43-625: Howrah – Ernakulam Antyodaya Superfast Express is a Fully Unreserved Superfast Express train of the Indian Railways connecting Howrah Junction in Kolkata s West Bengal and Ernakulam Junction in Kochi Kerala. It is currently being operated with 22877/22878 train numbers on a weekly basis. It has been a lifeline for the migrant workers from Eastern India. Thousands of workers use this train to travel from West Bengal and Odisha to
86-419: A diesel-locomotive shed with room for 84 locomotives. The electric-locomotive shed has room for 96 locomotives. There is also an electric-trip shed with the capacity to hold up to 20 locomotives. The sheds accommodate 175+ WAP-4 , WAP-5 , and WAP-7 locomotives. The EMU car shed has over 15 parking slots. The station has a coach maintenance complex. Howrah station has an underground station , which in turn,
129-410: A new station building was proposed. The British architect Halsey Ricardo designed the new station. It was opened to the public on 1 December 1905, and completed by 1911. In the 1980s, the station was expanded to 15 platforms. At the same time, a new Yatri Niwas (transit passenger facility) was built south of the original station frontage. The new terminal complex was finished in 1992, creating
172-638: A pier and landing stages at Folkestone . In 1845 he was the engineer in Birkenhead for the complex Seacombe Wall sea defence that helped drain the marshes behind the town of Seacombe. In 1846-9 he was the resident engineer for the Great Northern Railway making cuttings and the South Mimms , Copenhagen and three other tunnels for the first 20 miles out of London, and making the first plans for King's Cross station . In 1850 he
215-499: A plinth inside the station. The Eastern Railway runs local trains to Belur Math , Tarakeswar , Arambagh , Goghat , Katwa , Bandel , Sheoraphuli , Bardhaman , Serampore and numerous intermediate stations (see Howrah–Bardhaman main line , Howrah–Bardhaman chord and Tarakeswar branch line ). There are also mail and express trains to Central, North and North-East India. A narrow-gauge line formerly used to connect Bardhaman and Katwa, served by DMU trains; but now this line
258-523: A pony to Perth Grammar School . In 1824 he attended Edinburgh University learning Latin, Greek and mathematics. With one year for his father, he learned linen-manufacturing engineering and book-keeping. In 1828 he sailed from Dundee to London to train under the famous civil engineer Thomas Telford building St Katharine Docks . In 1830 he became Telford's draughtsman and clerk, living in Telford's house in 24 Abingdon Street . He became an Associate of
301-598: A staggering 1,296 metres (4,252 ft) in length & become the 3rd Longest railway Platform in India & in the World. There is a large covered waiting area between the main complex and the platforms and other areas for passengers awaiting connecting trains. Free wifi is present at the station. In addition, there is a transit passenger facility with dormitory, single-room and double-room accommodation. First-class passengers wait in an air-conditioned area with balcony views of
344-656: A total of 19 platforms. This was extended by a further four platforms in 2009. On 3 March 1969, the inaugural Rajdhani Express departed Howrah for New Delhi . In October 2011, India's first double-decker train, Howrah–Dhanbad Double Decker Express , left Howrah for Dhanbad . The first service of the Antyodaya Express , the Howrah–Ernakulam Antyodaya Express , was inaugurated in February 2017. As per Indian Green Building Council , it
387-406: Is a railway station located in the city of Howrah, West Bengal at Kolkata metropolitan region , India . It is the largest and busiest railway complex in India, as well as one of the busiest and largest train stations in the world. It is also the oldest surviving railway complex in India. Howrah is one of the five large intercity railway stations serving the Kolkata metropolitan area ,
430-648: Is a part of Line 2 of the Kolkata Metro serves the area. It will be the deepest station on the East-West Metro line of the Kolkata Metro and also the deepest in the country. To the east, the station connects to Mahakaran station in Kolkata through India's biggest under-river metro tunnel beneath the Hooghly river ; whilst to the west the adjacent station is Howrah Maidan . The station
473-573: Is also converted to broad gauge and used by EMU trains like all the other lines. The South Eastern Railway , operates local trains to Amta , Mecheda , Panskura , Haldia , Tamluk , Medinipur and Kharagpur and mail and express trains to Central, West and South India. South Eastern Railway, connects with the Great Indian Peninsular Railway (GIPR) route to Mumbai and Chennai . The Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway sections are connected by two links. One
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#1732787676279516-458: Is now the office of the divisional railway manager of Howrah. It consisted of one line and platform, a ticket window and a supporting building. Two weeks later the line to Pundoah was opened. In the first 4 months, over 109,000 passengers used the service. The locomotive was of the same type as the Fairy Queen . Indians on their way to European colonies in the early 1800s came through
559-682: Is the Lilua–Tikiapara link and the other is the Rajchandrapur–Dankuni–Mourigram link. They are used by goods trains and the Sealdah–Puri Duronto Express avoiding Howrah. Four major rail routes end at Howrah. They are the Howrah–Delhi, Howrah–Mumbai, Howrah–Chennai and Howrah– Guwahati routes. After completion Kolkata Metro Line 2 will pass through Howrah Station. The station is the divisional headquarters for
602-610: Is the longest in Howrah Station at 961 metres (3,153 ft), followed by Platform No. 21 in "Terminal 2" which is 930.25 metres (3,052.0 ft) long & Current Platform No. 1 "Terminal 1" in which is 916 metres (3,005 ft) long. Work is going on at Platform No. 1 far end to link the 380 metres (1,250 ft) long Goods Train Platform under Bankim Setu, which is slated to be completed by October 2023. Once completed Platform No. 1 of Howrah Station "Terminal 1" will measure
645-749: The Institution of Civil Engineers at age 19 and eventually the oldest member. In 1832, he helped survey the options for supplying water to London both from the north and south, gauging the north-side rivers Colne , Gade , Lea , Odess and Ver ; and on the south side the River Wandle . He was involved in 1833 with experiments for fast passenger canal boats on the Paddington Canal with Cubitt , Dundas and other prominent engineers. In 1834 Telford died : Turnbull (Telford's young clerk) made arrangements for his house and correspondence and
688-499: The Sulkea Graving Dock , at Sulkea , and widen its entrance. In February 1868, Turnbull was offered £2000 to settle the claim by contractors who had built part of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway . He travelled via Marseilles , Alexandria , train to Suez , and on to Bombay . He and others had a private train for four days "getting down and inspecting every bridge and large culvert" and making copious notes for
731-469: The 37.5 miles to Pandoah . There was a gap between laying the line and opening it up since the ship carrying the carriages sank while the locomotive ended up in Australia. Eventually the carriages were built locally and the locomotive was directed to Calcutta. The first public departure from Howrah for the 23.5 miles to Hooghly was on 15 August 1854. During this period, the station was located at what
774-779: The 389 km (242 mi) between Bhusawal and Nagpore . In 1845 he married Jane Pope in St. Margaret's, Westminster . She died of fever on 23 August 1850 in Calcutta, only four months after arriving there. In 1855, after leave in England and on his way again to India, he married Fanny Thomas, the engineer William Cubitt 's niece (in Neuchâtel , Switzerland because of concern that UK marriage to his deceased wife's half-sister might not be legal in England). Their first child [Ellen] Nelly
817-477: The Eastern Railway. The station has 23 platforms. Platforms 1 to 16 are located in the old complex, referred to as "Terminal 1". It serves the local and long-distance trains of Eastern Railway and local trains of South Eastern Railway. Platforms 17 to 23 are in the new complex, referred to as "Terminal 2". It serves the long-distance trains of South Eastern Railway. Currently Platform No. 8 in "Terminal 1"
860-523: The Ganges on its primitive "country boats", particularly during the period of the Indian Mutiny when many boats were sunk and materials stolen. Cholera and other diseases killed hundreds of Indians and many of the over 100 English civil engineers. Turnbull was offered a British knighthood for his railway building in India, but declined it as he felt that he did not have sufficient money to live to
903-523: The Howrah Station. The increase of residents in the region around Howrah and Kolkata and the booming economy lead to an increasing demand for rail travel. Also, the rail network kept on growing continuously, e.g. was the bridge over the Rupnarayan River at Kolaghat completed on 19 April 1900 and connected Howrah with Kharagpur. The Bengal-Nagpur Railway was extended to Howrah in 1900, thus making Howrah an important railway centre. So in 1901,
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#1732787676279946-583: The Kolkata Skyline and the Howrah Bridge. The station platforms have carriageways for motor vehicles within the complex including two carriageways to platforms 8 and 9 for Eastern Railway and to platforms 21 and 22 for South Eastern Railway. Flyovers at the ends of the platforms allow motor vehicles to exit the complex quickly. Sampath Rail Yatri Niwas and Regional Rail Museum are a part of "Terminal 2" Howrah station complex. The station has
989-648: The busiest corridor of migrant laborers movement in India. That is from Eastern India to Southern Indian cities of Kochi, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Ongole, Vijayawada, Eluru, Rajahmundry, Vijaynagaram etc. Both trains are hauled by a Santragachi / Tatanagar -based WAP-7 electric locomotives. 22877 – leaves Howrah Junction on Saturday and reaches Ernakulam Junction on day 3 at morning 6:00 hrs IST 22878 – leaves Ernakulam Junction every Tuesday at 00:20 hrs IST in night and reach Howrah Junction on 2nd day at 14:50 hrs IST Howrah Junction railway station Howrah railway station (also known as Howrah Junction )
1032-463: The consulting engineer to Government of India, initially envisaged a station on the right side of Hooghly in 1846. However following the fund sanctioning, Howrah was chosen as the location of the terminus for the new line. A bridge across the Hooghly River , a span of 1,700 feet (520 m) at the concerned stretch, was unfeasible at that time. In the coming years, the question of connecting
1075-482: The cost at 250,000 rupees . In October 1852, four tenders for the building of the station were received: they varied from 190,000 to 274,526 rupees. The size of the construction project - of whether Howrah should be a large station or Howrah be a smaller station in favour of a larger station being developed at another time - was debated from time to time during this process. Eventually land was bought. The first experimental locomotive left Howrah on 18 June 1853 for
1118-731: The industrial cities in Kerala , Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh . The trains is completely general coaches trains designed by Indian Railways with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras as well as facility for potable drinking water and mobile charging points and toilet occupancy indicators. It averages 64 km/h as 22877 Antyodaya Express starts on Saturday and covering 2285 km in 37 hrs and 64 km/h as 22878 Antyodaya Express starts on Tuesday covering 1968 km in 37 hrs 15 mins. This train serves one of
1161-401: The mail coach to Bristol (with no then Severn Bridge or Severn Tunnel ); all the next day Bristol to London "on Cooper's coach, sitting on the box seat outside with the coachman" (there was snow 10-feet deep near Marlborough ); the steamer Perth for the 41-hour journey to Dundee; and then overland to Huntingtower , near Perth. From 1840 to 1842 Turnbull built Middlesbrough Dock which
1204-545: The others being Sealdah , Santragachi , Shalimar and Kolkata railway station . The first public train from the station was on 15 August 1854, on what is now the Howrah – Hooghly Main Line. At present , about 600 passenger trains pass through the station, serving more than 1 million passengers a day. Utilising its 23 platforms, the station handles a total of 252 Mail/Express trains and 500 suburban EMU trains daily; ten of
1247-589: The platforms are long enough to cater to trains with more than 24 coaches. Goods and parcel trains also originate and terminate here. The Howrah–Barddhaman main line is the busiest line that connects this station. In 1849, a contract was signed between the East Indian Railway Company and East India Company and an initial amount allocated for the first section between Howrah and Raneegunge ( Raniganj ) via Pandooah ( Pandua, Hooghly ) and Burdwan ( Bardhaman ). Frederick Walter Simms ,
1290-600: The rail line to Calcutta was discussed frequently. On 17 June 1851, George Turnbull , the Chief Engineer of the East Indian Railway Company and his team of engineers submitted plans for a railway station at Howrah. Not realizing the future importance of railways in the country, the government authorities decided not to purchase the land and expensive water front needed for the project in January, 1852. Turnbull then developed alternative development plans that estimated
1333-742: The standard he felt was needed (he later regretted declining the knighthood, if only because it reduced his later earning power). In 1856 the Bengal Government appointed Turnbull to be the Commissioner of Drainage and Sewerage. In 1861 Turnbull was appointed a member of the Syndicate of the Calcutta University. In Calcutta in 1861 the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company employed Turnbull to redesign
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1376-477: The wide Sone River were particularly challenging to bridge. Major constraints for Turnbull were the lack of both quality clay and local brick-building skills resulting in the change to importing nearly all ironwork from England (before the Suez canal) for the many bridges, rails, engines, etc as no Indian steel works existed. Another constraint was the difficulty of moving enormous volumes of materials from Calcutta up
1419-414: Was a cantilever bridge. The nearby Rail Museum, Howrah was opened in 2006, and contains a section dedicated to the heritage and history of Howrah railway station. The railway museum, located south of the station, displays artefacts of historical importance related to the development of Eastern Railway. From 1909 to 1943 the Fairy Queen , the world's oldest operational steam locomotive, was displayed on
1462-500: Was appointed Chief Engineer of the East Indian Railway , building 1851–1862 India's first main-line railway 541 miles (871kms) from Calcutta to Benares , (on the route to Delhi ); 601 miles (967kms) including branches. He designed Calcutta's terminus at Howrah which now has 23 platforms and the highest passenger and freight train-handling capacity of any station in India. The monsoon-ravaged Ganges tributaries, such as
1505-550: Was awarded CII-IGBC Silver Rating becoming the first green railway station among metropolitan cities in India. The book Vibrant Edifice: The Saga of Howrah Station by Eastern Railways was released in 2005. This was written to celebrate the centenary of the building. Until 1992, there was a tram terminus at Howrah Station. Trams departed for Sealdah Station , Rajabazar , Shyambazar , High Court , Dalhousie Square , Park Circus , Ballygunge , Tollygunge etc. Trams also departed for Bandhaghat and Shibpur . The tram terminus
1548-597: Was born in Luncarty , 5 miles north of Perth , Scotland in 1809, the 11th and last child of William Turnbull and Mary Sandeman. Eight children were still living when the family moved in 1814 to nearby Huntingtower village, where his father successfully developed a linen bleachfield . His two grandfathers Hector Turnbull and William Sandeman had jointly developed bleachfields in Luncarty. Initially largely schooled by his older sister Mary, George in 1819 from age 10 rode
1591-628: Was born on 14 July 1856 in Calcutta 9 months after their wedding. They had six children: their infants Jane and later Rose were born in Calcutta and successively buried in the same grave in Circular Road. Born in Calcutta on 17 March 1860 was their son George. Born in London were their son Alexander Duncan Turnbull on 10 March 1863 and daughter Katie on 4 June 1864. The family retired to Cornwall Gardens in London and then in 1875 to Rosehill, Abbots Langley , Hertfordshire, England. The house Rosehill
1634-597: Was built in the 1820s and demolished circa 1952. The house stood on Gallows Hill where the Gade View flats are today. He was the Vice-Chairman of the Assam Tea Company – his younger son (Alexander) Duncan Turnbull worked for the company in London and then Assam , where Duncan's daughter Doris was born in 1898. George Turnbull's wife Fanny died in 1903. Applying his engineering skills, Turnbull wrote
1677-841: Was involved with his burial in Westminster Abbey . Turnbull was promoted to be resident engineer building the Bute Ship Canal and Bute Dock (now West Bute dock ) in Cardiff , reporting to William Cubitt and meeting Lord Bute regularly. In August 1836 George went to Bristol to see the 1 1 ⁄ 2 -inch bar drawn between the River Avon's precipices for the future Clifton Suspension Bridge . Isambard Kingdom Brunel visited him at his Cardiff works in 1839. Amongst other journeys, Turnbull's January 1837 diary records travel from Cardiff to his parents' Perthshire home:
1720-592: Was later bought by the Stockton and Darlington Railway . In 1841 he travelled through deep snow to Stirling to agree a contract to supply sleepers for the railway. In 1843 he was resident engineer for William Cubitt for the railway line from the Shakespeare Tunnel along the shore to Dover station (he entertained the Duke of Wellington , "pale, old and shaky on his legs" , who visited the works) and built
1763-546: Was later extended to Delhi . He had some 100 British civil engineers and 118,000 Indian workers. All railway lines, engines etc etc were brought from Britain in ships (before the Suez Canal existed) -- most then went in Indian ships up the Ganges river, despite monsoons. On completion, Turnbull was gazetted by the Indian government as the "First railway engineer of India". He declined a British knighthood. George Turnbull
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1806-591: Was opened to the public on 15th March 2024. George Turnbull (civil engineer) St Katharine Docks, London ; West Bute dock, Cardiff ; Middlesbrough Dock ; Dover railway ; Seacombe wall ; George Turnbull was the Scottish engineer responsible from 1851 to 1863 for the construction of the first Indian long-distance railway line: Calcutta to Benares up beside the Ganges river, 541 miles (871 kilometres), (601 miles including branches). The main line
1849-554: Was partially closed in 1971 while the Bandhaghat and Shibpur lines were closed. Many unauthorized vehicles and pedestrians began to traverse the tram tracks and so the routes were not continued. The terminus station was converted to underpasses and a bus terminus. The part of the tram terminus for other routes continued to function until 1992, when the Rabindra Setu ( Howrah Bridge ) was declared unfit to carry trams because it
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