THE GS TRAM SITE

কলকাতা - KOLKATA / CALCUTTA

পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত
पश्चिम बंगाल, भारत
WEST BENGAL, INDIA

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May 2015

Calcutta after the reintroduction of tram service to Balyganj.

VIDEOS

Calcutta tram history video Calcutta trams video
Above: YouTubeCA video - Kolkata Tram – Kolkata Will Miss Its 143 year old beloved companion, Kolkata Tram - Length: 8:22 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Calcutta's Trams - Length: 7:26 mins.
Calcutta restaurant tram video Calcutta metro video
Above: YouTubeCA video - New Tram-restaurant is winning Kolkata’s heart - Length: 1:44 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Kolkata Metro Rail Documentary - Length: 21:19 mins.

PHOTOS

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MAPS

Calcutta tram map 2015

INSET: CENTRAL KOLKATA

Calcutta 2015 tram map

Abbreviations used on the map:



I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).

Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.


ROUTES

TRAM ROUTES

Operator: Calcutta Tramways Company

  1 Esplanade - Lenin Sarani - Nirmal Chandra St. - College St. - Bidhan Sarani - Shyambazar - Belgatchia
  2 Binay Badal Dinesh Baag - Lalbazar St. - Bipin Bihari Gangopadhyay St. - College St. - Bidhan Sarani - Shyambazar - Belgatchia
  4 Binay Badal Dinesh Baag - Lalbazar St. - Rabindra Sarani - Arabinda Sarani - Shyambazar - Belgatchia
  5 Esplanade - Lenin Sarani - Nirmal Chandra St. - College St. - Bidhan Sarani - Shyambazar (Short-turn of route 1)
  6 Binay Badal Dinesh Baag - Lalbazar St. - Bipin Bihari Gangopadhyay St. - College St. - Bidhan Sarani - Shyambazar (Short-turn of route 2)
  8 Binay Badal Dinesh Baag - Lalbazar St. - Rabindra Sarani - Baghbazar - Galiff St.
10 Binay Badal Dinesh Baag - Lalbazar St. - Rabindra Sarani - Arabinda Sarani - Shyambazar(Short-turn of route 4)
11 Howrah Bridge - Mahatma Gandhi Rd. - Bidhan Sarani - Shyambazar - Belgatchia
12 Esplanade - Lenin Sarani - Sealdah Stn. - Acharya Praphulla Chandra Roy Rd. - Rajabazar
12/1 Esplanade - Lenin Sarani - Sealdah Stn. - Rajabazar - Acharya Praphulla Chandra Roy Rd. - Shyambazar - Belgatchia
12/7 Esplanade - Hemanta Basu Sarani - Binay Badal Dinesh Baag - Lalbazar St. - Rabindra Sarani - Baghbazar - Galiff St.
14 Binay Badal Dinesh Baag - Lalbazar St. - Bipin Bihari Gangopadhyay St. - Surya Sen St. - Acharya Praphulla Chandra Roy Rd. - Rajabazar
16 Binay Badal Dinesh Baag - Lalbazar St. - Bipin Bihari Gangopadhyay St. - Surya Sen St. - Rajabazar - Acharya Praphulla Chandra Roy Rd. - Satin Sen Sarani - Bidhan Nagar
17 Esplanade - Lenin Sarani - Sealdah Stn. - Rajabazar - Acharya Praphulla Chandra Roy Rd. - Satin Sen Sarani - Bidhan Nagar
18 Howrah Bridge - Mahatma Gandhi Rd. - Acharya Praphulla Chandra Roy Rd. - Rajabazar - Acharya Praphulla Chandra Roy Rd. - Satin Sen Sarani - Bidhan Nagar
20 Howrah Bridge - Mahatma Gandhi Rd. - Sealdah Stn. - Acharya Jagadish Chandra Basu Rd. - Mother Teresa Sarani - Park Circus
20/17 Park Circus - Mother Teresa Sarani - Acharya Jagadish Chandra Basu Rd. - Sealdah Stn. - Rajabazar - Acharya Praphulla Chandra Roy Rd. - Satin Sen Sarani - Bidhan Nagar
21 Howrah Bridge - Mahatma Gandhi Rd. - Rabindra Sarani - Lalbazar St. - Binay Badal Dinesh Baag - Hemanta Basu Sarani - Esplanade - Lenin Sarani - Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Rd. - Elliot Rd. - Acharya Jagadish Chandra Basu Rd. - Mother Teresa Sarani - Park Circus
22 Esplanade - Lenin Sarani - Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Rd. - Elliot Rd. - Acharya Jagadish Chandra Basu Rd. - Mother Teresa Sarani - Park Circus
24 Esplanade - Maidan - Khidirpur Rd. - Wattganj Jnctn. - Diamond Harbour Rd. - Alipore - Judge’s Court Rd. - Kalighat - Ras Bihari Av. - Ras Bihari Av. - Baliganj Depot
24/29 Tollyganj - Kalighat - Ras Bihari Av. - Baliganj Depot
25 Esplanade - Lenin Sarani - Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Rd. - Elliot Rd. - Acharya Jagadish Chandra Basu Rd. - Mother Teresa Sarani - Syed Amir Ali Av. - Gariahat Depot
26 Howrah Stn. - Rabindra Setu (Howrah Bridge) - Mahatma Gandhi Rd. - Sealdah Stn. - Acharya Jagadish Chandra Basu Rd. - Mother Teresa Sarani - Park Circus - Syed Amir Ali Av. - Gariahat Depot
26/17 Bidhan Nagar - Satin Sen Sarani - Acharya Praphulla Chandra Roy Rd. - Rajabazar - Sealdah Stn. - Acharya Jagadish Chandra Basu Rd. - Mother Teresa Sarani - Park Circus - Syed Amir Ali Av. - Gariahat Depot
29 Esplanade - Maidan - Khidirpur Rd. - Wattganj Jnctn. - Diamond Harbour Rd. - Alipore - Judge’s Court Rd. - Kalighat - Tollyganj
29/36 Khidirpur - Wattganj Jnctn. - Diamond Harbour Rd. - Alipore - Judge’s Court Rd. - Kalighat - Tollyganj
30 Howrah Bridge - Mahatma Gandhi Rd. - Rabindra Sarani - Lalbazar St. - Binay Badal Dinesh Baag - Hemanta Basu Sarani - Esplanade - Maidan - Khidirpur Rd. - Wattganj Jnctn. - Diamond Harbour Rd. - Alipore - Judge’s Court Rd. - Kalighat
36 Esplanade - Khidirpur Rd. - Wattganj Jnctn. - Khidirpur

METRO ROUTE

Operator: Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC)

  1 Noapara - Dum Dum - Belgatchia - Shyambazar - Mahatma Gandhi Rd. Stn - Central Metro - Esplanade - Rabindra Sadan - Kalighat - Tollygunje - Kavi Subhash (New Garia)

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH



OLD STREET NAMES

Many Kolkata streets have been renamed at some point since independence, but the old names have retained some currency. I tried to use the new names consistently on all maps, even if the old names were used at the time. For the convenience of users I provide both the new and the old names in parallel in the list below:

In some cases, the new street name is simply an adjustment of an anglicized name according to the standardized transliteration of a name in the Bangla (Bengali) language. The list below provides such street names when the new name is significantly different from the old one:

HISTORY

GAUGE


SOURCES

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WIKIS

WEB SITES


Thanks to Ashis Mitra (from Kolkata, India) for the large amount of information he has kindly given me about the history of tramways in his city. He has also made corrections to pages I had already placed on my site.

Thanks are also in order to Lars F. Richter (from Hamburg, Germany), who kindly sent me information on the new terminal arrangements at Binay Badal Dinesh Baag.


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