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  1. Ardhendu Mukherjee Avatar
    Ardhendu Mukherjee
    June 27, 2023

    First Eastern Railway Howrah to Pandua 28th June 1854, Experimental

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    1. অযান্ত্রিক Avatar
      অযান্ত্রিক
      June 28, 2023

      Thanks and my wishes

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  2. Anne Young Avatar
    Anne Young
    April 21, 2023

    Once again many thanks for your useful article which I referenced when researching my family history and the sad death of a cousin an a railway accident at Howrah https://anneyoungau.wordpress.com/2023/04/21/r-is-for-railway-accident/

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      অযান্ত্রিক
      April 21, 2023

      I am indeed very glad that the article served your research purpose. I thank you Anne once again

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  3. Debarati Avatar
    Debarati
    November 29, 2021

    Howrah is not the oldest station in India in terms of running the first locomotive, neither is it the oldest surviving station building. The heritage part of the current Howrah station building came up only in 1905. Even VT or CST was completed much before that. As your article itself says, the first station building of Howrah was demolished.
    Before EIR was formed in 1849, the Madras Railway Company came up in 1845. But their first service started only in 1856, two years after Howrah, from Royapuram in present day Chennai. This was the first railway service in South India. Although Royapuram ceases to be the most important station in Chennai after Egmore and Chennai Central came up, the station building in Royapuram continues to be the oldest functioning original railway station building in the entire subcontinent, as none of the original structures of Boribandar, Thane or Howrah exist any more. Royapuram station was falling into a dilapidated state. It is listed as a Grade I heritage structure by the TN State Govt. and it has been restored since. If you want references you’ll have to probably look into Railway archives. I am quoting an easier source. Read the book ‘Tamarind City’ by renowned journalist and author Biswanath Ghosh. It is from this book that I got the inspiration of visiting this station.

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    1. অযান্ত্রিক Avatar
      অযান্ত্রিক
      November 30, 2021

      Thank you Debarati for your interesting comments. Wishes

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  4. Surya Avatar
    Surya
    October 26, 2017

    Just nitpicking here. The Royapuram station in Chennai can be considered the oldest station in India. The station was opened in 1856 and is still operational. Unlike the Howrah station, which was torn down and a new station constructed in 1905, the Royapuram station has remained unchanged since 1856, except for renovations and repairs.

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    1. অযান্ত্রিক Avatar
      অযান্ত্রিক
      November 1, 2017

      Thanks so much, Suriya, for your interesting update. It is good to know that the heritage Station building of Royapuram is being nicely maintained since 1856. Very best wishes

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  5. Pradip Kumar Ray Avatar
    Pradip Kumar Ray
    November 28, 2015

    I doubt the claim of Howrah being the oldest railway station as I recollect that railway service was first introduced in Western India

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    1. অযান্ত্রিক Avatar
      অযান্ত্রিক
      December 1, 2015

      You are right, Mr Ray, in regard to railway services. The Great Indian Peninsula Railway, a predecessor of the Central Railway, was India’s ever first railway, the original 21 mile section opening in 1853, between Bombay and Tannah (Thane). I have no knowledge, however, of any train station in India older than Howrah. The historic railway station in Mumbai that serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways was built three years later in 1887. I shall be grateful if any reader may provide authentic documents to show otherwise.

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হাওড়া রেল ইস্টিসন, হাওড়া, ১৮৫৪ Howrah railway station is the oldest and the largest railway complex in India. The station owned by the East Indian Railway (EIR) formed in January 1847 by merging the East India Railway Company and the Great Western Bengal Railway Company (GWBRC) into one. See GWBRC and Dwarkanath Tagore On 17th […]

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