KOAA/Kolkata Chitpur (5)

Now, the exclusive brand new stn coming @ SHM will beat KOAA I presume.

KOAA is cleanest station among all stations seen by Me..

in terms of cleanliness, Asansol better than KOAA inspite of huge traffic

Personally i feel that all Kolkata bound (irrespective of zonal tag ) Duronto/Shatabdi/Garib Rath and Rajdhani must be started from here .
It has great infrastructure and minimum utilization makes it a useless station.
Moreover the station is in the heart of city.

Many KOAA trains are that successful when compared to SDAH or HWH.

yes it should be properly utilized. Like many popular trains can be shifted here like those going towards North Bengal and Bihar like Padatik Express, Teesta Torsa Express, Uttar Banga Express, KanchanKanya, Danapur Exp etc. Transport facilities at this station will improve only when it will recieve more footfalls. Shifting Shatabdis are not good option because at early morning and late night, reaching the station will be full of hassles.

The station is not in the heart of the city . It is in the North of the city .
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In the Map. ( KOLKATA MAP )
K -> kolkata chitpur ( KOAA )
S -> Sealdah ( SDAH )
H -> Howrah junction ( HWH )
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The station is not well connected with whole city , very few bus service , no metro , very few EMU service . Also Cabs are not avilable all time ....

Before 1 weak when i was travelling on 12364 & the train was reached 3 hr late on 22.25 at Koaa..
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I see there is no busses , very few ( not more than 5 ) taxies are standing infornt of the station , they demand very huge money ( ₹400) to come tollygunja ( 13 km only ).
I have to walk upto
R.G.kar Hospital to got a taxi ..

but this terminal is closest to a metro station than SDAH and HWH. There should be shuttle services between KOAA and Shyambazar metro. Transport facilities has to be improved but this will only happen when the important trains start terminating here which will bring more passengers to this station. No bus operators or taxi drivers will like to operate from here if they don't get passengers.

Shyambazar metro is 1.3 km far form koaa station ..
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where M.G.Road metro is 1.8 km far form HOWRAH station.
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Central Metro is only 1 km form SEALDAH station..

As it is clear that non of three mentioned stations are not in CENTER of city but like SDAH KOAA is also close to CBD of Kolkata. Regarding connectivity or taxi services when more train services starts from here naturally allied services will follow.
Regarding Metro we all know the pain of HWH where no such service exists.
So premium trains can starts from there and more city buses can be started from there for better connectivity.

KOAA is not in centre of the city, but the main reason people tend to avoid it is that the station is not over the main road. One has to travel about a km inside to reach. But in centre of Kolkata there is no space to build more stations and HWH, SDAH cannot be expanded. so the new ones are going to come up at far flung areas. That way SRC is doing great job as it has good connectivity. All other cities are going that way only.

For starters Poorva can be shifted here. It is an extremely popular trains as it is one of the best to reach Delhi(we know about the rush in trains between HWH-NDLS). Also, Poorva is going to have only 1 general coach so there will be less UR pax.

Shyambazar metro is 1.3 km far
form koaa station ..
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where M.G.Road metro is 1.8 km
far form HOWRAH station.
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Central Metro is only 1 km form
SEALDAH station..

Crossing HWH bridge is no issue at all ?

Recently i spent 4 hrs at KOAA and had 2 Tea (fairly large quantity), Idli/Wada (very poor in quality specially Sambar/Chutney).
The old food plaza staff were rude (my experience) and Very Mota Rice was served in lunch without Roti option. But the subji was good.

i think these luggage are of military personnel

Comparatively getting tatkal in GR's is bit easy owing to high price one has to shell out...

I don't think so, otherwise it would not run as waitlisted.

Normally as i have observed, first people prefer regular trains with SL/AC and then GR. If only GR is there in a good time slot, the story is different then.

People feel shy to travel in GR.frankly.

its not about getting or not getting... its about irctc website responding... last 2-3 days, irctc was even not opening at 10:00 am !

its nice train to travel to NJP !

It is not a question of GR. Getting any Tatkal ticket through IRCTC within 15-20 minutes is really an achievement

There are total 225 seats in ck quota. So it must be easier for you in booking except other regular trains. Its just like booking in SL.

NJP Shatabdi is better than this GR.

yes.. having 225 seats did help...

That's what i was about to tell...more than 200 seats and AC class means comparatively less takers will be there and apart from that travel plan has to match.

yes, but the time is different.. I wanted overnight train !

Im talking of GN Quota. See even the Tatkal status is waitlisted. Its not a white elephant.

I know that this is not a WE...Most of the GR's are of late running with WL thanks to summer season...

Congratz...

FM sir, this is not to hurt you, but somewhere I heard that congratulating is a SPAM.

Dont agree.. There are lot of takers of AC class... In the past years.. IR has increased AC coaches on lot of trains. for eg.. 12961/2 avantika express went from 3 AC coaches to 7 AC coaches now.. Thr r many such trains.

Try in Sarighat next time. But, it is an achievement as you have got a cnf tkt in any train in CK.

What about Falaknuma or Godavari?

Dont agree.. There are lot of takers of AC class... In the past years.. IR has increased AC coaches on lot of trains. for eg.. 12961/2 avantika express went from 3 AC coaches to 7 AC coaches now.. Thr r many such trains.

Im only travelling till NJP so this is a good train wiht good timings for NJP... Saraighat reaches NJP at 1:40 am

This is the least(last) preferred train towards GHY. So, the chances of getting tkts are very high.
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CK doesn't have individual quota AFAIK.

Extremely tough. Godavari is easy on Drnt days from SC but 12704 is very very tough.

funny!

great achievement. even logging into IRCTC in 15-20 mins is just awesome!

Dont agree.. There are lot of takers of AC class... In the past years.. IR has increased AC coaches on lot of trains. for eg.. 12961/2 avantika express went from 3 AC coaches to 7 AC coaches now.. Thr r many such trains.

Dont agree.. There are lot of takers of AC class... In the past years.. IR has increased AC coaches on lot of trains. for eg.. 12961/2 avantika express went from 3 AC coaches to 7 AC coaches now.. Thr r many such trains.

one of our iri member hav a record of booking a ticket within 52 second !!

sir not only from last 2-3days
from last 2-3 years it is not opening at opening hours !!
Ha ha ha

Also, how to go from airport to Chitpur station... is there a bus.. I have enough time..

Dil toh bachcha hai jee :P

garib rath ??

another pix....

mix rake

#hitpicture. I think the GR coach is of KOAA-GHY GR Exp.

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Tried many times to add pictures now added.