Santragachi railway station
| Santragachi Junction Indian Railway Station Junction Station | |
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| Address |
Howrah, Howrah, West Bengal India |
| Coordinates | 22°35′02″N 88°17′03″E / 22.5838°N 88.2843°ECoordinates: 22°35′02″N 88°17′03″E / 22.5838°N 88.2843°E |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Line(s) | Howrah-Mumbai, Howrah-Chennai and Howrah-Guwahati |
| Connections | Taxi Stand, Santragachi Bus Stand, Kona Expressway |
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) |
| Platforms | 6 |
| Tracks | 6 |
| Parking | Available |
| Other information | |
| Station code | SRC |
| Zone(s) | South Eastern Railway (India) |
| Station status | Functioning |
| Location | |
  Santragachhi railway station Location in West Bengal
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Santragachi railway station is a railway junction on the South Eastern Railway, at Santragachhi
Railway Zones
The South Eastern Railway serves local trains to Amta, Mecheda, Panskura, Haldia, Kanthi, Medinipur and Kharagpur; and mail/express trains to Central, West and South India. Bengal Nagpur Railway, which is now known as South Eastern Railway, was connected to Howrah station in 1900. This time, the 3 mile long short branch from Santragachhi to Shalimar Station was also created for redirecting heavy traffic of export goods, for further carrying them to Kidderpore dock in Kolkata via large ferry steamers.
Significance
Earlier superfast express and mail trains didn't have any stop at Santragachi station. In fact not even a single express train stopped at this station. In the recent days communication between Santragachi and Howrah-Kolkata has improved considerably. Taxi stands and bus stands have been set up to cater to the off board passengers travelling in various directions. There is a dedicated Volvo bus service to connect this area to Netaji Subhash Chandra International Airport, Kolkata. All these factors contributed to the rise of Santragachi as an important railway station. Furthermore, people tend to avoid excessive rush in Howrah station and often get down at Santragachi to board cabs and buses. Almost all Howrah/Shalimar bound express/mail trains stop here except a few like Duronto Express. However these express/mail trains starting from Howrah/Shalimar do not stop at Santragachi station in their outward journeys. nowadays, a few trains originate from Santragachi station to Ajmer, Porbandar, Nanded etc. and a Viwek Express running to Mangalore Central starting from Santragachi. Some Summer Special trains also start from here.
Trains
12840 Howrah Mail
12864 Howrah Express
12857 Tamralipta Express
18001 Kandari Express
18030 Shalimar LTT Express
12151 Samarsata Express
18646 East Coast Express
12704 Falaknuma Express
12872 Ispat Express
12886 Aranyak Express
12822 Dhauli Express
12022 Barbil Howrah Janshatabdi
15721 Paharia Express Kolkata
12884 Rupashi Bangla Express
18002 Kandari Express
18048 Amaravathi Express
18029 Howrah Express
12842 Coromandel Express
15722 Paharia Express
12885 Aranyak Express
18006 Koraput Howrah Samaleswari Express
18410 Sri Jagannath Express
12814 Steel City Express
12858 Tamralipta Express
12509 Bangalore City Guwahati Express
12859 Gitanjali Express
12828 Howrah Express
12809 Howrah Mail
16323 Shalimar Express
0801 Tata Gorakhpur Special
467SE Howrah Bhadrak Passenger
468 Bhadrakh Howrah Passenger
464SE Adra Howrah Passenger
MM2SE Kharagpur Howrah MEMU Passenger
201SE Howrah Puri Santragachi Passenger
0823 Howrah Digha Special
0824 Digha Howrah Special
1SDSE Santragachi Digha DMU
12660 Gurudev Express
12513 Secunderabad Guwahati Express
12515 Trivandrum Guwahati Express
12888 Howrah Express
12896 Howrah Express
16324 Shalimar Trivandrum Express
12659 Gurudev Express
12507 Guwahati Express
0807 Santragachi Puri Special/0807
12869 Howrah Express
15227 Muzaffarpur Express
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