Kolkata Transportation Thread - (Surface/Water only)

[LabanHrad]

Originally Posted by todscreen

what is greenline?
image hosted on flickr

Green line is a private bus service between Dhaka and Kolkata. A bus will take you to the Petrapole border from Kolkata where you cross the border on foot and take another bus to Dhaka
(My previous post was a mistake. Can anybody tell me how to delete your own post, Thanks.)

[todscreen]

Originally Posted by LabanHrad

Is this a metro station? I think this is the subway between Tollygunge metro station and Tollygunge Tram depot

you are right, thats the underground tunnel from the tram stop to the metro stop.

Originally Posted by LabanHrad

Green line is a private bus service between Dhaka and Kolkata. A bus will take you to the Petrapole border from Kolkata where you cross the border on foot and take another bus to Dhaka
(My previous post was a mistake. Can anybody tell me how to delete your own post, Thanks.)

thanks for the info labanhrad,

p.s: to delete your post, simple click edit under your post.and then erase the whole thing..after which type in deleted.

[arijeetb]

Originally Posted by LabanHrad

Green line is a private bus service between Dhaka and Kolkata. A bus will take you to the Petrapole border from Kolkata where you cross the border on foot and take another bus to Dhaka
(My previous post was a mistake. Can anybody tell me how to delete your own post, Thanks.)

sure explains the green color. Thanks for clarifying.

[Suncity]

JNNURM buses - looks like that these buses will soon turn into murir tin buses thanks to the poor management and low quality maintenance of the state undertakings

All photos copyright Rik Chatterjee

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[todscreen]

someone shoot them..pls...ugliest shittiest buses i have ever seen...i hate the federal government..they suck..look at their ghetto looking jnURm sign..FUGLY

[sidney_jec]

what blunder

[Abhishek901]

Why do all these buses have different livery instead of a standard livery. Also one of the bus have LED display board, others don't.

[sabya99]

These new Ashoke Leland buses are beautiful. They may change the city landscape. I hope politicians dont vent their anger towords them!

[shanware]

Originally Posted by sabya99

These new Ashoke Leland buses are beautiful. They may change the city landscape. I hope politicians dont vent their anger towords them!

I think political parties/social organisations muct be hauled up by court and made to pay heavy fines for damage to public property. Especially in this age when theres a lot of video evidence available. You dont pay the fines, get the Election commission to squeeze them where it hurts.

[arijeetb]

[QUOTE=Suncity;44270232]JNNURM buses - looks like that these buses will soon turn into murir tin buses thanks to the poor management and low quality maintenance of the state undertakings

yes, there is no concrete maintenance plan. Soon they will start getting dents and cracks so common with buses and taxis in Kolkata.

[todscreen]

Along with the Orange ones, there are some red ones too by CSTC(Calcutta State Transport Corp)







(notice that all intercity buses(meaning CSTC) have led light display)

and heres another pic of those blue long distance ones:

cc:Rik Chaterjee

[LabanHrad]

Originally Posted by todscreen

Along with the Orange ones, there are some red ones too by CSTC(Calcutta State Transport Corp)







(notice that all intercity buses(meaning CSTC) have led light display)

and heres another pic of those blue long distance ones:

cc:Rik Chaterjee

Compared to the private buses we had, these deigns are way better. In fact I saw one of the Tata buses running in the 215A (Salt Lake-Howrah) route. It was looking good

However, the buses can look better if they use proper signboards for the route no. and destination. Pasting a poster on the windscreen looks awful. The automatic doors should also be used, like in Bangalore. This should prevent passengers from getting in and out from the buses from anywhere

[sidney_jec]

Originally Posted by LabanHrad

Compared to the private buses we had, these deigns are way better. In fact I saw one of the Tata buses running in the 215A (Salt Lake-Howrah) route. It was looking good

yeah we moved on from 70's to 80's..

[dibdigc]

after all 1300 buses will be on road.....1 can see them on every route.......2day i boarded 1 of them @ ST-6 route......it has awesome pick-up, gr8 engine......nice experience.....

[todscreen]

and these are only the cheaper ones. wait till we get the ultra low floor buses. OH man...Kolkata's transportation services will go from the worst to being the best in Asia.

[Euromast]

Do all CSTC buses have LEd display?The Long route AL buses are still shit.
So rest 300 buses are city buses (Low floor)? 40 Volvo & rest AL+TATA

[todscreen]

Originally Posted by Euromast

Do all CSTC buses have LEd display?The Long route AL buses are still shit.
So rest 300 buses are city buses (Low floor)? 40 Volvo & rest AL+TATA

all CSTC buses have led displays because they are intercity buses. interstate buses don't need them.

the 300 other buses are AC and ultra low floor. they will be mostly used by the state. the 900 or so other buses will be used by private companies.

[arijeetb]

Originally Posted by sidney_jec

yeah we moved on from 70's to 80's..

we..i mean Kolkata is trying to but within weeks of the ban the old ramshackle pieces of wood and tin were back on the roads. But I hope their days are numbered and we do not find a single one of the old buses a year from now. Even WBSTC, CTC & CSTC need to replace some of their old buses. I am hoping they will do once more buses are supplied.

[arijeetb]

Originally Posted by todscreen

all CSTC buses have led displays because they are intercity buses. interstate buses don't need them.

the 300 other buses are AC and ultra low floor. they will be mostly used by the state. the 900 or so other buses will be used by private companies.

this 900 is the one I am most concerned about since a consensus regarding the funding has not been arrived at. Those murir tin buses have a new BSIII version ( looks a lot better ofcourse) same blue color and there are several on the roads today. But ofcourse they need to purchase these 900.

[jumoni]

Originally Posted by todscreen

what is greenline?
image hosted on flickr

Bus looks nice (I mean the fit and finish)...the only disturbing element is the open door, or the lack of a automated door (hydrolically operated doors comon in Volvo bus)