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The double-decker was renamed as Albert and was traveled from Sydney to London via India on October 8, 1968. It took about 132 days for the bus to reach London. Albert Tours was a company based in England and Australia and it operated on London–Calcutta–London and London–Calcutta–Sydney routes. [9]
The first UK–India bus service was "The Indiaman", run by London-based Garrow-Fisher Tours. [1] This left Victoria Coach Station on 15 April 1957 and returned after a 20,000-mile (32,000 km) journey to Calcutta on 2 August.
Kolkata is home to the second largest road network in India, only after New Delhi.As of 2022, total road network in the city's metropolitan area is 4018 km [1] while the city proper has road network of 1850 km. [2] The following is a list of major roads, streets and avenues in the Kolkata ().
Eastern Metropolitan Bypass (also known as E.M. Bypass or EM Bypass) is a 32 kilometres (20 mi) long six to eight-lane major bypass road on the east side of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. [1]
National Highway 19 (NH 19) is a national highway in India. [1] It was previously referred to as Delhi–Kolkata Road and is one of the busiest national highways in India. After renumbering of national highways, Delhi to Agra route is now national highway 44 and Agra to Kolkata route is numbered national highway
This 169 kilometres (105 mi) long expressway will reduce travel time Kolkata & Sambalpur. Currently Kolkata to Sambalpur by road takes 12 hours 30 mins to cover 576 kilometres (358 mi). The Tatanagar - Rourkela Expressway will increase Kolkata to Sambalpur distance to 631 kilometres (392 mi), but will reduce 1 hour 15 minute travel time.
With 2,448 vehicles per kilometre of road, Kolkata has the highest car density in India. [203] This leads major traffic congestion. The city's main bus terminals are located at Esplanade and Howrah. [205] The Kolkata–Delhi and Kolkata–Chennai prongs of the Golden Quadrilateral, and National Highway 12 start from the outskirts of the city. [206]
In 1964 Qantas started a third route to London via Tahiti, Mexico, and the Caribbean, called the Fiesta Route. [50] Qantas dropped its Southern Cross Route and Fiesta Route in 1975. By 1969, Qantas had 11 Kangaroo Route flights a week from Sydney to London, taking 29–32 hours with 5–6 stops each; BOAC's 7-9 weekly flights previously had 7 ...