Kolkata Stretcar Track

to BANDEL JN. and DANKUNI JN. to NAIHATI JN. to BARASAT JN. Kolkata 22./23.10.2004 M DUM DUM Streetcar track map: driving is on the left r in operation / with own right-of-way the second track from the right tracks seeming to be operable e is used to make the turns of the regular passenger trains track trunks which are not operable v other routes in 1996 according to Tasker i other suspended routes according to CTC map TALA 11 [13] R actual / former route number according to CTC ULTADANGA ROAD Suburban trains and ‘Circular Railway’ according to Narayanan: Galif [12] i BELGATCHIA in operation under construction l Street [13] 1 2 11 PATIPUKUR A.P.C. Rd[ 20 ] M Note: The route along the Hugly River can’t be confirmed by my own g 12 Belgatchia observations. Bagbazar SHYAM BAZAR R.G. Kar Rd u BAG BAZAR M M metro railway pb pedestrian bridge 1 2 [4] 11 H Shyambazar BIDHAN NAGAR ROAD pb TIKIAPARA [8] 5 SOVA SOVA BAZAR – M BAZAR 6 AHIRITOLA Bidhan Nagar to PANSKURA JN. Aurobinda Sarani 17 housing block [4] 20 20 [12] [13] [ 12 ] 17 loop Esplanade [10] Rabindra Setu Nimtala enlargement (Howrah Bridge) pb [4] 1 [8] GIRISH 2 Howrah [10] M PARK 5 BURRA 6 15 Bidhan Sarani Rabindra Sarani 11 BAZAR 11 12 20 [21] [26] V.I.P. Rd 15 HOWRAH 11 12 M.G. 30Rd MAHATMA Maniktala Main Rd RAILWAY GANDHI 20 30 Acharya Profullya Chandra Rd STATION M ROAD M.G. Rd 20 Howrah [16] 17 17 Northbound routes are [12] [13] [16] M turning counterclockwise, Bridge 15 Mahatma Gandhi Rd 20 20 southbound routes are [4] 11 12 15 17 [ 12 ] 17 ESPLANADE 12 20 turning clockwise. Rabindra S [8] 20 [21] [21] B.B.D. Bag [10] [26] 2 6 22 24 29 30 (Dalhousie Square) 1 [26] governmental 30 long distance CENTRAL 2 buses B.B.D. BAG 5 Rajabazar 15 private M College St B.B. Ganguly St 6 12 12 long distance pb buses Raja Rammo- CHANDNI 2 6 han Sarani EDEN GARDENS [13] CHOWK 22 24 M [13] [14] [13] Fg Angenäherter Maßstab [25] [16] Surya High Court 29 30 ESPLANADE 1 [14] Sen St there is a 5 [16] SEALDAH huge bazar 0 1 2 M Nirmal Ch. St RAILWAY under the bridge STATION Kilometer Lenin Sarani 1 5 12 17 24 36 Esplanade 12 17 20 Vidhyasagar Bridge 1 5 20 20 Lenin Sarani [ 12 ] 17 12 17 [21] [26] Red Rd 12 22 [25] GARUDA’S BANERJEE HALT PRINCEP GHAT 17 20 20 PARK [ 12 ] M 20 24 29 30 STREET 17 [21] [35] 36 [37] Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Rd A.J.C. Bose Rd 22 Elliot Rd [26] [25] HASTINGS M MAIDAN Nonapukur Work Shop Khidirpur Rd New Park St ? ? The work shop’s track layout couldn’t Birla [ 20 ] 20 20 36 20 12 17 be noted because it was hermetically [21] 22 [25] [26] 20 locked. 36/24 Planetarium 17 22 G.R.C. Rd RABINDRA Kidderpore SADAN M 24 PARK 29 Park 36 CIRCUS 36/24 30 Circus KHIDIRPUR Syed Amir Ali Av [35] 36/24 [37] [25] Diamond Harbour Road NETAJI BHAWAN M [26] REMOUNT ROAD 24 24 [ 37 ] [27] 29 30 36/24 JATIN DAS PARK M housing block Alipur Rd Gariahat loop General note on the routes of the Gariahat Rd streetcar lines: Hazra Rd (presumable abandoned) 30 The condition of the route BALLY- If there is Esplanade or B.B.D. Bag to Behala and Joka makes the Kalighat GUNGE the turning point of a streetcar impression to be operable Rash Behari Av 24 24 24 Ballygunge journey isn’t completely predictable. It immediately. 29 [ 37 ] MAJERHAT KALIGHAT M 36/24 24 seems that it is dependent from the 24 [ 24 ] [27] [25] [26] 24 29 24 29 37 concrete traffic conditions and to BUDGE BUDGE [27] 36/24 36/24 service plans of the staff. NEW ALIPORE Sometimes you can also observate line numbers (e.g. 4, 8, 10, 14) which TOLLY- aren’t possible if the trains are not GUNGE Rd Mukharji S.P. DHAKURIA running on already abandoned Diamond Harbour Road 24 LAKE GARDENS tracks. On the other side, these Train composition: [ 37 ] [27] [35] [37] RABINDRA SAROBAR M 24 observations make me doubtful that 29 29 the routes along Rabindra Sarani and Temple Aurobinda Sarani are really not in driver (completely sur- to CANNING and KAKDWIP via SONARPUR JN. operation... rounded by the road) 1. class Behala Sketch and design: Rd Maximilian Dörrbecker, [email protected] Sources: women Sasmal D.P. [ 24 ] [37] • personal observations from 22./23.10.2004 37 TOLLYGUNGE M • CTC home page – Calcutta Tramways Company Ltd. (http://www.calcuttatramways.com) 2. class • Sridhar Narayanan: Kolkata Metro and Circular Railway Map. Date: 16.1.2004 24 29 29 (http://irfca.org/users/delhimetro/maps/kolkata_metro_circular_rail.pdf) Joka Tollygunge • William Tasker: Das Aus für Kalkuttas Straßenbahn. In: Fern-Express 2/96, p. 43f [email protected] [email protected] [email protected].

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