Sealdah (West Bengal) railway lounge access

[Farhad sekh]

In west bengal, only sealdah (SDAH) has railway lounge access. Howrah(HWH) and Kolkata(KOAA) doesn't have this feature.

Occurance
It is available in sealdah main entry gate.
Use lift and go to 1st floor to access lounge.

Cards acceptance
ICICI card which has railway lounge features and IDFC cards, irctc co branded cards are accepted
Ticket is not necessary to avail the lounge.
( I have a local ticket of 5 rs when I have visited ,lol )

Food and ambience
Food is ofcourse hygienic and very tasty.

You have choice of veg or non veg thali.

Buffet system is not available unlike airport lounge

You will get complementary tea or coffe. Tea was of kesar tea
You will get 2 hours complementary to stay there and rest. After this you will be charged 50+ GST per hour .
I am attaching food picture.

Ambience is very cool and quite.

Chargeable food is also available. ₹200 for veg or non veg thali.

overall experience was good.

 

[boootlooop]

IDFC first Credit cards are accepted now. I visited yesterday and got the free access.

 

[panchabhut]

Sealdah is also in Kolkata
Kolkata has 2 stn, Sealdah & Kolkata while Howrah has 3 stn, Howrah, Santragachi & Shalimar
Entry fee for Sealdah is 100 for first 2 hr which is refunded if food bill is more than 500

 

[Farhad sekh]

Thanks for the update

IDFC first Credit cards are accepted now. I visited yesterday and got the free access.

 

[anirban.choudhuryanirban.choudhury is verified member.]

Last time I visited , it had buffet service but only veg options , good to see non-veg options being added
Where you charged fr the set thali also ?

 

[Farhad sekh]

Last time I visited , it had buffet service but only veg options , good to see non-veg options being added
Where you charged fr the set thali also ?

I visited on Feb 2023 , no buffet system was there.
No I have not charged for the thali as I accessed through ICICI coral

 

[Akash Topder]

Howrah have an executive lounge now

 

[anirban.choudhuryanirban.choudhury is verified member.]

C

Howrah have an executive lounge now

Cannot be accessed via card
You will need to pay

 

[Akash Topder]

I see. Okay

C

Cannot be accessed via card
You will need to pay

 

[iambidhan]

Accessed this Sealdah lounge more than 10 time in last few months. Sorry to say but the service is very basic compare to Delhi one. Quality is average and the quantity is not enough for 1. Although some of the staffs are professional and provide extra rice if requested.

 

[Zulu]

I had accessed using reserved train ticket and credit card. I want to know can I access using normal ticket. 😁

 

[AritraSaha]

I had accessed using reserved train ticket and credit card. I want to know can I access using normal ticket.

Bina ticket ka bhi ja sakta ho. They don't need ticket to enter..

 

[Somnath]

I have seen many videos on YouTube saying IDFC First credit card is being denied by Sealdah IRCTC EXECUTIVE LOUNGE authority. Those videos were nearly 1 year ago. Can someone confirm if they are accepting IDFC FIRST Bank credit card for complementary lounge access now ? Thanks.

 

[Somnath]

IDFC first Credit cards are accepted now. I visited yesterday and got the free access.

What are the privileges you got at free of cost ? Can you explain all the details kindly? It'll be very helpful for me as I want to visit there using my IDFC FIRST MILLENNIUM CARD.

 

[Somnath]

Accessed this Sealdah lounge more than 10 time in last few months. Sorry to say but the service is very basic compare to Delhi one. Quality is average and the quantity is not enough for 1. Although some of the staffs are professional and provide extra rice if requested.

Did you use credit card for the free access? If yes, which credit card did you use ?

 

[CARDiologist]

I have also visited there last month through Bob irctc card.The reception lady was confused when I showed him my Bob card and then later she accepted it.Ambience was good & got complimentary tea.

 

[Farhad sekh]

How many lounge card you have?

Accessed this Sealdah lounge more than 10 time in last few months. Sorry to say but the service is very basic compare to Delhi one. Quality is average and the quantity is not enough for 1. Although some of the staffs are professional and provide extra rice if requested.

 

[ravipr]

How many lounge card you have?

Seems he has converted railway lounge to dating ka adda.

 

[nirmalya]

Accessed Sealdah Railway Lounge yesterday using for 3 people using my credit cards. They did not check any names on the card. IDFC First Millennia, AU Zenith and ICICI Coral all 3 worked. Food quality was also better I than expected.

 

[leonneel]

Hi, my wife has idfc millenia I have coral rupay and we want to visit but what about my 4 year old kid? Do I have to pay for him?