THE GS TRAM SITE

কলকাতা - KOLKATA / CALCUTTA

পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত
पश्चिम बंगाल, भारत
WEST BENGAL, INDIA

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23 Feb. 2023

Up-to-date

The Kolkata network after the opening of metro line 2 in 2020, the prolongation of Metro line 1 to Dakshineswar on 23 Feb. 2023, the significant reduction in the size of the tram network during 2020-22, the extension of Metro line 2 to Sealdah on 11 July 2022, the opening of Metro line 3 on 30 Dec. 2022 and the reopening of tram line 5 on 23 Feb. 2023.

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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MAP

Calcutta tram map 2023



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

Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.


ROUTES

TRAM ROUTES

Operator: West Bengal Transport Corporation

  5 Esplanade - Lenin Sarani - Bidhan Sarani - Shyambazar
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

METRO ROUTES

Operator: Metro Railway Kolkata

  1 Dakshineswar - Noapara - Dum Dum - Belgachhia - Shyambazar - Mahatma Gandhi Rd. Stn - Central Metro - Esplanade - Rabindra Sadan - Kalighat - Tollyganj - Kavi Subhash (New Garia)
  2 Sealdah - Phoolbagan - Salt Lake Sector V.
  3 Taratala - Joka

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

PRINT

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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