Departing from the biggest station, crossing offlink, surprise & handful of trains: WAP-7 Black Diamond
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Video No.- 1464
On an early cold winter morning, 30370 HWH WAP- 7 powered 22387 Howrah (HWH)- Dhanbad (DHN) BLACK DIAMOND Superfast departs from Howrah Junction amidst thick fog around. At the adjacent platform, the 18 hours late running 12332 Jammu Tawi (JAT)- Howrah (HWH) HIMGIRI Tri-...
more... Weekly Superfast is seen getting ready to be shunted to the yard by a HWH WDS- 6R. Another blue Shunter is seen busy shunting the rake of 13051 Howrah (HWH)- Siuri (SURI) HOOL Express to the designated platform.
Next, we see a parallel action between a SER EMU and a KGP WDM- 3A heading towards the station, the later shunting the empty rake of 12857 Howrah (HWH)- Digha F.S. (DGHA) TAMRALIPTA Superfast. The train would commence its journey with an off-link 21307 VSKP WAM- 4 6P, and the HOOL with 22289 HWH WAP- 4.
Later, shockingly, we cross 25019 SRC WAP- 4 heading towards the station from the HWH ELS, and the stationary 12346 Guwahati (GHY)- Howrah (HWH) SARAIGHAT Superfast with 20076 WDP- 4 in lead.
Finally, after taking the HB Main line, as we accelerate, we meet a solitary 11403 HWH WDM- 3D, and then race past the HWH ELS and ETS (Electric Trip Shed).
As a matter of fact, Howrah is the only station in India to be the Headquarter of 2 Divisions, namely ER and SER. And is also the only station in India to have cab road facility. The cab roads are situated in between platforms 8 and 9, and 21 and 22. It allows travellers to park their cars right in front of their respective coaches. And with 23 platforms, it is also India's biggest station.