Kolkata Transportation Thread - (Surface/Water only) - Page 5

arijeetb · November 13th, 2009, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dibdigc

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....

yeah - saw it today but was almost empty. Even the red ones from the airport are less than 50% full.

Abhishek901 · November 13th, 2009, 03:23 PM

What is the logic of having different coloured volvos ?

***Suncity*** · November 15th, 2009, 04:25 PM

photos copyright rikchatterjee

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Abhishek901 · November 15th, 2009, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Suncity

photos copyright rikchatterjee

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This one looks cool

highrise-kolkata · November 16th, 2009, 05:44 AM

KOLKATA:

Twenty new surface transport corporation buses are going to be introduced in Rajarhat to improve the dismal transport system of New Town.
The state transport department has taken this decision after a request from the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco). The buses will ply from New Town to different places of Salt Lake.

Hidco managing director Saurabh Das said that more such buses will be introduced in New Town in phases. "In the first phase, these 20 new buses will ply between New Town and Salt Lake. We have discussed the issue with the state transport department and there are plans to extend the services across the city in phases," Das said.

There have been complaints from the residents of New Town for a long time that Hidco was not developing the transport system of the area. Residents mostly have to depend on their own vehicles to move along. There is still no bus service for New Town residents to reach VIP Road directly by the Rajarhat main arterial road. Also, there is only a very few bus routes from New Town that moves along the city.

The authorities were working to inaugurate the first permanent bus terminus in Action Area-I. According to plans, New Town will have at least five bus terminuses of international standards and several taxi stands for an effective road transport system.

Along side introducing more buses services, authorities were working on plans to install more electronic traffic signaling system, zebra crossings and installing railings on both sides of the road. "We would be discussing the matter with the police and traffic engineers to set up the system," an official said.

The state transport department is introducing new buses in the city under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission scheme (JNNURM). Out of the 1200 buses that would be brought, so far only some hundred buses have been introduced. Many of these buses may ply on Rajarhat also.
Source:Times of india,16/11/2009

SarafIndian · November 17th, 2009, 05:37 PM

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Bombay2Calcutta · November 17th, 2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by SarafIndian

Photo cc abhinaba

Whoaa!!! Amzing piece of beauty !!!. Is it the same new Tram that Suncity has posted ? It is really cool..

arijeetb · November 17th, 2009, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Bombay2Calcutta

Whoaa!!! Amzing piece of beauty !!!. Is it the same new Tram that Suncity has posted ? It is really cool..

Nice snap. There are quite a few of these that are plying around North and Central Kolkata.

sidney_jec · November 18th, 2009, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by SarafIndian

Photo cc abhinaba

the tram looks awesome..

studdmanster · November 18th, 2009, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by SarafIndian

Photo cc abhinaba

Now this is just awesome

......should have been introduced long back....but anywyz its jst brilliant.....
also frndz notice the dent on the front.....the kolkatans cant maintain new things....the credit should go to the narrow roads for that

rupakd · November 20th, 2009, 05:49 AM

Commuting in the city by bus is set to get better with more swank and spacious buses set to hit the roads. Owners of banned buses have overcome their reluctance to take these new buses.
A large section of private bus operators had so far avoided taking these expensive buses though 50% of the cost is being borne jointly by the Centre and the state under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
Earlier this month, the government issued showcause notices to operators who are not plying buses despite having permits. Under the central motor vehicles rules, the permit for a particular mode of public transport can be suspended if an operator fails to ply the vehicle. The touch act seems to have worked. “A large number of bus operators are now queuing up for these new buses. Already, 170 buses have hit the roads on different routes and 40 more will do so on Friday,” said Public Vehicles Department secretary Ujjwal Sengupta.
Bus operators initially resisted accepting buses offered to them under the JNNURM scheme. Around 3,500 of them stopped plying their vehicles after these got scrapped under Calcutta High Court’s order banning pre-’93 buses. Bus operators even moved Supreme Court challenging the ban on the basis of the age of a bus. But the Supreme Court refused to overrule the Calcutta High Court, leading bus operators to soften their stance.
“We have started applying for JNNURM buses. Already, these buses are plying on routes like 24, 24, 28, 12, 30B, 44, 46 and 3D. They are far superior in quality. More and more operators have started accepting the government offer,” said Tapan Banerjee of the Joint Council of Bus Syndicates (JCBS), which had earlier vehemently opposed the transport department’s move to replace old buses with new ones.

Source: TOI

studdmanster · November 20th, 2009, 03:56 PM

A Volvo sighted @ behala tram depot, Route: Joka-BBD Bag
cc-myself

dibdigc · November 20th, 2009, 05:09 PM

so this is the third route of volvo venture

i think instead of increasing no. of volvo routes, they should increase its frequency in curent routes...
so that it can have permanent customers....

arijeetb · November 20th, 2009, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by rupakd

Commuting in the city by bus is set to get better with more swank and spacious buses set to hit the roads. Owners of banned buses have overcome their reluctance to take these new buses.
A large section of private bus operators had so far avoided taking these expensive buses though 50% of the cost is being borne jointly by the Centre and the state under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
Earlier this month, the government issued showcause notices to operators who are not plying buses despite having permits. Under the central motor vehicles rules, the permit for a particular mode of public transport can be suspended if an operator fails to ply the vehicle. The touch act seems to have worked. “A large number of bus operators are now queuing up for these new buses. Already, 170 buses have hit the roads on different routes and 40 more will do so on Friday,” said Public Vehicles Department secretary Ujjwal Sengupta.
Bus operators initially resisted accepting buses offered to them under the JNNURM scheme. Around 3,500 of them stopped plying their vehicles after these got scrapped under Calcutta High Court’s order banning pre-’93 buses. Bus operators even moved Supreme Court challenging the ban on the basis of the age of a bus. But the Supreme Court refused to overrule the Calcutta High Court, leading bus operators to soften their stance.
“We have started applying for JNNURM buses. Already, these buses are plying on routes like 24, 24, 28, 12, 30B, 44, 46 and 3D. They are far superior in quality. More and more operators have started accepting the government offer,” said Tapan Banerjee of the Joint Council of Bus Syndicates (JCBS), which had earlier vehemently opposed the transport department’s move to replace old buses with new ones.

Source: TOI

The winds of change in the mindsets of these stubborn union folks is re-assuring. The murir tin blocks of blue shall soon pass into history.

studdmanster · November 21st, 2009, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by dibdigc

so this is the third route of volvo venture

i think instead of increasing no. of volvo routes, they should increase its frequency in curent routes...
so that it can have permanent customers....

Not third but mi8 be 5th or 6th....cz they have 3 route for airport, and two for Esplanade....as far as I have heard...though not sure

But yes i do agree that if proper care is not taken of these buses it will have the same fate as in the case of Whiteliners, which made Kol the first city in India to have ac buses for city ride

***Suncity*** · November 21st, 2009, 03:24 PM

New Taxi

photo copyright Rohit Nyss

bharatiya · November 21st, 2009, 03:27 PM

Nice.. It looks like a private taxi!

arijeetb · November 21st, 2009, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Suncity

New Taxi

photo copyright Rohit Nyss

Nice find.

In the coming months we should have 100s of these on the roads.

Abhishek901 · November 21st, 2009, 05:57 PM

Are these going to replace older taxis or will they complement them?

arijeetb · November 22nd, 2009, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Abhishek901

Are these going to replace older taxis or will they complement them?

they are meant to replace pre-1993 taxis that are being phased out.

November 16th, 2009, 05:44 AM	#85
highrise-kolkata Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Dubai and Kolkata Posts: 211 Likes (Received): 0	Hidco to introduce 20 buses in New Town KOLKATA: Twenty new surface transport corporation buses are going to be introduced in Rajarhat to improve the dismal transport system of New Town. The state transport department has taken this decision after a request from the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco). The buses will ply from New Town to different places of Salt Lake. Hidco managing director Saurabh Das said that more such buses will be introduced in New Town in phases. "In the first phase, these 20 new buses will ply between New Town and Salt Lake. We have discussed the issue with the state transport department and there are plans to extend the services across the city in phases," Das said. There have been complaints from the residents of New Town for a long time that Hidco was not developing the transport system of the area. Residents mostly have to depend on their own vehicles to move along. There is still no bus service for New Town residents to reach VIP Road directly by the Rajarhat main arterial road. Also, there is only a very few bus routes from New Town that moves along the city. The authorities were working to inaugurate the first permanent bus terminus in Action Area-I. According to plans, New Town will have at least five bus terminuses of international standards and several taxi stands for an effective road transport system. Along side introducing more buses services, authorities were working on plans to install more electronic traffic signaling system, zebra crossings and installing railings on both sides of the road. "We would be discussing the matter with the police and traffic engineers to set up the system," an official said. The state transport department is introducing new buses in the city under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission scheme (JNNURM). Out of the 1200 buses that would be brought, so far only some hundred buses have been introduced. Many of these buses may ply on Rajarhat also. Source:Times of india,16/11/2009

November 20th, 2009, 05:49 AM	#91
rupakd Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 1,111 Likes (Received): 4	Finally, more takers for swanky low-floor buses Commuting in the city by bus is set to get better with more swank and spacious buses set to hit the roads. Owners of banned buses have overcome their reluctance to take these new buses. A large section of private bus operators had so far avoided taking these expensive buses though 50% of the cost is being borne jointly by the Centre and the state under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Earlier this month, the government issued showcause notices to operators who are not plying buses despite having permits. Under the central motor vehicles rules, the permit for a particular mode of public transport can be suspended if an operator fails to ply the vehicle. The touch act seems to have worked. “A large number of bus operators are now queuing up for these new buses. Already, 170 buses have hit the roads on different routes and 40 more will do so on Friday,” said Public Vehicles Department secretary Ujjwal Sengupta. Bus operators initially resisted accepting buses offered to them under the JNNURM scheme. Around 3,500 of them stopped plying their vehicles after these got scrapped under Calcutta High Court’s order banning pre-’93 buses. Bus operators even moved Supreme Court challenging the ban on the basis of the age of a bus. But the Supreme Court refused to overrule the Calcutta High Court, leading bus operators to soften their stance. “We have started applying for JNNURM buses. Already, these buses are plying on routes like 24, 24, 28, 12, 30B, 44, 46 and 3D. They are far superior in quality. More and more operators have started accepting the government offer,” said Tapan Banerjee of the Joint Council of Bus Syndicates (JCBS), which had earlier vehemently opposed the transport department’s move to replace old buses with new ones. Source: TOI

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