Howrah Metro

Howrah Metro is a railway station in Bally Jagachha, Howrah, West Bengal. Howrah Metro is situated nearby to the railway station Howrah Junction, as well as near the food court Food Track.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Howrah Station and Howrah Bridge.

Howrah Station

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Howrah Station, also known as Howrah Junction, is a major railway station of Kolkata in India. It not only connects the city to the rest of the country, but also acts as a major hub to connect different destinations of West Bengal and beyond.

Howrah Bridge

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The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking both sides of Kolkata. Howrah Bridge is situated 620 metres east of Howrah Metro.

Howrah metro station

Metro station

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Howrah metro station is a metro station on Kolkata Metro's Green Line in Howrah, India. Built underneath the Howrah railway station's new and old complex, the metro station allows interchanging with other zones of Indian Railways as part of the Howrah station transport hub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include BBD Bagh and Jorasanko.

BBD Bagh

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BBD Bagh, short of Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, is the colonial-era precinct of Kolkata. Formerly known as Dalhousie Square or simply Dalhousie, the district takes a visitor back to the British Raj era with nostalgic overtones.

Jorasanko

Suburb

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Jorasanko is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. It is so called because of the two wooden or bamboo bridges that spanned a small stream at this point.