West Bengal Local Trains

The Local trains of West Bengal branch throughout the state to carry millions of commuters every day. Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal is served by local trains through Howrah station and Sealdah station and they are two of the busiest train stations in the world. The whole of West Bengal prefers the convenience of local trains for it is fast, has high capacity of carriage and operate frequent services. The fare is also inexpensive and it connects various parts of the cities, its nearby districts and suburbs. The districts covered by the local trains of West Bengal include North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Howrah, Hooghly, and many others.

The Howrah division of Eastern Railways serves Liluah, Belur and Bally in the northern part of Howrah district; Rishra, Serampore, Chandernagore and Bandel in the eastern part of Hooghly district; and, Tarakeswar in the central part of Hooghly district. The important junction of Bardhaman is connected with Howrah through the towns of Serampore, Chandernagore and Bandel. It is also accessible via Dankuni, Baruipara, Kamarkundu and Massagram. The Howrah South Eastern Section covers Tikiapara, Dasnagar, Ramrajatala, Santragachi which further divides and sub divides itself to cover many other places of importance by local trains in West Bengal. This includes Digha, Haldia, Kharagpur and Midnapore.

The suburban local train terminal in Sealdah has 2 sections, Sealdah Main and Sealdah South. Local trains from Sealdah branches to places like Birati, Madhyamgram, Barasat, Dattapukur, Habra, Bongaon, Budge Budge, Barrackpore, Naihati, Ranaghat, Shantipur, Diamond Harbor, Laxmikantapur, Jainagar, Dankuni and Hasnabad.