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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. [1]
The first train of the East Indian Railway, 1854. The Kolkata Suburban Railway is an offshoot of the second passenger railway to be built by the British in India. [1] The first train ran between Howrah and Hooghly stations on 15 August 1854 and was operated by the East Indian Railway (EIR).
Platform 3 mostly handles Up train in the Sealdah-Dankuni chord line section, Sealdah-Baruipara local, the Sealdah-Bangaon section, Kolkata-Lalgola MEMU and Sealdah-Lalgola Passenger and MEMU trains. It also handles a few trains in the Up Sealdah-Main Line section and trains coming from Budge Budge, Majerhat through Ballygunge Junction.
Eden Gardens is a railway station in Kolkata under the Kolkata Circular Railway (Chakra Rail) system.It belongs to the Eastern Railway.The station code is EDG. [1] [2] The station gets its name due to its proximity to the famous cricket stadium Eden Gardens of the same name.
The number of suburban trains is lower than long-distance trains. This station runs many long-distance express trains including two pairs of Garib Rath Express, Khwaja Garib Nawaz Madar–Kolkata Express etc. and one long-distance passenger train – Lalgola Passenger. There are five platforms, among them Platform 1 & 2 is used by only suburban ...
Kolkata Metro is the only metro system in India owned by the Indian Railways. It is operated by 2 subsidiaries of Indian Railways, the Metro Railway, Kolkata and Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation. Kolkata Metro Line 3 viaduct along the Diamond Harbour Road. Kolkata Metro Line 1 (Blue Line) is under the administration of Metro Railway, Kolkata.
This is a route-map template for the Kolkata Circular Railway, a railway loop line in India.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
This is the list of the stations of Kolkata Metro, a Mass Rapid transit Urban Railway network serving the city of Kolkata, India.It was the first underground railway to be built in India, with the first operations commencing in October 1984 and the full stretch that was initially planned being operational by February, 1995. [1]