West Bengal Police

About Us

Organisation Structure

Function

Jurisdiction

Running Note on GRP

About Us

West Bengal Railway Police, HQ is located at New Secretariat Building, 9th & 2nd Floor, “A” & “B” Block, 1, Kiran Sankar Roy Road, Kolkata – 700001,
Control Room: 033 - 2262-5370 /5374/5379(FAX).
Email ID: dgrailwb@gmail.com , digrailwayswb@gmail.com

Administrative facts:

• The Government Railway Police is a separate branch of General Police force and is enrolled under Act V of 1861.
• There are 44 Railway Police Stations (GRPSs) and 84 Railway Police Posts (GRPPs) of the four Railway Police (GRP) Districts of Sealdah, Howrah, Siliguri and Kharagpur.
• Has a force of about 3341 personnel as on March, 2018.
• Covers area across 4000 Kms of Railway tracks which have 715 Railway Stations and Junctions through which almost 3,000 trains originate/pass through or terminate and on an average 4.5 million passengers travel through this State.
• Headed by a Director General of Police assisted by one Inspector General of Police and one Deputy Inspector General of Police.
• Has 04 (four) sections headed by Superintendent of Police.

Rank	Office Number	E-mail I/D
DG & IGP, Railways, West Bengal	(033) 2262-5375	dgrailwb@gmail.com
IGP, Railways, West Bengal	(033) 2262-5378	igprailwayswb@gmail.com
DIGP, Railways, West Bengal	(033) 2262-5345	digrailwayswb@gmail.com
SRP, Siliguri	0353-2526685	srpsiliguriwbp@gmail.com
SRP, Sealdah	(033) 2556-8007	srpsealdahwbp@gmail.com
SRP, Howrah	(033) 2640-3600	srphwhpolice@yahoo.com
SRP, Kharagpur	03222-229100	Kgp_srp@yahoo.co.in

Contact Us

• Phone or meet the officer on duty at the nearest GRP Police Station / Post.
• Meet any gazetted officer or phone him.
• Contact GRP HQ at Kolkata on phone 033-2262-5370/5374/5379 (FAX), Control Rooms Howrah GRP District: (033) -2641-3256/3096/4217(FAX), Sealdah GRP District: (033)2556-8726/(033)2528-5349/ (033)-2532-4523(FAX), Kharagpur GRP District: 03222-226924/228044/ 03222-227938 (FAX) and Siliguri GRP District: 0353-2432770 / 0353-2432770(FAX).

CONTACT AND OTHER DETAILS OF HOWRAH GRP DISTRICT
Name of Police Station	Email Id	In charge No	Division	State
Howrah	howrahgrps2017@gmail.com	033-26413508	Howrah	West Bengal
Belur	belurgrps@gmail.com	033-26460714	Do	Do
Sheoraphuli	sheoraphullygrps@yahoo.in	033-26320251	Do	Do
Bandel	bandelgrps@yahoo.in	033-26315275	Do	Do
Burdwan	burdwangrps@yahoo.in	034-22560429	Do	Do
Andal	andalgrps@gmail.com	0341-2374002	Do	Do
Asansol	asansolgrps@yahoo.in	0341-2302574	Asansol	Do
Kamarkundu	kamarkundugrps@gmail.com	03212-233356	Howrah	Do
Suri	surigrps@yahoo.in	03462-253908	Do	Do
Sainthia	sainthiagrps@yahoo.in	03462-263432	Do	Do
Katwa	katwagrps@gmail.com	03453-255088	Do	Do
Kalna	kalnagrps@gmail.com	03454-256681	Do	Do
Azimganj	azimganjgrps@yahoo.in	03454-256681	Do	Do
CONTACT AND OTHER DETAILS OF KHARAGPUR GRP DISTRICT
Name of Police Station	Email Id	Incharge No	Division	State
Shalimar	shalimargrps@yahoo.in	033-26880987	Kharagpur	West Bengal
Uluberia	uluberiagrps@yahoo.in	033-26610232	Do	Do
Panskura	panskuragrps@yahoo.in	03222-255034	Do	Do
Haldia	haldiagrps@yahoo.in	03224-265801	Do	Do
Digha	grpsdigha@yahoo.com	03220-266335	Do	Do
Kharagpur	grpskgp@gmail.com	03222-255034	Do	Do
Jhargram	jgmgrps@gmail.com	03221-256931	Do	Do
Bankura	bankuragrps@yahoo.in	03251-243471	Adra	Do
Adra	adragrps@yahoo.in	03251-243471	Do	Do
Purulia	puruliagrps@yahoo.in	03252-225976	Do	Do
CONTACT AND OTHER DETAILS OF SEALDAH GRP DISTRICT
Name of Police Station	Email Id	Incharge No	Division	State
Sealdah	grpssealdah@gmail.com	033-23503940/ 23832161	Sealdah	West Bengal
Dum Dum	dumdumgrps@gmail.com	033-25581625/ 25324410	Do	Do
Naihati	naihatigrps@gmail.com	033-25814398	Do	Do
Ranaghat	rgtgrps@gmail.com	03473-217003	Do	Do
Krishnanagar	krishnagar@gmail.co	03472-252813	Do	Do
Berhampore	berhamporegrps@gmail.com	03482-251420	Do	Do
Bongaon	bongaongrps@gmail.co	03215-255004	Do	Do
Barasat	bstgrps@gmail.com	033-2562-2427	Do	Do
Ballygunge	ballygungegrps@gmail.com	033-24415733	Do	Do
Jadavpur	jadavpurgrps@gmail.com	033-24138370	Do	Do
Sonarpur	sonarpurgrps@gmail.com	033-24341682	Do	Do
Baruipur	baruipurgrps@gmail.com, grpsbaruipur@gmail.com	033-24338731	Do	Do
Diamond Harbour	diamondharbourgrps@gmail.com, diamondharbourgrps8@gmail.com	03174-258919	Do	Do
CONTACT AND OTHER DETAILS OF SILIGURI GRP DISTRICT
Name of Police Station	Email Id	Incharge No	Division	State
New Jalpaiguri	njpgrps@gmail.com	0353-2690214/ 2691851	Katihar	West Bengal
New Maynaguri	nmxgrps@gmail	03561-234219/ 235401	Alipurduar	Do
New Mal	nmzgrps@gmail.com	03562-255127/ 257097	Do	Do
New Coochbehar	ncbgrps@gmail.com	03582-240038/ 241251	Do	Do
Dalkhola	grpsdlk@gmail.com		Katihar	Do
Malda Town	mldgrps@gmail.com	03512-266489/ 294199	Malda & Katihar	Do
Siliguri Town	slgtgrps@gmail.com	0353-2516123/ 2514234	Katihar & Alipurduar	Do
Alipurduar	apdjngrps@gmail.com	03564-270414	Alipurduar	Do

Jurisdiction under Railway Zone

SL No.	Name of the Zone	Head Quarters	Concern Railway Division in West Bengal	Concern GRP Section
1.	Eastern Railway	Fairley Place, Kolkata	Malda Howrah Asansol Sealdah	SRP, Siliguri SRP, Howrah SRP, Howrah SRP, Sealdah
2.	South Eastern Railway	Garden Reach	Kharagpur Adra Ranchi	SRP, Kharagpur SRP, Kharagpur SRP, Kharagpur
3.	Northeast Frontier Railway	Maligaon, Guwahati	Alipurduar Katihar	SRP, Siliguri SRP, Siliguri

Function

The duties of the Railway Police are maintenance of law and order, general policing and providing overall security for the Railway operations in West Bengal is done by the Government Railway Police (GRP) with the help, aid and assistance of concerned District Police Forces and Police Commissionrates adjacent to whose jurisdiction the railway tracks pass. Their role is also crucial in the protection of the Railway tracks, bridges and culverts from sabotage. The Government Railway Police have in addition the following special duties;

1. To maintain order at Railway stations and in trains. The term order duties comprises:
     a. Control of passenger traffic within station premises, especially on platforms, in booking offices, waiting halls, at entrance and exit gates and wherever specially required in emergencies by the station officials;
     b. Control of vehicular and other traffic in station premises;
     c. Maintenance of order in passenger trains halted at stations and prevention of over-crowding in carriages;
     d. Supervision of loaded passenger trains standing in station;
     e. Arrest of persons guilty of committing nuisance, removal of persons suffering from infectious diseases and keeping of station premises clear of unauthorized hawkers;
     f. Examination of empty carriages on arrival at terminal stations for property left behind by passengers and inspection of carriages with a view to seeing that fittings have not been tampered with;
     g. Removal of bodies of persons who died in trains or on station premises and conveyance to hospital of sick passengers;

2. To support to the proper authorities railway or civil the commission of offences under the Railways Act, and cases of fraud or oppression on the part of railway personnel;
3. To enquiry into accidents on railway.
4. To render assistance to railway officers and to the travelling in so far the rendering of such assistance is compatible with their own duties as Police Officers.
The Govt. Railway Police are responsible for the prevention and detection of crime on railways.

Steps taken for the facility of passengers

Police booths established at every railway station, having a Police Station or an outpost of GRP.
Public Address system, with the help of Railways, was put to use for the purpose of creating security awareness among the passengers.
Anti –sabotage check to prevent explosions.

Running Note on GRP

The Railway Police came into being in Bengal on January 1, 1867 to prevent theft, robberies and numerous other crimes committed on East India Railway which was operating in the Bengal Presidency consisting of not only the present day State of West Bengal in the Indian Union but the other States of Bihar, Jharkhand and parts of Odisha and Assam besides Bangladesh. However, realizing that the Bengal Police was protecting the property of commercial railway firm, a committee in 1872 commended separation of the railway police into two distinct parts, one for performing traffic duties and the other for carrying watch and ward duties. The latter has evolved into Railway Protection Force under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India. Government Railway Police (GRP) was further reorganized consequent to the recommendations of the second Police Commission of 1902-03.

Post independence, the West Bengal Railway Police has been functioning as a branch of West Bengal Police within the purview of Police Act V of 1861; it’s functioning being guided broadly in terms of Police Regulations of Bengal, 1943. Initially it was headed by an officer designated as DIGP (Traffic & Railways), West Bengal with the office located at 9/1, Hungerford Street, Kolkata – 700017. In the year 1990, the post of IGP, Railways, West Bengal was created with the office at the same premises. The year 2000 marked the separation of Traffic from Railways as a separate establishment in West Bengal Police and creation of the post of ADGP, Railways, West Bengal who started functioning with effect from 16th June, 2000 with office at ‘Shantiniketan Building’, 8, Camac Street, Kolkata.

In may, 2013, entire Railway Police establishment was shifted to ‘New Secretariat Building’ at 1, Kiran Shankar Roy Road, Kolkata – 700001 and set up as ‘Government Railway Police Headquarters, West Bengal’ as an Integrated Headquarters headed by the Additional Director General of Police, Railways, West Bengal. He is assisted in his tasks by the IGP, Railways, West Bengal who heads the Railway Police Zone and DIGP, Railways, West Bengal who is the Range DIGP for Railway Police in West Bengal. In West Bengal has nearly 4000 Kms of Railway tracks which have 715 Railway Stations and Junctions through which almost 3,000 trains originate/pass through or terminate and on an average 4.5 million passengers travel through this State, on 454 Mail / Express / passenger trains and 465 Local Trains every day, it is very important aspect of ensuing mobility through this strategically located Frontline State which has International boundaries with three South Asian countries and the entire North Eastern Indian being connected through it. This is achieved through the 44 Railway Police Stations (GRPSs) and 84 Railway Police Posts (GRPPs) of the four Railway Police (GRP) Districts of Sealdah, Howrah, Siliguri and Kharagpur. The sanctioned strength for this Branch of the State Police is 5570 while the actual manpower available at the end of March, 2018 was 3341. The concerned Zonal Railways have to bear the cost of 50% of the cost of employment upto the rank of SRP. Besides the Crime and Accounts Sections, this Hqrs also maintains a Railway Police Control Room to effectively coordinate the functioning of the 04 GRP District and their field units as well as to timely disseminate information to the senior officers of this Hqrs to enable them discharge their functions effectively. It also helps in the liaison and coordination with RPF and Railway authorities.