[5][6] Kolaghat Thermal Power Station, with its six tall chimneys, one for each of the 210 MW units, is a landmark on this line.

[7] Haldia dock complex handled 31.015 million tonnes of traffic in 2011–12.

[9] Haldia Petrochemicals, a modern naphtha based petrochemical complex and the second-largest project of its kind in India, has been a catalyst for the development of a large number of downstream industries.

Kharagpur was connected to Howrah with the opening of the Rupnarayan bridge on 19 April 1900.

Haldia Dock Complex, a part of Kolkata Port Trust, was commissioned in 1977.

[11] Indian Railways propose to lay a new line connecting Sealdah and Haldia, with the distance being shorter by 70  km than the Howrah–Haldia track.

[16] There are EMU car sheds at Tikiapara (for Howrah), Panskura and Kharagpur.

[20] Howrah and Kharagpur on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.