[5] It is one of the five intercity large railway stations serving the Kolkata metropolitan region, India.

[5] SER serves local trains to Amta, Mecheda, Panskura, Haldia, Kharagpur and Medinipur and mail/express trains to Central, West and South India from here.

Whilst the station had existed for many years on the line to Howrah railway station, work for its upgrade to a railway terminal started in 2015.

[5] In 2018 two people died due to a stampede at the railway station.

[6] According to The Hindu, they died of being crashed by a train while crossing the railway tracks on foot.