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 (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
2
Noapara Metro Depot
Kestopur Canal
3
Dum Dum
Cantonment
Dum Dum
Junction
0
line dismantled
Jessore Road
5
Jessore Road
Bimanbandar
7
Biman Bandar
Yellow Line
(under const.)
Patipukur loop
line (dismantled)
Belgachia
2
2
Patipukur
Ultadanga Road
3
Lansdown mill siding
Kolkata
4
Brown Blanket
mill siding
Kestopur Canal
Cossipore Road
Goods Shed
Bidhan Nagar Road
FCI siding
3
Bidhannagar Road
CESC siding
Press House siding
Kankurgachi Road
5
Kankurgachi Road
Junction
Tala
5
Kankurgachi
Chord line
6
Sir Gurudas
Banerjee Halt
Bagbazar
6
Narkeldanga
EMU Carshed
Circular Canal
Sovabazar
Ahiritola
8
8
Sealdah North
8
Sealdah Main
Burra Bazar
9
8
Sealdah South
Beliaghata Diesel
Loco Shed
9
Kamardanga Halt
B.B.D. Bag
10
Beruck & Comens
siding
Eden
Gardens
12
11
Park Circus
Prinsep Ghat
13
Hindusthan Engineering
& Industrial Ltd. siding
BESCO siding
Khidderpore
16
13
Ballygunge Junction
Remount Road
17
15
Lake Gardens
Majerhat
18
Purple Line
(under construction)
16
Tollygunge
Rabindra Sarobar
New Alipore
17
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.