Thread to post observations on PT networks outside of Queensland
Saw a few suburban trains at Sheoraphuli station in Kolkata, where the Goghat line branches off from the bardhaman main and katwa lines. The Goghat line has trains terminating at Tarakeshwar (most common), Arambagh, and Goghat stations, usually originating from Howrah station.
However, one time I was watching the trains, I saw an outbound train terminate at Sheoraphuli. Afterwards, an inbound train from Goghat (or intermediate termini) terminated at the station next to the train from Howrah. Everyone heading to Howrah had to transfer trains to continue their journey. I find this way of terminating trains to be quite odd.
What makes it weirder is that this is how trains in Kolkata’s local train network occasionally terminate according to schedule; there are trains that take the full journey to its terminus (like Howrah to Tarakeshwar or Howrah to Katwa), but occasionally, passengers have to change trains to continue their journey due to trains terminating at the junction? That’s like having passengers from Shorncliffe occasionally being forced to change to a train that terminated at Northgate to continue their journey to the city because the inbound train from Shorncliffe occasionally terminates at Northgate?
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