Ladies Special Suburban Trains
In 2009, the union minister for railways, Ms Mamata Baneerjee announced the introduction of Ladies Special local trains namely "matribhumi" (i.e. motherland)in the Kolkata suburban section. The ladies special trains run on the following routes.
- Howrah - Bandel
- Howrah - Kharagpur
- Sealdah - ranaghat
- Sealdah - Canning
- Sealdah - Bongaon
- sealdah - baruipur
- sealdah - krishnanagar
- sealdah - barasat
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