Kolkata Circular Railway

Kolkata Circular Railway
A local train at Bagbazar railway station
Overview
OwnerIndian Railway
LocaleKolkata
Termini
Stations
  • Total stations: 19
  • Interchange stations: 8
WebsiteEastern Railway
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemKolkata Suburban Railway
ServicesDum Dum-Majerhat and Majerhat-Bidhannagar Road
Operator(s)Eastern Railway
Depot(s)Kolkata
Majerhat
Rolling stockEMUs
History
Opened11 January 1875; 149 years ago (1875-01-11)
Technical
Line length36.2 km (22 mi)
Number of tracks2
CharacterAt grade and elevated
Track gauge5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification25 kV overhead line
Operating speedup to 65 km per hour
Route map

km
km
Noapara metro station and depotNoapara metro station and depot Noapara
02
Noapara Metro Depot Noapara metro station and depotNoapara metro station and depot
Kestopur Canal
3
Dum Dum Cantonment Dum Dum Cantonment metro station
Dum Dum metro station Dum Dum Junction
00
Down arrow line dismantled
Jessore Road
5
Jessore Road
Bimanbandar
7
Biman Bandar
 KM Line 4  (u/c) LowerRight arrow
Patipukur loop
line (dismantled)
Belgachia metro station Belgachia
02
2
Patipukur
Ultadanga Road
03
Lansdown mill siding
Kolkata
04
Brown Blanket mill siding
Cossipore Road Goods Shed
Kestopur Canal
FCI siding
Bidhan Nagar Road
CESC siding
3
Bidhannagar Road
Press House siding
Kankurgachi Road
Tala
05
5
Kankurgachi Road Junction
ferry/water interchange Bagbazar
06
6
Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt
Narkeldanga
EMU Carshed
ferry/water interchange Sovabazar Ahiritola
08
Circular Canal
Kankurgachi
Chord line
Sealdah North
08
8
Sealdah Main
Sealdah metro station Sealdah
Left arrow  KM Line 2  (u/c) Right arrow
Sealdah South
08
Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed
ferry/water interchange Burra Bazar
09
9
Kamardanga Halt
ferry/water interchange B.B.D. Bag
10
Beruck & Comens Siding
Babughat Eden Gardens
12
11
Park Circus
Prinsep Ghat Prinsep Ghat
13
Hindusthan Engineering
& Industrial Ltd. siding
BESCO siding
Khidderpore
16
13
Ballygunge Junction
Remount Road
17
15
Lake Gardens
Majerhat metro station Majerhat
18
Left arrow  KM Line 3  (u/c) Right arrow
16
Tollygunge Rabindra Sarobar metro station
Rabindra Sarobar
New Alipore
17
Up arrow  KM Line 1  Down arrow
Tollygunge Bridge
km
km
Key
Indian Railways broad gauge (1676 mm)
Kolkata Metro (KM) broad gauge (1676 mm)
Kolkata Metro (KM) standard gauge (1435 mm)
narrow gauge (762 mm)
in use
out of use, planned, or
under construction (u/c)
tunnel

Kolkata Circular Railway, also known as the Kolkata Chakra Rail (Bengali: কলকাতা চক্র রেল), is a 36.20 km (22.49 mi) long railway loop line operated by the Sealdah division of the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways, encircling the city of Kolkata.[1]

  1. ^ "Sealdah Division System Map" (PDF). Retrieved 11 November 2021.