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Kolkata Metro Rail Will Be In 'Elite Club' : New Achievement

 The name of Kolkata Metro rail will be taken with London, Moscow, Berlin rail soon. The speed of the rail would be enhanced too. Kolkata Metro was started its journey from 20.10.1984 and since then it became the oldest glory of now, another feather will soon be added in the story of achievement of Metro rail - it will soon join in the 'Elite Club' of London, Moscow, Berlin Metro rail. The name of Kolkata Metro will be taken with London, Moscow, Berlin, Munich and Istanbul Metro rail - because unlike those five Metro rails, Kolkata Metro rail will get composite alluminium third line at its north-south three phases, Kolkata Metro will install alluminium third line at its 35 kms track. At first phase, the work will be done from Dum Dum to Shyambazar, at second phase, the work will be completed from Shyambazar to Central station and from Jatin Das Park to Tollygunge (Mahanayak Uttam Kumar) station, and at the third phase alluminium third line will be installed at the track f

A Rail Station Of My Childhood

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Labpur rail station - it was my everyday place of my childhood. I used to spend every afternoon at this station for the free ride of narrow gauge train of three compartments. The station remains the same as it was four decades ago. I was then a lad of 10 years, who used to sit under the great tree to wait for the narrow gauge line's train (the line of only two feet six inches long) to come. The train used to come with (now obsolete) smoky horizon of steam engine and the compartments were just like three match boxes. I used to board train, standing on the footboard and the train used to move slowly after a long whistle. The train used to run (15 kmph) through the mango forests, beside the backyard of villagers, duck-filled ponds, paddy fields, school buildings, haat-bazaar, or small stream... I used to board off at a junction station and back on the next train. The pleasure was mine... just only mine. A. B.