- Start
- Dec 1, 190590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
East Indian Railway Opens the New Howrah Station Building
- Howrah was the East Indian Railway's terminus from the first train on 15 August 1854; the first station began as a mud hut with one platform, with a red-brick building later[2][3]
- In 1900 the Bengal-Nagpur Railway opened the Calcutta Extension Line from Sini to Howrah (171 miles), which made a new building imperative; it was proposed in 1901 and designed by Halsey Ricardo for the East Indian Railway, whose terminus Howrah was[3]
- The North Wing with six platforms was built in 1905, with provision for four more in a South Wing; Wikipedia gives the rebuilding date as 1 December 1905[2][3]
- Howrah is now India's largest and busiest railway complex, with 24 platforms, electrified in 1957 (3 kV DC) and converted to 25 kV AC in 1968[2]
References 383% CONFIDENCE
The first entry is always the pin's source. Overall confidence is a weighted average of how firmly each reference supports the start and end times used above; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newest.
- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=IbsWW6Ln42Myoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Dec 1, 1905 ✓· 33% of score
FIBIwiki's history of the station states the new building "was brought into service on 1 December 1905," a specific documented date independent of the documentary.
- [2]80%Howrah Junction railway stationen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 19, 2026· 34% of score
Infobox and text record the station rebuilt on 1 December 1905.[1]
- [3]80%Howrah Railway Station - FIBIwikiwiki.fibis.org· Added Sep 15, 2026· Starts Dec 1, 1905· 33% of score
FIBIwiki's detailed station history independently documents the North Wing entering service on 1 December 1905, matching the milestone shown in the video.[1]
Suggest a correction
Something missing or wrong? Say it in your own words: a link that backs this pin up, a different start or end date and why, or a fact it lacks or gets wrong. The AI checks it against this pin's sources, searches for better ones, and adds any page that backs you up. The pin's own sources still count most.
