PPGT/Princep Ghat (2 PFs)

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Track: Single Electric-Line

Presenting some pictures from a recent trip to Princep Ghat, one of the 19 stations under the tutelage of the Kolkata Circular Railways...
The Kolkata Circular Railways starts at Dum Dum Junction as a single line and continues upto Majherhat. From Majherhat upto Ballygunge Junction this line shares track with the Budge-Budge-Sealdah section.
From Ballygunge upto Park-Circus this line goes in parallel with the Diamond-Harbour-Sealdah main line, from Park Circus onwards till Bidhan-nagar Road this line bypasses Sealdah Station and merges with the Sealdah-Naihati main line at...
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Kankurganchi Jn cabin.
Thus this line starts and terminates at Dum Dum Junction.....
Princep Ghat serves it's namesake place in Kolkata. Princep Gate serves as a memorial for James Princep, and hence is a very popular place for the people to spend their time in the evening adjacent to the cool Ganges breeze!
PPGT and BBDB are major crossing points for local train criss-crossing in the opposing directions...
Oh, and Sealdah's sister terminal station Kolkata lies in this section and a lot people do use the services of the Circular rail (Chakra rail) to ferry in and out of Chitpur....

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Picture 1:- Shows the overall layout of this station
Picture 2 & 4:- Are station board pictures. Anyone and everyone is free to update it into the station timeline.
Picture 3 :- Traditional painting artistry.
Picture 4 :- The Gigantic 'Second Hoogly bridge' or the 'Vidyasagar Setu' looms over the Princep Ghat skyline.
Picture 5, 6 and 7 :- Some evening shots of the evening scenery at the Ganges with the Vidyasagar Setu in the background....

Pictures credits :- Self
Camera used :- Moto G5

Hope you like it :)
- Arnab

🔸Circular Railway,Kolkata (previously under Calcutta Port Commissioner Railways) - a brief journey (PPGT-MJT)
🔸The purpose of the journey was to spot the new CRRC Dalian metro rake for #MetroRailwayKolkata .I & my fellow assumed that the rake would be kept at Majerhat siding within evening that day (but after getting the transport order,we became sure the transport shall occur at late night during non-rush hours).The constant tracking update is available in the attached link /blog/post/4252306 . Anyways my fellow RFs were able to spot it next day!
🔸I could take...
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a few pictures along the short journey
🔘One can see the steam loco of Calcutta Port Commissioner Rly.
🔘A shunter loco of RITES along with two spare metro coaches standing to collect the Dalian rake (spare coaches to allow coupling)
🔘Views during journey through Circular Rly. section
#mymemories #emuER