Rail Trek: Shantipur-Krishnanagar-Nabadwip Ghat
Three Railfans Bappa Pal, Souro and Avishek Basu, on 15th October 2012, undertook a Trip along the ruins and relics of now extinct Shantipur Jn - Krishnanagar City Jn – Nabadwipghat NG connectivity. We started from Shantipur, amid NG bogies and turnstiles. BG track came up on erstwhile NG track alignment on Shantipur Jn - Krishnanagar City Jn stretch. Thereafter, work is going on.
The erstwhile Nabadwipghat Terminal, complete with all the infrastructure and logistics that you usually expect in any big station, stands on a vast area amid lush greenery, shrubs and large trees where work is yet to start. It looks like a biosphere – with mongoose, dogs, goats, hens, butterflies, lizards and quite a few varieties of birds.
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(Souro)
Closer shot of track changing handle.
No.173 EBR-1926. (Souro)
Turn table at Nabadwip Ghat station. (Souro)
An advertisement by BJP demanding for the gauge conversion work to start soon and keep running the NG train till the work completed. In this advertisement they showed the route as Shantipur-Nabadwip Ghat-Sri Dham Mayapur. My question si, was there any pla
A notice from Eastern Railway stating the end of Shantipur-Nabadwip Ghat NG services to be closed down from 18.10.2010 till further notification.
This is a news paper cutting pasted on the wall beside the booking counter. (Avishek Basu)
Notice on levy of surcharge on Rash Mela and Dol Mela festival. (Avishek Basu)
Booking counter and various notices. (Avishek Basu)
Another notice by ER mentioning the gauge conversion work in progress and the name of the constructor. (Avishek Basu)
This is where tracks used to be there. Now it is nothing but a bushy jungle. (Avishek Basu)
Except for those rails this cannot be recognised as railway track bed. (Avishek Basu)
Site office cum Laboratory for the gauge conversion project.
Note the spelling of Laboratory. (Avishek Basu)
Another track changing handle and on far right probably the toilet. (Souro)
Ticket Booking counter at Nabadwip Ghat. (Souro)
Water Tank at Nabadwip Ghat station. Don't know if water is there in it or not. (Avishek Basu)
Time Table at Nabadwip Ghat station. (Avishek Basu)
Running Room at Nabadwip Ghat station. (Avishek Basu)
Sealed station master room at nabadwip ghat. (Avishek Basu)
Buffer End at Nabadwip Ghat. (Avishek Basu)
Recent comments
Many thanks for a great photo album. I'm really grateful that you have recorded such scenes while they are happening and before everything is gone.
Posted by David Churchill on 2012 Nov 13 10:31:09 +0000
Thanks for the album!Good to see the history and the present transformation the section is going through! Nice...
Posted by Ashwin Gandhi on 2012 Nov 10 04:47:00 +0000