T H E L A R G E R  P E R S P E C T I V E

Situated on the banks of the river Hooghly, the Howrah station is the oldest railway station in India, having its first commercial train in 1854. However the building we see today was built in 1905. Today it is one of the busiest railway stations in the world with around 600 trains passing through its 23 platforms each day.