Tala railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in

Shyambazar Shyambazar is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The area, under Shyampukur police station of Kolkata Police, has been, along with neighbouring Bagbazar, the citadel of the Bengali ari ...

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. It serves the local areas of Shyambazar and

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in the

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. Only a few local trains halt here. The station has two platforms, and is mainly a freight yard. Its station code is TALA.

Station

Complex

The platform is not very well sheltered. The station lacks many facilities including water and sanitation. It is connected to the Jessore Road. There is no proper approach road to this station.

Layout

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 3, 3B, 3C/1, 3C/2, 3D, 3D/1, 30A, 30B, 30B/1, 30C, 30D, 32A, 34B, 34C, 43/1, 47B, 78, 78/1, 79B, 91, 91A, 93, 201, 202, 211A, 214, 214A, 215/1, 219, 219/1, 222, 227, 230, 234, 234/1, 237/1, DN18, KB16, KB22, K1, K4, JM2, JM4, 007, 7 (Mini), S158 (Mini), S159 (Mini), S160 (Mini), S161 (Mini), S164 (Mini), S168 (Mini), S180 (Mini), S181 (Mini), S185 (Mini), S189 (Mini), C11, C45, C50, D4/1, D11, D23, E14, E19D, E32, E51, EB1, EB1A, M34, MX1, MX2, MX3, S9A, S10, S11, S12C, S15G, S21, S32, S32A, S45, S56, S57, S58, T8, 11A, 33, AC2B, AC17B, AC20, AC35, AC40, AC54 serve the station.

Metro

Shyambazar metro station Shyambazar is a station of the Kolkata Metro located in the Shyambazar area. It is the sixth metro station of Line 1 of Kolkata Metro from the north. History Construction The station Structure Shyambazar is underground metro station, situat ...

and

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are located nearby.

Air

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References

Sealdah railway division Railway stations in Kolkata Transport in Kolkata Kolkata Suburban Railway stations Kolkata Circular Railway {{WestBengal-railstation-stub