- Source: Eastern line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)
The Eastern lines of Kolkata Suburban Railway comprises 14 Local train routes that are operated by the Eastern Railway zone, serving the Kolkata metropolitan region and its neighbouring areas in West Bengal, India. The Line consists of a total 266 stations and the entire line is at grade. It mainly consists of two sections according to its division area and the main two terminal stations of Kolkata metropolitan region: the Howrah section, centered around Howrah railway station and the Sealdah Section centered around Sealdah railway station.
The line consists of a total of '14 corridors': 6 Corridors in the Howrah section, 7 corridors in the Sealdah section and there's a separate corridor connecting the two sections. In the Howrah Section first two corridors are from Howrah to Barddhaman- one via the Mainline through Bandel and the other via the Chord line through Dankuni, the third corridor runs from Howrah to Goghat via Seoraphuli Jn, while the fourth corridor connects Howrah to Katwa via Bandel Jn, there is one small fifth corridor also available between Howrah and Belur Math via Liluah and the sixth corridor runs between Barddhaman and Katwa. In the Sealdah section, among the 7 corridors the mainline runs from Sealdah to Gede, which is situated at the India-Bangladesh Border. The second corridor is from Sealdah to Krishnanagar City Jn via Ranaghat. The third corridor connects Shantipur to Sealdah via Ranaghat, The fourth one is from Bangaon to Sealdah via DumDum Jn, fifth one is connecting Hasnabad to Sealdah via DumDum Jn and Barasat Jn, the sixth line connects Sealdah to Kalyani Simanta via Kalyani railway station and the seventh corridor is a Single-track railway corridor between Ranaghat and Bangaon. The other line is the important Bandel -Naihati line which serves as a crucial link between the two sections of the eastern line.
The Major Carsheds on this line are at Howrah, Bandel, Narkeldanga, Barasat and Ranaghat on both of the sections.
Stations with Routes
= Routes
=The Eastern lines consists of the following sections with routes:
Howrah section
Howrah - Barddhaman (mainline via Bandel)
Howrah - Barddhaman (chord line via Dankuni)
Howrah - Goghat (via Seoraphuli)
Howrah - Katwa (via Bandel)
Howrah - Belur Math (via Liluah)
Barddhaman - Katwa
Sealdah section
Sealdah - Gede (via Ranaghat)
Sealdah - Krishnanagar City (via Ranaghat)
Sealdah - Shantipur (via Ranaghat)
Sealdah - Bangaon (via DumDum)
Sealdah - Hasnabad (via DumDum)
Sealdah - Kalyani Simanta (via Kalyani)
Bangaon - Ranaghat
Naihati - Bandel (connects two divisions)
= Stations
=Names in bold indicate that the station is a fast train stop as well as important terminal.
•Howrah Section
= 1. Howrah - Barddhaman main line =
†Howrah Junction railway station is a terminus for South Eastern Railway and Eastern Railway.
= 2. Howrah - Bardhaman chord line =
= 3. Howrah - Goghat line =
= 4.Howrah - Katwa line =
= 5. Howrah - Belur Math Line =
= 6. Barddhaman - Katwa line =
•Sealdah Section
= 1. Sealdah - Gede Main Line =
= 2. Sealdah - Krishnanagar City line =
= 3. Sealdah -Shantipur Line =
= 4. Sealdah - Bangaon Line =
= 5. Sealdah - Hasnabad Line =
= 6. Sealdah - Kalyani Simanta line =
= 7. Ranaghat - Bangaon Line =
= Hooghly Branch line =
= Far North Branch line =
Electrification
From 1957, The Eastern Railway Started Electrification at Howrah - Tarakeswar Route with 1500 V DC later it was converted to 25000 V AC 50 Hz in 1967-68, after that the work goes also on the chord line, Barddhaman & Bandel To Katwa line of Howrah Division, which is now fully electrified.
And on the Sealdah Division of Eastern Railway, the electrification process was started in 1963 from Sealdah to Ranaghat line, Dum Dum To Bangaon and the other lines in this division with the different phases and completed up to 1965 from that time the whole division is also fully electrified.
Services
Currently in 2017-18 all services of the Eastern line running on 9 and 12 Cars. Sealdah section has 461 Services of 9 rakes EMU and 452 Services of 12 Rakes EMU and also on Howrah Section has 398 Services of 12 Rakes EMU. Which It Handles the 100% Suburban Network of Eastern Railways.
See also
Kolkata Suburban Railway
List of Kolkata Suburban Railway stations
Eastern Railway zone
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kolkata Suburban Railway
- Eastern line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)
- South Eastern line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)
- Kolkata Suburban Railway
- Kolkata railway station
- Kolkata Circular Railway
- Sealdah railway station
- List of Kolkata Suburban Railway stations
- Calcutta Chord link line
- Barrackpore railway station
- Dum Dum Junction railway station
