Editing Howrah (section)

==Transport==
Howrah can be accessed from its many rail links, road links to National Highways, as well as its [[Transport in Kolkata|transport connections to Kolkata]]. Apart from the bridges connecting the cities, there are also ferry services between various jetties.

===Rail===
[[File:Howrah Station.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Howrah Station]]]]
[[Howrah railway station]] (more commonly referred to as Howrah Station) is the major railway station serving Howrah, Kolkata and the neighbouring districts. It is the second busiest rail station in India, along with being the largest railway station in terms of number of platform. It was established in 1854 when a railway line was constructed connecting the city to the coalfields of [[Bardhaman district|Bardhaman]]. Howrah Station serves as a terminal for two railway zones of India: the [[Eastern Railway (India)|Eastern Railway]] and the [[South Eastern Railway (India)|South Eastern Railway]], and it is connected to most of the major cities of India. From Howrah both Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway operates connecting various stations of the districts of Howrah, [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]], Bardhaman, [[Purba Medinipur district|East Midnapore]] and [[Paschim Medinipur district|West Midnapore]]. Within Howrah city itself, there are twelve more stations, the most prominents being [[Santragachi Junction railway station|Santragachi]] and [[Shalimar railway station|Shalimar]].

===Metro rail===
{{see also|Green Line (Kolkata Metro)}}
[[File:Howrah metro station.jpg|thumb|Howrah metro station (under construction)]]
Howrah is served by the [[Green Line (Kolkata Metro)|Green Line]] with Salt Lake in Kolkata via a tunnel under River Hooghly. The Metro line connects Howrah to Esplanade as well which will act as interchange where commuters can change sides to travel on the North-South line.
On the Howrah side, the 2 Stations will be at [[Howrah metro station|Howrah Station]] and [[Howrah Maidan metro station|Howrah Maidan]]. These stations are open for public. The Metro currently connects Howrah Maidan Station on one side to Esplanade Station on the other. Howrah & Mahakaran stations lying in between.The Esplanade to Sealdah section is still under construction as of 13 September 2024 estimated to be completed by 2025.

===Roads===
The total road length in Howrah is approximately {{cvt|300|km|mile}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hmc.org.in/home/engineering.php |title=Engineering Department |publisher=Official website of the Howrah Municipality |access-date=31 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006123707/http://www.hmc.org.in/home/engineering.php |archive-date=6 October 2008 }}</ref> Howrah hosts a branch of the [[Grand Trunk Road]] – this was built, starting 1804, by the Public Works Department of the British administration.<ref name=OMC119 /> The road starts at the [[Indian Botanical Gardens|Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bsienvis.nic.in/PDF/Newsletter%2015(1).pdf |title=ENVIS Newsletter |access-date=20 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319212040/http://www.bsienvis.nic.in/PDF/Newsletter%2015(1).pdf |archive-date=19 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and connects to the main road near [[Chandannagar]].<ref name=OMC119/> Howrah also connects the metropolitan region to the national highways – [[National Highway 16 (India)|NH 16]] and [[National Highway 19 (India)|NH 19]], which are connected to Vidyasagar Setu via the [[Kona Expressway]].

===Bridges===
[[File:Howrah Bridge-Rabindra Setu.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Howrah Bridge]]]]
Howrah and Kolkata are separated by the [[Hooghly River]]/[[Ganges]] and connected by four bridges across the river. These are the:

*[[Howrah Bridge]], also known as ''Rabindra Setu''
*[[Vidyasagar Setu]], also known as the ''second Hooghly Bridge''
*[[Vivekananda Setu]], also known as ''Bally Bridge''
*[[Nivedita Setu]], also known as ''Second Bally Bridge''

The [[cantilever|cantilever style]] [[Howrah Bridge]] and the [[Cable-stayed bridge|cable-stayed]] [[Vidyasagar Setu]] are counted among the longest bridges in the world within their types.<ref name="NSBA-longbridge">{{Cite web |url=http://www.aisc.org/Content/ContentGroups/Documents/NSBA5/20_NSBA_LongestSpans.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020601114245/http://www.aisc.org/Content/ContentGroups/Documents/NSBA5/20_NSBA_LongestSpans.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 June 2002 |title=National Steel Bridge Alliance: World's Longest Bridge Spans |last=Durkee |first=Jackson |publisher=American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc |date=24 May 1999 |access-date=4 January 2009}}</ref>

===Other transport===
There are ferry services available, between various jetties in Howrah and Kolkata, which was introduced in the 1970s.<ref name=eiasia>{{cite web |url=http://www.wbgov.com/e-gov/admin/newgovtpublications/upload/Chap-Chapt2.pdf |title=East-West Kolkata Metro Corridor: EIA and SIA (Chapter 2) |publisher=Government of West Bengal |access-date=21 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606041100/http://www.wbgov.com/e-gov/admin/newgovtpublications/upload/Chap-Chapt2.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The jetties on Howrah side are at Howrah Station, Ramkrishnapur, [[Shibpur]], [[Shalimar Station|Shalimar]], [[Salkia|Bandhaghat]], [[Belur Math]], [[Bally, Howrah|Bally]] and Nazirganj. 
Howrah is also served by [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]], located in [[Dum Dum|Dumdum, Kolkata]]. The Airport will soon be connected to Howrah via Metro service which is presently under-construction.