Chord link line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)

Calcutta Chord link line
	Dankuni railway station, terminal station in Chord Link line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railway
Locale	West Bengal
Termini	Sealdah; Dankuni Junction
Stations	Total stations:15; Interchange stations: 8;
Website	Eastern Railway
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Kolkata Suburban Railway
Operator(s)	Eastern Railway
Depot(s)	Sealdah
Daily ridership	0.291 Million
History
Opened	1865
Technical
Line length	22 km (14 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	At grade, elevated
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge
Electrification	25 kV overhead line
Operating speed	up to 100 km per hour
Route map

The Chord link line (Kolkata Suburban Railway) is also known as Calcutta Chord link (CC Link) which is the Branch line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway which comes under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway's Sealdah Division & Howrah Division. Its termini are Sealdah (SDAH) and Dankuni Junction on the Sealdah-Dankuni route where it meets Howrah–Bardhaman chord line with the length of 22km with 9 stations. Which is an important link for both Divisions of Eastern Railway zone and has an direct connectivity with South Eastern Railway.

From Sealdah to Dum Dum Junction it shares a line with the Eastern line's Sealdah section mainline. After Dum Dum Junction, It Splits into two lines and starts elevation and runs parallel with the Beleghoria Expressway by Passing through Baranagar after which it crosses the Hooghly through the Vivekananda Setu and onto Bally Ghat and also Elevates over the Howrah–Bardhaman main line at Bally and Ends at Dankuni Junction. Additional Chord Connector has two wing which meets at Rajchandrapur before proceeding to Sealdah & other wing proceed to Dankuni. The Additional Chord link line which connects to the Santragachi–Amta branch line with the length of 13 Km to Andul which it lies at the South Eastern main line to Kharagpur is totally a single line. which stretches parallel to the NH-6 popularly Bombay Road. In the middle of ACCL there is Bhattanagar RPF post where 4 track exist for Goods Train. Towards Andul, it crosses Kona bridge and meets with Howrah-Amta Line at Baltikuri Halt where no train stops at present.

History

This line was opened in 1865 and converted to electrification in 1965,[1] On that time the Freight Services was passed on this line which was profitable for railways and the EMU trains also runs on this line for connecting to Chord line to Howrah Jn for plying long-distance trains. But due to Passenger Demand was Increased for Long Distance trains Start from Sealdah to pass through to this line and connects to the rest of India. for that purpose A Duronto Train to Puri from Sealdah was Started on 12 February 2012 for direct connectivity to Puri from Sealdah.[2]

Routes and Stations

Main line

Chord link line
#	Distance from Sealdah (km)	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	0	Sealdah	SDAH	Eastern line / South lines
2	4	Bidhannagar Road	BNXR	Eastern line / Circular line
3	7	Dum Dum Junction	DDJ	Eastern line / Circular line
4	12	Baranagar Road	BARN	None
5	13	Dakshineswar	DAKE	None
6	15	Bally Ghat	BLYG	None
7	16	Bally Halt	BLYH	None
8	17	Rajchandrapur	RCD	None
9	22	Dankuni Junction	DKAE	Eastern line

Main line Branch

Chord link line Branch
#	Station Name	Station Code	Connections
1	Dankuni Junction	DKAE	Eastern line
2	Rajchandrapur	RCD	Eastern line
3	Bhattanagar	BTNG	None
4	Baltikuri	BALT	South Eastern line
5	Bankranayabaz	BKNM	South Eastern line
6	Andul	ADL	South Eastern line

Future Development

Recently there is Doubling work of Dankuni - Andul (Additional Kolkata Chord link) line is going on to introduce more passenger train. If doubling work completes, a lot of trains would start from Sealdah or Chitpur Kolkata Terminal by which passengers of Kolkata would get convenience. It will alleviate pressure on Howrah. Besides Sealdah will get direct EMU train towards Kharagpur South Eastern mainline section.[3]

References

Electrifiaction of Railways, irfca.org, 10 December 2018
Introduction of Sealdah Puri Duronto Express, East Coast Railway,
New Projects of Eastern Railway, Eastern Railway, 10 December 2018

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[1] Electrifiaction of Railways, irfca.org, 10 December 2018

[2] Introduction of Sealdah Puri Duronto Express, East Coast Railway,

[3] New Projects of Eastern Railway, Eastern Railway, 10 December 2018

Stations on the Chord link line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway
Main line	Sealdah Bidhannagar Road Dum Dum Junction Baranagar Road Dakshineswar Bally Ghat Bally Halt Rajchandrapur Dankuni Junction
Branch line	Dankuni Junction Rajchandrapur Bhattanagar Baltikuri Bankra Nayabaz Andul