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Kolkata Circular Railway, also known as the Kolkata Chakra Rail (Bengali: কলকাতা চক্র রেল), is a 36.20 km (22.49 mi) long railway loop line operated by the Sealdah division of the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways, encircling the city of Kolkata.
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It is linked to the Sealdah South section via the Kolkata Circular Railway at Dum Dum Junction and Kankurgachi Road Junction railway stations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It connects Kolkata to the rest of the country via the Calcutta Chord link line and the Naihati–Bandel branch line , which link it to the districts of Howrah and Hooghly on the west bank of ...
Fairley Place, Kolkata: Locale: West Bengal and Jharkhand, and some parts of Bihar: Dates of operation: 14 April 1952; 72 years ago () – Predecessor: East Indian Railway: Technical; Track gauge: Broad gauge (BG) & narrow gauge (NG) Electrification: 2,222.620 kilometres (1,381.072 mi) Length: 2,818.484 kilometres (1,751.325 mi) Other; Website ...
To resolve the congestion problem, Indian Railways sanctioned the remodeling of the Santragachi railway yard in November 1962 and sanctioned the building of a direct link from Andul on the Howrah–Kharagpur line to the Calcutta Chord link line in the railway budget of 1959–60. This was to reduce the distance between Andul and the Calcutta ...
It is a part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway and is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division of the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. [1] It is linked to the Sealdah Main and North section via the Kankurgachi Chord line at Park Circus and via the Kolkata Circular Railway at Majerhat Junction. [1]
The Eastern lines of Kolkata Suburban Railway comprises 14 Local train routes that are operated by the Eastern Railway zone, serving the Kolkata metropolitan region and its neighbouring areas in West Bengal, India. The Line consists of a total 266 stations and the entire line is at grade.
In the 2013 Railway Budget, the Railway Board increased the Kolkata suburban ticket fare by eight paise per kilometre, although the railway ministry has hiked it by two paise per kilometre. The number of slabs has also been reduced to four— ₹ 5 (5.9¢ US), ₹ 10 (12¢ US), ₹ 15 (18¢ US) and ₹ 20 (23¢ US)—from the eight slabs earlier.