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Kolkata Circular Railway

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Railway line in Kolkata

Kolkata Circular Railway
A local train atBagbazar railway station
Overview
OwnerIndian Railway
LocaleKolkata
Termini
Stations
  • Total stations: 19
  • Interchange stations: 8
WebsiteEastern Railway
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemKolkata Suburban Railway
ServicesDum Dum-Majerhat and Majerhat-Bidhannagar Road
Operator(s)Eastern Railway
Depot(s)Kolkata
Majerhat
Rolling stockEMUs
History
Opened11 January 1875; 150 years ago (1875-01-11)
Technical
Line length36.2 km (22 mi)
Number of tracks2
CharacterAt grade and elevated
Track gauge5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)broad gauge
Electrification25 kV overhead line
Operating speedup to 65 km per hour
Route map

km
km
Up arrow
Up arrow
Noapara
2
Noapara Metro Depot
Kestopur Canal
Up arrow
3
Dum Dum
Cantonment
Dum Dum
Junction
0
Down arrow
line dismantled
Jessore Road
5
Jessore Road
Bimanbandar
7
Biman Bandar
Yellow Line
(under const.)
LowerRight arrow
Patipukur loop
line (dismantled)
Belgachia
2
2
Patipukur
Ultadanga Road
3
Lansdown mill siding
Kolkata
4
Brown Blanket
mill siding
Down arrow
Kestopur Canal
Cossipore Road
Goods Shed
Bidhan Nagar Road
FCI siding
3
Bidhannagar Road
CESC siding
Press House siding
Kankurgachi Road
5
Kankurgachi Road
Junction
Tala
5
Kankurgachi
Chord line
6
Sir Gurudas
Banerjee Halt
ferry/water interchangeBagbazar
6
Narkeldanga
EMU Carshed
Circular Canal
ferry/water interchange
Sovabazar
Ahiritola
8
8
Sealdah North
8
Sealdah Main
ferry/water interchangeBurra Bazar
9
Left arrow
8
Sealdah South
Beliaghata Diesel
Loco Shed
9
Kamardanga Halt
ferry/water interchangeB.B.D. Bag
10
Beruck & Comens
siding
Babughat
Eden
Gardens
12
11
Park Circus
Prinsep GhatPrinsep Ghat
13
Hindusthan Engineering
& Industrial Ltd. siding
BESCO siding
Khidderpore
16
13
Ballygunge Junction
Remount Road
17
15
Lake Gardens
Majerhat
18
Left arrow
Purple Line
(under construction)
Right arrow
Left arrow
16
Tollygunge
Rabindra Sarobar
New Alipore
17
Tollygunge Bridge
km
km
Key
Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm)
Kolkata Metro (KM)broad gauge (1676 mm)
Kolkata Metro (KM)standard gauge (1435 mm)
narrow gauge (762 mm)

in use
out of use, planned, or
under construction (u/c)
tunnel
This diagram:

Kolkata Circular Railway, also known as theKolkata Chakra Rail (Bengali:কলকাতা চক্র রেল), is a 36.20 km (22.49 mi) long railway loop line operated by theSealdah division of theEastern Railway zone ofIndian Railways, encircling the city ofKolkata.[1]

Services

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The line begins and terminates atDum Dum Junction, with a total of 19 stations spread over the route's 36.20 km (22.49 mi) length(Dumdum junction toMajerhat viaPrincepghat route :- 18 km (11 mi) &Majerhat toDumdum junction viaBallygunge Junction route :- 18.2 km (11.3 mi)). Services on the line are operated as an extension of theKolkata Suburban Railway, partially sharing tracks with theSealdah South section.[1]

Circular rail line coming from Bidhannagar Road is crossing Sealdah south line near Parkcircus.

The tracks mostly run along theHooghly river and through Kolkata's central business district, carrying around 36,000 passengers daily. There are also direct services which connect this line to theSealdah South section skippingSealdah via the Kankurgachi Chord line.[2] The line is mostly served by 9-carEMU rakes from the Narkeldanga EMU carshed and 12-car EMU rakes from the Sonarpur EMU carshed.[3]

The Circular Railway offers direct interchange points with theBlue Line of theKolkata Metro atDum Dum Junction andTollygunge railway stations while serving a number of prominent city landmarks includingPrinsep Ghat andEden Gardens.[4] The line acts as a major connecting link between theSealdah South and theSealdah North sections of theKolkata Suburban Railway.[1]

Circular rail line coming from Kolkata rail station is passing under Sealdah north line near Bidhannagar Road.

Kolkata railway station, one of the major railway stations ofKolkata, lies on this line and acts as a major terminus for many national and international long-distance trains like theAkal Takht Express,Hazarduari Express,Maitree Express andBandhan Express to name a few.[5]

History

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Calcutta Port Commissioners' Railway

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The Calcutta Port Commissioners' Railway (reporting mark:CPCR) was abroad gauge (BG) port railway that opened in stages from 1875 onwards serving the docks area of Calcutta along the bank of theHooghly fromChitpur in the north toKidderpore Docks in the south.[6][7]

The first CPCR line opened fromBaghbazar, the then terminus of the Calcutta Municipal Railway to Meerbohur Ghat (present day Meer Bahar Ghat) in 1875. TheBaghbazar terminus was connected northwards to theCossipore Gun & Shell Factory near Chitpur on 1878.[6]

The line was extended southwards up to Kidderpore Docks and was opened to goods traffic by 1891. By 1893 the line was constructed up toChetla. A branch line was also built in 1893 from Kidderpore Docks toMajerhat[6]

In 1936, the CPCR owned 55 locomotives and 1789 goods wagons.[8] The last steam locomotives were retired in 1976.[9]

Eastern Bengal Railway

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See also:Eastern Bengal Railway
Circular rail line is crossing Sdah south line near Parkcircus

In the northern half, the Chitpur Terminus extension was built in 1903 and connected with Dum Dum by the Eastern Bengal Railway (reporting mark:EBR).[10]

A loop line meant for goods traffic was built fromDum Dum junction toDum Dum Cantonment viaPatipukur on 1904.[10]

In the southern section theBudge Budge branch line was built fromBallygunge toBudge Budge. This line formed a connection to the CPCR lines atMajerhat andBrace Bridge junctions.[6][10]

In 1907 the Kankurgachi Chord line was built bypassingSealdah and linking the northern and southern sections of the Eastern Bengal Railway.[10]

Post-Independence

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With the silting ofHooghly river and inaccessibility of bigger ships most of the CPCR lines fell into disuse while the growing population and traffic problems ofKolkata made planners to think of new commuting solutions. The Ginwala Committee of 1947 and the Garbutt Report of 1966 recommended forming a Circular railway with elevated tracks for lower expenses and easier construction for a north–south corridor.[11][12]

A high level Metropolitan Transport Team set up by the Planning Commission in 1965 to study the metropolitan transport requirements ofBombay,Calcutta,Delhi andMadras recommended in case of Calcutta, the construction of a part of circular railway known as suburban Dispersal Line (Dum-Dum to Princep Ghat) to facilitate the dispersal of the commuters arriving at the railway terminus at Sealdah and Howrah and a provision of Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) for catering to the intra-city traffic .[13]

As a result, theBaghbazar-Prinsep Ghat line was rehabilitated and commissioned for passenger traffic on 15 August 1984. Services were subsequently extended northwards towardsTala and finally toDum Dum by 17 June 1990.[14]

ThePrinsep Ghat-Majerhat elevated section was commissioned in 2005 thus completing the Circular railway line.[15]

The Dum Dum Cantonment–Biman Bandar branch line was built by theEastern Railway zone of theIndian Railways and was inaugurated in July 2006. Due to losses and poor patronage owing to the location of the station and odd timings of the services, the services on the line were closed down in 2016. The line was further dismantled in 2020 to make way for theYellow Line.[16][17]

Stations

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Names inbold indicate that the station is a major stop or an important interchange/terminal station.

#Station NameConnectionsPictureNotes
EnglishBengaliCode
1Dum Dum Junctionদমদম জংশনDDJSealdah Main and North sectionBiggest railway junction in Kolkata
Blue Line (Dum Dum metro station)
2PatipukurপাতিপুকুরPTKR –
3KolkataকলকাতাKOAA – Major railway station of Eastern Railway
4TalaটালাTALA –
5BagbazarবাগবাজারBBR Bagbazar Launch Ghat, former interchange with tram
6Sovabazar Ahiritolaশোভাবাজার আহিরীটোলাSOLA Sovabazar Launch GhatTourist spot:Rajbari
Ahiritola Ghat
7Burrabazarবড়বাজারBZB Jagannath Ghat
8B.B.D Bagবি.বা.দী. বাগBBDB Fairlie Place Ghat, former interchange with tramTourist spot:Millennium Park,Currency Building, also major office buildings likeGeneral Post Office, Police HQ, Reserve Bank,Writers Building
9Eden Gardensইডেন গার্ডেন্সEDGOutram GhatTourist spot:Gwalior Monument, also major buildings likeCricket Stadium,High Court,Assembly,Town Hall
10Prinsep Ghatপ্রিন্সেপ ঘাটPPGTPrinsep GhatTourist spots:Princep Ghat,Fort William,Laskar War Memorial
11KhiddirpurখিদিরপুরKIRPformer interchange with tramElevated Khidirpur rail station with single line, and dock at the background
12Remount Roadরিমাউন্ট রোডRMTR –

13MajerhatমাঝেরহাটMJTSealdah–Budge Budge branch line
Purple Line (Majerhat metro station), former interchange with tram
14New Aliporeনিউ আলিপুরNACCSealdah–Budge Budge branch line
15Tollygungeটালিগঞ্জTLGSealdah–Budge Budge branch line
Blue Line (Rabindra Sarobar metro station), former interchange with tram
16Lake Gardensলেক গার্ডেন্সLKFSealdah–Budge Budge branch line
17Ballygungeবালিগঞ্জBLNSealdah South section, former interchange with tramBig railway junction
18Park Circusপার্ক সার্কাসPQSSealdah South section
19Sir Gurudas Banerjee Haltস্যার গুরুদাস ব্যানার্জি হল্টSGBA
20Bidhannagar Roadবিধাননগর রোডBNXRSealdah Main and North section, former interchange with tram

Proposed stations

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The platform of Kamardanga station, after abandonment during construction

Two new stations were planned in the Kankurgachi Chord line section of the line betweenPark Circus andSir Gurudas Banerjee Halt stations, namely Kamardanga Halt (servingTangra) and Beliaghata Main Road but the plan was ultimately cancelled.[18] Although the construction of the Kamardanga Halt station was started on 27 February 2011, it was not completed and currently lies abandoned.[18]

Gallery

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See also

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References

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  1. ^abc"Sealdah Division System Map"(PDF). Retrieved11 November 2021.
  2. ^"Tallah block on train tracks for 20 days in February". Retrieved26 October 2021.
  3. ^"Highlights of TRS Organisation, Sealdah division, Eastern Railway". Retrieved30 November 2021.
  4. ^"SEALDAH DIVISION – AN OVERVIEW". Retrieved26 October 2021.
  5. ^"Departures from Kolkata ER/Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry".indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved14 February 2022.
  6. ^abcd"" Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 41". Retrieved26 October 2021.
  7. ^"India Railway Board: History Of Indian Railways Constructed And In Progress". Retrieved26 October 2021.
  8. ^World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. p. 226d.
  9. ^Hughes, Hugh (1979).Steam Locomotives in India, Part 3 – Broad Gauge. The Continental Railway Circle. p. 82.ISBN 0-9503469-4-2.
  10. ^abcd"Administration Report on Railways 1918" pages 42-43 (pdf 51-52)". Retrieved26 October 2021.
  11. ^"Calcutta - Pride in a Tube". Retrieved26 October 2021.
  12. ^"Electritication of Calcutta Railways"(PDF).
  13. ^"HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REPORT PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE (1988-89) (EIGHTH L OK SABHA) METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT PROJECT CALCUTTA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD)"(PDF). Retrieved26 October 2021.
  14. ^"Speech of Shri Bansi Lal Introducing the Railway Budget for 1985-86 on 14th March, 1985"(PDF). Retrieved26 October 2021.
  15. ^"Speech of Shri Lalu Prasad Introducing the Railway Budget for 2006-07, on 24th February 2006"(PDF). Retrieved26 October 2021.
  16. ^"Services End on Kolkata's Circular Railway". Retrieved26 October 2021.
  17. ^"Defunct Circular Rail track dismantled".The Times of India. Retrieved5 October 2021.
  18. ^ab"Sudip Bandyopadhyay, MP, will announce commencement of work for construction of Kamardanga Halt station between Park Circus and Gurudas Banerjee Halt in the Eastern Railway's Sealdah South Section on Sunday. Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee will be present. - Times of India".The Times of India. 26 February 2011. Retrieved14 February 2022.
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