Sealdah railway division - Revision history

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Article updated with improved flow

->Asfaque95 at 12:54, 2 December 2021

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 Indian Railways proposed to use ferro concrete sleepers in large yards. Ferro concrete sleepers only trial was made in 1949 in the Langhola Ghat section of the Sealdah Division in Indian railways. ere there are very many difficulties.  For instance, they are heavy and each weighs about 6 mds.  The  handling  difficulty, the difficulty about fastenings, packing are all there unsolved.  They have to be experimented on a large scale before any definite opinion is given about them. <ref>https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1777/1/lsd_02_05_27-09-1958.pdf Page 21 </ref>
 == List of railway stations and towns ==
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 | style="text-align:center;" | halt stations
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 | style="text-align:center;" | '''Total'''
-| style="text-align:center;" | '''208'''
+| style="text-align:center;" | '''206'''
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 ==References==

>Edwardjeni at 18:46, 4 March 2021

2021-03-04T18:46:51Z

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'''Sealdah railway division''' is one of the four railway divisions under [[Eastern Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]]. This railway division was formed on 1854 and its headquarter is located at [[Sealdah]] in the state of West Bengal of India.

[[Asansol railway division]], [[Howrah railway division]] and [[Malda railway division]] are the other railway divisions under ER Zone headquartered at [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways |url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf |work=Indian Railways |access-date=13 January 2016 |format=[[PDF]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319003737/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,443,528,538 |title = Sealdah Railway Division|access-date = 13 January 2016 |website = [[Railway Board]]|publisher = [[Western Railway zone]]}}</ref>

Indian Railways proposed to use ferro concrete sleepers in large yards. Ferro concrete sleepers only trial was made in 1949 in the Langhola Ghat section of the Sealdah Division in Indian railways. ere there are very many difficulties. For instance, they are heavy and each weighs about 6 mds. The handling difficulty, the difficulty about fastenings, packing are all there unsolved. They have to be experimented on a large scale before any definite opinion is given about them. <ref>https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1777/1/lsd_02_05_27-09-1958.pdf Page 21 </ref>

== List of railway stations and towns ==
The list includes the stations under the Sealdah railway division and their station category.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statement showing Category-wise No. of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/StationRedevelopment/AI&ACategoryStns.pdf|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation Of Stations|url=http://www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1432447500773-23.Passenger%20Amenities%20PDF.pdf|access-date=15 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045206/http://www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1432447500773-23.Passenger%20Amenities%20PDF.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sealdah railway division - Operating Department |url=http://er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,442,462,471 |access-date= 19 January 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background:#ffd750;" | Category of station
! style="background:#ffd750;" | No. of stations
! style="background:#ffd750;" | Names of stations
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | A-1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | {{rws|Sealdah}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | A
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Naihati railway station|Naihati]], {{rws|Kolkata Chitpur}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | B
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:center;" | {{rws|Berhampore Court}}, [[Krishnanagar City Junction railway station| Krishnanagar City]], {{rws|Ranaghat}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | C
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | suburban station
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | D
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | E
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | F
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | halt stations
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Total'''
| style="text-align:center;" | '''208'''
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|}
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==References==
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[[Category:Sealdah railway division| ]]
[[Category:Divisions of Indian Railways]]
[[Category:1854 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Eastern Railway Zone|*]]

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