vice-versa but it was stopped around 2005. & I think Sealdah is the 2nd busiest station in India.

[@kaif5799]

do you know the route of the train as there is no direst route from howrah to sealdah, only way would be going to dankuni and then reversing and taking the sealdah route

[@ankandas1131]

@@kaif5799 there is a roundabout after Belanagar station. Howrah Sealdah was connected through that. Howrah to belanagar then to rajchandrapur then to sealdah.

[@iamaghost6859]

Now metro will connect

[@Super.youknow]

​@@kaif5799 calcutta chord link

[@kaif5799]

​@@ankandas1131Thanks, I didn't know about that route though it's almost similar to going to dankuni as belanegar as per my knowledge is just one station away from dankuni.

[@BharatiyaDeshbhakt]

Kindly make a video on Kolkata Tram! I feel it's a heritage railway

[@vloggersazid]

1957-58 के बीच ही इलेक्ट्रीफाइड हो गया था हावड़ा दिल्ली के लिए Hats off to your reasearch bro❤

[@SONUROY-zd3zl]

WEST BENGAL'S FIRST ELECTRIC TRAIN WAS RUN FROM HOWRAH TO SHEORAPHULI ON 12TH DECEMBER 1957 .

[@WhiteSky-21]

I think no one explained this much about Hawrah station...Clear and detailed ..nice effort

[@kaushiksarkar7837]

Gotta have to give it to you , thank you , you have made one of the most detailed video , I am really grateful to you 🙏

[@ashgamer6739]

Hey bro thanks for making video on this topic

[@subhaspyne]

Too good and Informative.... Above 100% coverage.... Thanks for bringing us this video....

[@mdsajidalam9616]

Howrah Jn. Platform no. 16 still exists. .😅..just like Harry Potter Movie...only specific people go through Hogward Express. ...😂

[@debarshibiswas3232]

❤yes

[@bibekdas7449]

LoL what? 🤣🤣🤣

[@ayandutta773]

Well said 😂

[@subhendubodhak2020]

Sir ji your all information is 100% correct. I think you have done complete home Work to make this informative. Very good. Jai Hind

[@surajkala]

Great insightful video sirji

[@RoshanRajSingh]

Howrah Burdwan chord line was electrified in 1964-66 not in 2001.

[@mukherjeesuniversum2665]

Fun Fact: There is no Platform 16 in Howrah Railway Station..😅😅😅 Platform 1 to 15 in Old Complex and 17 to 23 in New Complex 4:34 there was no direct rail connectivity between Kolkata and Dhaka up until 2005. Before that people have to take a Broad Gauge train from Sealdah to Goulanda Ghat via Ranaghat Jn, Pordaha Jn & Kushtia. Then it was a steamer ride on Padma/Ganga river all the way to Narayanganj and then from there a Metre gauge train to Dhaka from where you can take a Metre gauge train to either Mymensingh, Sylhet, Chittagong or Silchar

[@Vivekakshay]

Platform 16 is there. But due to howrah metro construction platform 16 not in work. Currently platform 16 working

[@AmishKumar-lc7zs]

Is silchar line still operational?

[@sayontanparua2863]

Yes currently 16 is working.. But due to metro construction the trains stop way before the end of the platform tracks

[@b.r.dewasi6817]

Dear brother one making videos CMST Mumbai railway station

[@Asim_Khan00]

public transport is the backbone of any country. Trains are best way to move lots of people around. Govt must increase budget to 5 Lakh Crores per annum. Highways not required as much due to Induced Traffic.

[@gogoichandan]

What about logistics bhai😅 Highways are must

[@bibekdas7449]

Not for America People think public transport is for poor people!

[@arpanb2001]

Logistics could also be supplied by trains at much lower cost. That's why the DFCs are getting built. But I understand your point. I think India should restrict private car ownership to something like Singapore.... And increase public transport and make them world class which will be much more efficient and environment friendly

[@Asim_Khan00]

@@arpanb2001 never restrict. bas public transport ko itna competitive karne ka so that it becomes a hard bargain for purchasing a car.

[@soukaryasamanta8073]

​@@bibekdas7449 American people are stupid. Paris has banned cars in city centre areas. London has introduced ULEZ where cars cost high toll to ride in city centre. Amsterdam has globally known cycling culture, including for the rich. These places can do that because they have great public transport. America doesn't have that, so they are kinda forced to use cars. For us, European countries should be a role model, not American ones.

[@mangaldeeprana3871]

বিশ্বের সবচেয়ে বড় ১০ টি রেলস্টেশনের একটি হাওড়া রেল স্টেশন।

[@bittusarkar3509]

Sealdah o

[@naveenkumardev9348]

What a nice content thanks very informative video with nice map and graphics...

[@sabitadhar286]

Being a howrah basi, feel proud....nice and informative video...

[@sauravsarkar8522]

Nice presentation...Railway infrastructure is very important, it also mostly use Clean energy

[@user-ak7as2hi9q]

Very much correct informative video 😊

[@pronabjitnath1620]

Thank you for this video ❤

[@rashidshahidi7245]

Ur research is amazing

[@taposgupta9641]

I live so close to Howrah Station This video is very informative ❤❤

[@rathindrachakraborty5940]

So informative🎉

[@soumyabratachatterjee1890]

Wonderful presentation.

[@unbeatablesachin]

thanks for this case study.

[@neetulunia5469]

Very nice explain video of howarah railway station

[@XenithForPm]

Im born in kolkata ❤ thankyou for making this video

[@Amuzic]

Excellent video.

[@sarveshshambhu]

Quality over quantity ❤

[@pwmylife4156]

I watching this video when I'm going to Howrah station 😅 What a recommendation 😁

[@anirbanchanda1690]

kolkata amar premer rajyo , kolkata amar sob , kolkata ey mori bachi , amar kolkata ey sob proud to be a bengali

[@naveenverma1334]

Nice work

[@Radha-krishna29200]

Bhai literally class level research and presentation Respect ❤

[@MANJEETSINGH-sg2mn]

Mind blowing ❤❤

[@Fromscratch977]

Mirzapur got connected with kolkata at that time, wow!!

[@allrounderuniverse731]

Bright history of Happening Station🎉

[@akash_raj8772]

Best explanation 😊😊

[@arpankanrar5271]

Bro Green line ka Esplanade se Sealdah ka section abhi bhi nehi khula h

[@akashvideos4365]

Very knowledgeable ❤

[@rajasaleemsahebkhan8872]

Can you please make a video on operational and future expressways of india

[@AbirBanerjee05]

I live in Baidyabati, which falls in the main eastern line towards Bardhaman, and i would say apart from some dates mismatch of electrification, eveything detail was legit and proper

[@Croissant-dz6es]

what are ur sources(i want to know where do u get so knowledge) subbed.

[@iescanor]

Please make video and map for the Kolkata local train network 🙏!!!

[@sujatabarman8940]

Best information,

[@saptarshighose4153]

Excellent

[@SwayambhuvMitra]

Please make a video on Barrackpore railway station, it's India's first army cantonment

[@interiordecordynasty2900]

Bhai dumdum junction missing hai ...

[@nakshsinghania9342]

Is there a place to Increase platforms of Howrah station

[@Dumblesmash]

Feels so good mere sheher me railway station itna purana hai 😮

[@thefreewing]

Never thought of such a detailed unboxing video of howrah station 😂

[@Therailengineer_]

Great 👍🏻

[@thedevil5046]

Lovely. Thank you, bro.

[@debasishbera3166]

Next video in sealdah station history. Please 🙏🙏🙏

[@ayanroy8404]

please make a seperate video on sealdah railway station

[@XenithForPm]

Bro make video on sealdah to ❤

[@sagnikmukherjee590]

Nice video, but you've missed a very important point about the Howrah Station. It is the internal carriageway between platforms 8 & 9 which was used by The Viceroy of India and other high ranking officials and which is now solely present in Howrah Station and not seen in any other station of India.

[@Maxsarkar]

Pride of Kolkata Metropolitan Area

[@bharatshaw302]

Please Make Video about Kolkata TRAM 🙏

[@yogeshwarshirsath66]

Mumbai Central pe video banao bbci railways..

[@sahildesai9915]

Can you pls make a similar video on mumbai railway stations also

[@user-sy3dg1vk4x]

HAMARI AAN BAAN SHAAN HAMARA INDIA HAI SAB SE MAHAAN

[@nakshsinghania9342]

That’s the old video of Metro of Kolkata upload new one

[@roy9810..]

Please make a detailed video on Mumbai Central railway station 🚉🚉

[@kaustavmaji9729]

Love from Howrah ❤❤

[@afnanalam4812]

0:02 correction: Howrah is not a junction. It is a terminal station

[@tank3834]

Fir phle Jake station PE correction karwap😙

[@afnanalam4812]

@@tank3834 station pe correction?? Arey bhai station pe junction likha ho nhi hai kahin.. howrah station hi naam hai

[@rishipramanick6823]

It's a junction line divides to santragachi and burdwan section from that respective station

[@SaswataRay]

Esi ek video Sealdah station ko leke banaiye na

[@Swaritsings]

Pls make video on Hubli airport😢 plzzz

[@RonitRoy-lh3ue]

Now make a video on sealdah station

[@saikatjana8792]

3:55 I'm from Kolaghat ❤

[@SandeepSingh-nw2sl]

Make vedio on gorakhpur Station please

[@ezioauditorio9662]

Make a video on Mughalsarai Marshalling yard which is largest in Asia.

[@MantuYadavYM]

👌👌👍❤️ ❤️From Raniganj Asansol

[@AARONAHAMMED]

Feeling Proud Bengali❤️❤️

[@prakharawasthi9632]

AHMEDABAD railway station ka bhi video banaiye

[@karamjeetsinghswaich]

Please make such videos for other metro cities like Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Surat, Bhopal, Jaipur etc

[@soumyadeepchowdhury3585]

Surat bhopal jaipur are not meyro cities. Even bengaluru amd hydrabad can't be call true metro cities.tgeir are actual 4 metro cities Mumbai delhi Kolkata chennai

[@shibamdebnath254]

​@@soumyadeepchowdhury3585 That's true

[@gigachad1939]

Bro make a video on CCU

[@helloworld7287]

Good content

[@Aliwale23445]

Trick trick 🤩🤩Yea video to background me vi chalya hai

[@pheonix9422]

Love from dankuni ❤❤

[@watermelon3232]

Nice

[@adityabhandari9982]

Sealdha station ka history batao

[@vaibhavtandekar4541]

Kolkata a city for all

[@souvikdutta3720]

Nice details and research work ⚒👍🫡

[@ShreeramWatve]

Can you make video on Pune metro and its future

[@ivandas5054]

Sealdah station ko lekar video banaiye ❤

[@RajdeepD10]

HWH is our emotion ❤

[@mdsamim15]

Green line abhi complete nahi hua hai Esplanade to sealdah abhi bhi construction chal raha

[@Dash-l3j]

As a Bengali ,Sealdah is actually the real Kolkata station it even has the name Calcutta.

[@Love_sad_LSA_414]

I am from Howrah district.

[@abhishekthakur577]

Good news

[@IndroneelMukerji]

Informative. Good. Some suggestions: 1. Please use one language only, to the extent possible - for the voiceover; 2. The captions have errors in spellings and in grammar; 3. Use of more maps will help in understanding; 4. The narration is too fast - to imbibe the information being provided; 5. The pronunciation of Kol - kata is Kol as in coal and not as in call. So it will be coal-kaa-ta. Thank you.

[@pradiptosensarma1672]

Howrah bridge is still the sixth longest cantilever bridge in the entire world, the longest cantilever bridge in India by a significant margin.

[@JJ-1111_FACT]

Love from Bardhaman 🥰🥰

[@sukalyanManna]

Note - For green line sealdah to Esplande is not open for now , Howrah to Esplande is open