Andul Calcutta Chord Link (ACCL) - Additional Chord Connector - EP01 - An Interesting Series

#AndulDankuni #AndulDumdum #AndulDankuniLine #AndulCalcuttaChord #AndulChordLink #AndulCalcuttaChordLink #AndulCalcuttaChordLine #AndulCalcuttaLink #AndulCalcuttaLinkLine #AndulLinkLine #AndulCalcuttaChordLinkConnector #ACCL #AdditionalChordConnector #AndulAdditionalChord #AdditionalChord #AndulChord #ACCLLink #AndulLinkLine #AndulDankuniLinkLine #AndulBaltikuri #AndulBhattanagar #ACCLLinkLine #SantragachiToDankuni #MourigramFlyOver #MourigramFlyOverblockHut #MourigramFlyoverCabin #BaltikuriJnCabin #Bhattanagarcabin #AndulSantragachiLine #MourigramFlyoverBypass #MourigramFlyoverBlockCabin #AndulCabin #AndulChordLinkLine The Howrah-Bardhaman Chord, a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the Howrah-Bardhaman Main Line, was constructed in 1917. In 1932, the Calcutta Chord Link Line was built over the Willingdon Bridge (now known as Vivekananda Setu) joining Dum Dum with Dankuni and opened for freight traffic, thus forming a direct link from Calcutta (now known as Sealdah railway station) to Dankuni on the Howrah-Bardhaman Chord, thus earning the line its name. By 1950–51, Santragachi was heavily congested causing delays in arrival for trains bound to Howrah. Two major reasons identified for the congestion were its railway yard outstripping its capacity and passing of freight trains of the South Eastern Railway from Kharagpur towards Chitpur and Kolkata docks taking the circuitous route via Tikiapara, Liluah, Belanagar and then finally taking the Calcutta Chord link line to Calcutta.[7] To resolve the congestion problem, Indian Railways sanctioned the remodeling of the Santragachi railway yard in November 1962 and sanctioned the building of a direct link from Andul on the Howrah–Kharagpur line to the Calcutta Chord link line in the railway budget of 1959–60. This was to reduce the distance between Andul and the Calcutta Chord from 27.5 km (17.1 mi) to 13 km (8.1 mi) The work of building the line however progressed slowly due to land acquisition problems and was finally completed in December 1968.[7] The electrification of the line was started subsequently and was completed by 1971–72. The ACCL branch line was primarily used by freight trains to bypass the congested sections near Howrah and directly connected the Eastern railway and South Eastern railway zones. However, with increasing public demand, some long-distance passenger trains were started in this section directly from Sealdah like the Sealdah–Puri Duronto Express in 2012.