Sealdah Railway Station is the main railway station in the city of
Kolkata. The railway station provides the services to the city suburbs
as well as long distance transportation. Sealdah with the nearby railway
station of Howrah form the headquarters of Eastern and South Eastern
Railways. Sealdah Railway Station is primarily a suburban service
provider.
Sealdah Railway Station has two sections, one facilitating the
transportation in the city suburbs only and called as the South section,
and the other providing for the long distances as well as the city
suburbs and called as the Main Section. Sealdah South Section provides
transportation to areas like Ballygunje, Jadavpur, Garia, Budge and
district towns of West Bengal like Port Canning, Shantipur and Diamond
Harbour. The Main section provides services to the northern suburbs like
Dum Dum, Barrackpore, Kalyani and district towns of Ranaghat,
Krishnanagar, Shantipur, etc.
