Howrah Junction railway station

E196582

railway junction railway station

Howrah Junction railway station is one of India’s busiest and oldest railway hubs, serving as a major gateway to Kolkata and eastern India.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Howrah Junction railway station canonical	45
Howrah Junction	37
Howrah railway station	5
Howrah Station	1
Howrah Station building	1
Howrah railway station (across the Hooghly, serving the city)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1752547 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Howrah Junction railway station
Context triple: [Howrah, knownFor, Howrah Junction railway station]

A. Kamakhya Junction railway station
Kamakhya Junction railway station is a major rail hub in Guwahati, Assam, serving as an important gateway to the region and the nearby Kamakhya Temple.
B. Rajshahi Railway Station
Rajshahi Railway Station is a major rail hub in western Bangladesh that connects the city of Rajshahi with key destinations across the country.
C. Guwahati Junction railway station
Guwahati Junction railway station is a major rail hub in Assam and one of the busiest and most important railway stations in Northeast India.
D. Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station
Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station is a key rail hub in West Bengal, India, serving the town of Bolpur and the nearby cultural and educational center of Santiniketan.
E. Sibi Railway Station
Sibi Railway Station is a key railway junction in Balochistan, Pakistan, serving as an important stop on major national rail routes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Howrah Junction railway station
Target entity description: Howrah Junction railway station is one of India’s busiest and oldest railway hubs, serving as a major gateway to Kolkata and eastern India.

A. Kamakhya Junction railway station
Kamakhya Junction railway station is a major rail hub in Guwahati, Assam, serving as an important gateway to the region and the nearby Kamakhya Temple.
B. Rajshahi Railway Station
Rajshahi Railway Station is a major rail hub in western Bangladesh that connects the city of Rajshahi with key destinations across the country.
C. Guwahati Junction railway station
Guwahati Junction railway station is a major rail hub in Assam and one of the busiest and most important railway stations in Northeast India.
D. Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station
Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station is a key rail hub in West Bengal, India, serving the town of Bolpur and the nearby cultural and educational center of Santiniketan.
E. Sibi Railway Station
Sibi Railway Station is a key railway junction in Balochistan, Pakistan, serving as an important stop on major national rail routes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway junction ⓘ railway station ⓘ
adjacentTo	Howrah bus terminus ⓘ
connectedByBridge	Howrah Bridge ⓘ Vidyasagar Setu ⓘ linked to: Vivekananda Setu
connectedByBridgeTo	Kolkata ⓘ linked to: Calcutta
country	India ⓘ
electrificationStatus	electrified ⓘ
handlesTrafficType	freight trains ⓘ long-distance trains ⓘ suburban trains ⓘ
hasFacility	book stalls ⓘ cloak room ⓘ computerized ticketing system ⓘ electronic train information boards ⓘ escalators ⓘ food courts ⓘ foot overbridges ⓘ lifts ⓘ luggage scanning ⓘ parking area ⓘ prepaid auto-rickshaw services ⓘ reservation counters ⓘ retiring rooms ⓘ security checkpoints ⓘ subways ⓘ taxi stand ⓘ waiting rooms ⓘ
hasPlatformType	terminal platforms ⓘ through platforms ⓘ
hasTerminal	Howrah new complex ⓘ linked to: Howrah bus terminus Howrah old complex ⓘ linked to: Howrah bus terminus
isOneOf	busiest railway stations in India ⓘ oldest railway stations in India ⓘ
locatedIn	Howrah ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea	Kolkata metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: Kolkata Metropolitan Area
locatedOnRiver	Hooghly River ⓘ
numberOfPlatforms	23 ⓘ
openingDate	1854 ⓘ
operator	Indian Railways ⓘ
ownedBy	Indian Railways ⓘ
primaryFunction	major rail gateway to Kolkata and eastern India ⓘ
railwayZone	Eastern Railway zone ⓘ South Eastern Railway zone ⓘ
servesCity	Howrah ⓘ Kolkata ⓘ linked to: Calcutta
stationCode	HWH ⓘ
structureType	standard on-ground station ⓘ

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Referenced by (90)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Howrah → knownFor → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Howrah → hasTransportHub → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Howrah → hasLandmark → Howrah Station building ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Howrah Bridge → locatedNear → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station → connectsTo → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Ara Junction railway station → connectsTo → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Bareilly Junction → connectsTo → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Eastern Railway → majorStation → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Kamakhya Junction railway station → connectsTo → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Prayagraj Junction → connectsTo → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Dibrugarh railway station → connectsTo → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Howrah railway division → divisionHeadquarter → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Howrah railway division → majorStation → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Eastern Railway zone → hasMajorStation → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Santragachi → nearestMajorRailwayStation → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Liluah → nearestMajorRailwayJunction → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Liluah railway yard → locatedNear → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Howrah bus terminus → near → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Howrah bus terminus → adjacentTo → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Howrah bus terminus → connectsTo → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Howrah bus terminus → integratedWith → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line → terminus → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Shibpur → near → Howrah Station ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Howrah Sadar subdivision → hasMajorTransportHub → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Kolkata Metropolitan Area → hasMajorRailwayStation → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Howrah–Bardhaman main line → terminus → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Howrah–Bardhaman main line → hasStation → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Midnapore railway station → connectsTo → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Rajdhani Express → firstRouteStart → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line → startPoint → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line → startPoint → Howrah railway station ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line → hasTerminalStation → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Barddhaman Junction → distanceFrom → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Barddhaman Junction → connectsTo → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India → hasTransportInfrastructure → Howrah railway station (across the Hooghly, serving the city) ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Kolkata → hasMajorRailwayStation → Howrah Junction ⓘ

subject linked to: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

New Delhi–Howrah trunk route (via Kanpur–Prayagraj) → terminus → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

New Delhi–Howrah trunk route (via Kanpur–Prayagraj) → majorStation → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

CNB → connectsTo → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Howrah–Delhi main line → startPoint → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Howrah–Delhi main line → majorStation → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Mughalsarai Junction railway station → connectsTo → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Danapur railway station → connectsTo → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Asansol Junction → connectsTo → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Bandel Junction railway station → connectsTo → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Bandel Junction railway station → locatedWestOf → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Konnagar → nearestMajorRailwayJunction → Howrah Junction ⓘ

linked to: Howrah Junction railway station

Eastern Railway → majorTerminal → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

subject linked to: ER

Uluberia railway station → connectsTo → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

Uluberia railway station → distanceFrom → Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ

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