Top 10 Largest railway station in india

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Engineer of the East Indian Railway Company and his team of engineers submitted plans for a railway station at Howrah. Not realizing the future importance of railways in the country, the government authorities decided not to purchase the land and expensive water front needed for the project in January, 1852. Turnbull then developed alternative development plans that estimated the cost at 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 size of the construction project - of whether Howrah should be a large station or Howrah be a smaller station in favour of a larger station being developed at another time - was debated from time to time during this process.Eventually land was bought.

The East Indian Railway Company and the East India Company signed a contract in 1849, and an initial money was granted for the first segment between Howrah and Raneegunge (Raniganj) via Pandooah (Pandua, Hooghly) and Burdwan (Bardhaman).[21] In 1846, Frederick Walter Simms, the Government of India's consulting engineer, proposed a station on the right bank of the Hooghly. However, after the fund was approved, Howrah was picked as the location of the new line's terminus.[22] At the time, a bridge spanning the Hooghly River with a span of 1,700 feet (520 m) considered impractical.[23] The issue of linking the rail line to Calcutta was regularly addressed in the following years.[23] On June 17, 1851, George Turnbull, Chief Engineer of the

The first experimental locomotive left Howrah on 18 June 1853^{[citation needed]} for the 37.5 miles to Pandoah.There was a gap between laying the line and opening it up since the ship carrying the carriages sank while the locomotive ended up in Australia. Eventually the carriages were built locally and the locomotive was directed to CalcuttaThe first public departure from Howrah for the 23.5 miles to Hooghly was on 15 August 1854.^] During this period, the station was located at what is now the office of the divisional railway manager of Howrah.It consisted of one line and platform, a ticket window and a supporting building.Two weeks later the line to Pundoah was opened.In the first 4 months, over 109,000 passengers used the service. The locomotive was of the same type as the Fairy Queen

Indians on their way to European colonies in the early 1800s came through the Howrah Station.^[31]