Kolkata Transportation Thread - (Surface/Water only) - Page 4

***Suncity*** · November 7th, 2009, 04:14 AM

A new Tram - how I wished the political parties and policemen of Bengal stopped encouraging ugly encroachments of public spaces by vendors. The whole of the maidan area bus terminus is such a big mess for decades.

photo copyright Rik Chatterjee

satsk3 · November 7th, 2009, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Suncity

A new Tram - how I wished the political parties and policemen of Bengal stopped encouraging ugly encroachments of public spaces by vendors. The whole of the maidan area bus terminus is such a big mess for decades.

photo copyright Rik Chatterjee

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WOW, That's a good looking Tram. Thanks Suncity, for sharing thios pic.
Please post more pics of these trams.

Is there any plan to phase out the Old trams to new & modern trams?

antriksh_sfo · November 7th, 2009, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Suncity

A new Tram - .....

Is this Kolkata Tram.
Between Which places does this run?
It looks gr8.
Any more pix of this?Even the ones around Tolly etc have been updated?

studdmanster · November 7th, 2009, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by antriksh_sfo

Is this Kolkata Tram.
Between Which places does this run?
It looks gr8.
Any more pix of this?Even the ones around Tolly etc have been updated?

i have spotted them in three places - park circus, b.phari & maidan

Kewl Batty · November 7th, 2009, 03:05 PM

Wow, the new tram Rocks

Baby steps to a/c trams..

Kewl Batty · November 7th, 2009, 03:33 PM

If you see more closely there's a LED screen displaying 36 route number which is visible only to itself

They seriously should put a broader LED board there.

scorpiogenius · November 7th, 2009, 03:33 PM

Looks good, all right. But they could've changed that number board too.

Kewl Batty · November 7th, 2009, 03:36 PM

If you see more closely there's a LED screen displaying 36 route number which is visible only to itself

They seriously should put a broader LED board there.

sabya99 · November 7th, 2009, 03:39 PM

This tram car looks like Frankfurt or Hydelberg tram car. They are very high speed and have dedicated rail line. Is that possible in CCU.

ankit.pokes · November 7th, 2009, 04:43 PM

tram looks good

***Suncity*** · November 7th, 2009, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by satsk3

Is there any plan to phase out the Old trams to new & modern trams?

There are plans but there are no funds.

Bombay2Calcutta · November 7th, 2009, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suncity

A new Tram - how I wished the political parties and policemen of Bengal stopped encouraging ugly encroachments of public spaces by vendors. The whole of the maidan area bus terminus is such a big mess for decades.

photo copyright Rik Chatterjee

This new tram rocks man ... awsome .. thanks for sharing Sun..

castlerock · November 8th, 2009, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Bombay2Calcutta

This new tram rocks man ... awsome .. thanks for sharing Sun..

Yes its much better than the earlier ones. But why do they still make them as two separate cabs. Can't they integrate the two using nice flexible vestibules. It will free movement of passengers between the two cabs. The flexible shutter kind of thing that they have between the cabs looks very amature.

The best modern trams that I can recollect is the Randstad Rail Tram of Den Haag Netherlands. But I guess thats asking for too much

***Suncity*** · November 8th, 2009, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by castlerock

But why do they still make them as two separate cabs. Can't they integrate the two using nice flexible vestibules.

Originally there were two 'classes' - first and second. Not sure if they have the same concept carried over in the new trams.

Also this tram doesn't look like the earlier 'new' look trams. It looks more professional. I wonder which company built it.

***Suncity*** · November 8th, 2009, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by SarafIndian

Good news anyway. This could be another marvel on Hoogly river.

Yes.

Here's some news

http://www.ptinews.com/news/367850_F...months--Mamata

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Speaking during commissioning of the superstructure of a new bridge connecting North 24-Parganas district with Hooghly district in West Bengal, she said that a budgetary support of Rs 900 crore had been made for the project.

SarafIndian · November 11th, 2009, 07:20 PM

Photo cc SarafIndian

A volvo on EM bypass.

sidney_jec · November 11th, 2009, 07:40 PM

cool

Abhishek901 · November 12th, 2009, 01:47 PM

Volvo looks cool. Hope they start displaying route numbers soon instead of displaying the manufacturer's name.

Kewl Batty · November 12th, 2009, 02:34 PM

Thats wat even I thought. Why are they displaying the obvious?

Neway, the bus looks cool juzz like BMTC volvo

dibdigc · November 12th, 2009, 07:39 PM

from yesterday a new ac volvo bus service has started
rajarhat bus terminus-sector 5- science city-park circus-exide-esplanade-bbd bag

its a orange coloured volovo....

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November 7th, 2009, 04:14 AM	#61
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Kewl Batty When it rains, it pours! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 2,730 Likes (Received): 2	Thats wat even I thought. Why are they displaying the obvious? Neway, the bus looks cool juzz like BMTC volvo

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dibdigc Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: kolkata/gurgaon Posts: 492 Likes (Received): 22	from yesterday a new ac volvo bus service has started rajarhat bus terminus-sector 5- science city-park circus-exide-esplanade-bbd bag its a orange coloured volovo....