Calcutta Tramways Company - Alignment & Interchanges

Alignment & Interchanges

  • Tram passes over the railway bridge between Shyambazar and Belgachhia, near Tala.
  • Tram passes under the railway bridge between Maniktala and Bidhannagar, near Kankurgachi (only under-level track), and between Kalighat and Tollygunge, near Rabindra Sarobar.
  • Tram runs parallel over metro track from Shyambazar to Belgachhia, and from Jatin Das Park to Tollygunge.
  • Tram track crosses metro track at Aurobinda Sarani, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bipin Bihari Gangopadhyay Street and Lenin Sarani.
  • Tram runs on both sides of the road on Lenin Sarani and Surya Sen Street, and on either the right or left side on part of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy Road, part of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Basu Road, Judges Court Road, Diamond Harbour Road, Karl Marx Sarani, Kidderpur Road, Dufferin Road, Casuarina Avenue, Elliot Road, Royd Street and Rabindra Sarani. On all other streets, tram runs in the middle of the road.
  • Tram runs on overpass only at Shialdaha.
  • Tram passes under overpass at Barhabazar, Wattganj, Race Course and Garhiahat.
  • Tram crosses canals between Shyambazar and Belgachhia near Shyambazar, between Maniktala and Bidhannagar near Maniktala, between Jatin Das Park and Mominpur near Alipur, and between Wattganj and Esplanade near Wattganj.
  • Interchange with metro at Belgachhia, Shyambazar, Esplanade, Kalighat and Tollygunge. Shobhabazar, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Central, Jatin Das Park and Rabindra Sarobar metro stations also have tram accessibility.
  • Interchange with train at Bagbazar, Bidhannagar, Park Circus, Ballygunge, Kidderpur, B.B.D Bagh and Tollygunge. Sealdah and Tala rail stations also have tram accessibility.

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