Kolkata-Howrah Suburban, Kolkata Circular, West Bengal Railways

[studdmanster]

cc: Star Ananda

Sealdah-Kalyani
Sealdah-Canning
Sealdah-Namkhana
Sealdah-Bangaon
Howrah-Tarakeswar-Bandel–Barddhwan
Sealdah–Ranaghat and Sealdah–Kolkata (via Ballygunge- Majerhat–B.B.D.Bagh).

A survey will be conducted linking Howrah and Sealdah.

[sidney_jec]

Belur Math Station



CC: Myself

[Abhishek901]

How much crowding is there in Kolkata suburban compared to Mumbai suburban and what is its penetration in the Kolkata metropolitan region ?

[SarafIndian]

Originally Posted by Abhishek901

How much crowding is there in Kolkata suburban compared to Mumbai suburban and what is its penetration in the Kolkata metropolitan region ?

I used to use Kolkata suburban. The crowd is just "terrible" during peak hours. But it is OK(moderately crowded) during other times of the day. And Kolkata suburban carries passenger from far suburb like Kolaghat, Panskura, Burdwan, Kalyani, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Bongaon, Canning etc..

[Abhishek901]

Yeah. Kolkata suburban serves areas much beyond its metropolitan region. In the map below, Sealdah, Howrah and Dum Dum appear so close to each other because of the vastness of the network. Somebody once posted a very good map of Kolkata suburban which looked much like a metro map but I guess it got left in the original thread after reorganization.

Are all the trains serving these routes EMUs ?

Originally Posted by SarafIndian

Kolkata raiway map

[SarafIndian]

Originally Posted by Abhishek901

Are all the trains serving these routes EMUs ?

Yes..

[Bombay2Calcutta]

Here is another map

[Samrat]

Good job. I have never seen such a detailed map of Kolkata suburban railway network. Thank you Bombay2Calcutta

[Abhishek901]

I was checking the Kolkata metro thread for that beautiful map. I looked till first 10 pages and I got tired.

This map was posted by KUSA and it is not that interesting.

[Bombay2Calcutta]

Here is another map

[Bombay2Calcutta]

Originally Posted by Abhishek901

I was checking the Kolkata metro thread for that beautiful map. I looked till first 10 pages and I got tired.

This map was posted by KUSA and it is not that interesting.

No problem sir, start from 11th page today up to 20th page . You will find it, if not today then in the next few days

[Abhishek901]

Originally Posted by Bombay2Calcutta

No problem sir, start from 11th page today up to 20th page . You will find it, if not today then in the next few days

lol. That's what I am thinking of. It was similar to the map you just posted above (or it could be the same one I am looking for. I don't remember that map exactly).

[buddy_rohan]

I was looking for information on suburban services. Everywhere, they talk of suburban lines but not services. I mean what are the frequencies on individual lines? Also is the line between bandel junction and naihati used by suburban trains? I mean do the run trains all the way to sealdah using that route? which route is most heavily used?

but I must say, Kolkata suburban looks so extensive from the maps. I would like to see proper interconnectivity map with metro and tram lines too!!

[Bombay2Calcutta]

Originally Posted by buddy_rohan

is the line between bandel junction and naihati used by suburban trains? I mean do the run trains all the way to sealdah using that route?

Yes there are trains at regular interals (I am not sure of the frequencies) running from Sealdah to Bandel. using the line over the Jubliee Bridge.

[Samrat]

As per my knowledge EMU trains run between Bandel Jn and Naihati Jn, at one or two hourly (or may be more) intervals to link the railways on either side of the river Hooghly. There were long distance trains(not sure what is going on nowdays, as my knowledge is a little bit old) starting from Sealdah Main to Bhagalpur, Katihar and other stations in Bihar via Naihati and of course Juibilee bridge. But there were no suburban trains via Naihati and Jubilee bridge from Sealdah at least till late eighties. I don't know whether this has changed or not nowadays.

[SarafIndian]

Originally Posted by buddy_rohan

I was looking for information on suburban services. Everywhere, they talk of suburban lines but not services. I mean what are the frequencies on individual lines? Also is the line between bandel junction and naihati used by suburban trains? I mean do the run trains all the way to sealdah using that route? which route is most heavily used?

but I must say, Kolkata suburban looks so extensive from the maps. I would like to see proper interconnectivity map with metro and tram lines too!!

I don't think IR has done any study yet regarding the service, frequency etc etc.

There is no EMU trains between Sealdah-Bandel. Though we have feeder EMU service between Bandel and Naihati I believe.

Heavily used routes should be:

Howrah(Main): Bandel,Bardhaman
Howrah(Chord): Bardhaman
Howrah - Kolaghat, Panskura, Midnapur
Howrah - Seoraphuli, Tarakeswar

Sealdah(Main) - Barrackpore,Naihati,Ranaghat,Shantipur
Sealdah(Main) - Bongaon, Duttapukur
Almost all Sealdah south..

[Samrat]

which route is most heavily used

AFAIK Sealdah(main) - Bongaon is the most crowded and heavily used route among all the routes from Howrah and Sealdah.

There are also EMU services nowadays between Sealdah - Hasnabad(via Barasat) and Sealdah - Gede(via Ranaghat)

[Bombay2Calcutta]

Kolkata Subarban Railway Timetable

http://erail.in/KolkataSubUrbanTrains.htm

[Suncity]

Santragachi - Digha DMU (not Kolkata suburban but ..)

video by axisarindam

[Suncity]

Mecheda Local departing Howrah; notice the multiple local trains arriving simultaneously on the Eastern Railway side of the station.

video by jstarra47