Shalimar railway station
Shalimar railway station is a Railway Terminus located in Shibpur, Howrah of West Bengal. It is one of five large intercity railway stations serving the Kolkata metropolitan region, India.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: Railway Station in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Shalimar Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prinsep Ghat railway station and Khiddirpur railway station.
Prinsep Ghat railway station
Railway station
Photo: Jonoikobangali, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prinsep Ghat railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station adjacent to James Prinsep Memorial in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Only a few local trains halt here. The station has two platforms. Its station code is PPGT. Prinsep Ghat railway station is situated 1½ km east of Shalimar railway station.
Khiddirpur railway station
Railway station
Photo: Pinakpani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Khiddirpur railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station located in Kidderpore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It serves local areas of Kidderpore, Watgunge, Ekbalpur and the Calcutta Dockyard areas in Kolkata district. Khiddirpur railway station is situated 2 km south of Shalimar railway station.
Lascar War Memorial
Monument
Photo: Kinjal bose 78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lascar War Memorial, located on Napier Road in the Hastings area of Kolkata, is a memorial dedicated to the memory of the 896 lascars who died serving on ships of the Royal Navy and British Merchant Service during World War I. Lascar War Memorial is situated 1½ km east of Shalimar railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hastings and Kidderpore.
Hastings
Suburb
Hastings is a neighbourhood of Central South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kidderpore
Suburb
Khidderpore is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Shibpur
Suburb
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
Shibpur is a neighbourhood in Howrah of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Shibpur is situated 2½ km northwest of Shalimar railway station.
Shalimar railway station
- Categories: station located on surface, station, and transportation
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.55515° or 22° 33′ 19″ northLongitude
88.31539° or 88° 18′ 55″ eastOperator
SERNetwork
IROpen location code
7MJCH848+35OpenStreetMap ID
node 3322735363OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Shalimar railway station” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “শালিমার রেলওয়ে স্টেশন”
- Chinese: “舍利默尔站”
- French: “gare de Shalimar”
- French: “Gare de Shalimar”
- French: “Shalimar”
- Hindi: “शालिमार रेलवे स्टेशन”
- Malayalam: “ഷാലിമാർ റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷൻ”
- Santali: “ᱥᱟᱞᱤᱢᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱞᱣᱮ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ”
- Tamil: “சாலிமர் தொடருந்து நிலையம்”
- Urdu: “شالیمار ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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