Eastern Railway is a zone of the Indian Railways. Its headquarter is at Fairley Place, Kolkata and it comprises Howrah, Malda, Sealdah, and Asansol divisions. The name of the divisions denotes the name of the city where the divisional headquarter is located. Indian Railways (IRY) is the state-owned railway company of India. ... Kolkata (Bangla: কলকাতা, Hindi: कोलकाता), formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and was capital of British India until 1912. ... Howrah (also spelled Haora) is an industrial city in West Bengal, India. ... Malda is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... http://railindia. ... Asansol is an important industrial city in the state of West Bengal, India and the third largest city in West Bengal, after Kolkata and Howrah. ...
In 2002 a new zone East Central Railway was created comprising Eastern Railway's Danapur, Dhanbad and Mughalsarai divisions. The East Central Railway is one of the 16 railway zones in India. ... Danapur is a satellite town of Patna in Bihar province of India on the right bank of the Ganges. ... Dhanbad is one of the districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Dhanbad town is the district headquarters. ... Mughalsarai, located around 10 km from Varanasi, India, is a famous railway junction. ...
THE railways first came to easternIndia in 1854 with the objective of "binding India by iron chains", to use the words of Lord Dalhousie, the Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856.
In its 150th year now, EasternRailway, the legacy of the British Raj once used also as an instrument of suppression, is today the pride of the nation.
Mahatma Gandhi often travelled in the EasternRailway sector, whether it was to offer his support to the agitating indigo growers of Champaran or to comfort the people of Bihar after the devastating earthquake of 1934.
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