Indivar Das Goswami's video: HOWRAH RAILWAY STATION ANNOUNCEMENT

HOWRAH RAILWAY STATION ANNOUNCEMENT The announcement audio was recorded during the pandemic situation ( Covid 19) INFORMATION ABOUT HOWRAH STATION:- Howrah railway station, also known as Howrah Junction, is a railway station located in the city of Howrah, West Bengal, India.[7] It is the oldest and largest railway complex in India (the original structures of the two older stations, Bombay and Thane, are no longer operational).[8][9] It is one of the busiest train stations in the world.[10] About 600 passenger trains pass through the station each day, utilising its 23 platforms, and serving more than one million passengers per day.[2] Howrah is one of five intercity train stations serving the Kolkata metropolitan area (including Howrah and its twin city of Kolkata), the others being Sealdah, Santragachi, Shalimar and Kolkata railway stations. __________________________________________________________________________ HISTORY:- 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. In January 1852, the government authorities decided not to purchase the land and expensive water frontage needed for the project, not then realising the future importance of railways. Turnbull then developed other plans to cost an estimated 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 first locomotive left Howrah on 18 June 1853 for the 37.5 miles to Pundoah. Plaque at Howrah station for first train in Eastern India on 15 August 1854 Great crowds celebrated the first public departure from Howrah for the 23.5 miles to Hooghly on 15 August 1854.[11][12][13] 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.[14] The Bengal-Nagpur Railway was extended to Howrah in 1900, thus making Howrah an important railway centre.[15] So in 1901, a new station building was proposed. The British architect Halsey Ricardo designed the new station.[15] It was opened to the public on 1 December 1905.[16][15] This is the current Howrah station building including 15 platform tracks. On 3 March 1969, the first Rajdhani Express left Howrah for New Delhi. In the 1980s, the station was expanded to include 8 new platforms on the south side of the station. At the same time, a new Yatri Niwas (transit passenger facility) was built south of the original station frontage. 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 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 was a cantilever bridge. The new terminal complex was finished in 1992, creating a total of 19 platforms.[13] This was extended by a further 4 platforms in 2009.[13] In October 2011, India's first double-decker train left Howrah for Dhanbad. The first service of the Antyodaya Express started on 4 March 2017 between Ernakulam Junction and Howrah. __________________________________________________________________________ All the pictures are used only for entertainment purpose. Credits goes to respected owners. Audio recorded by Indivar Das Goswami. __________________________________________________________________________ THANKS FOR WATCHING DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE.