Kurseong Bazaar - Photos by S Sundaralingam

Date: 2003-04-24
Owner: Gallery Administrator
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The station throat at Kurseong. The line through the bazaar is at right, and the station, which is a dead end, is to the left. The loco is waiting to drop on to the train, which is in the station. At this time, the engine change was normally at Kurseong.

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Also at the Kurseong station throat. Many of the people are bus passengers waiting for services. A DOWN (downhill, too) train is backing into the station. Station building visible left. There used to be refreshment rooms here, but in recent years lunch w

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Looking back downnhill from the same position as the previous photo. An UP train is arriving. The loco shed is just visible behind the train. The line to NJP curves right behind the petrol station. The sidings are now gone, but one loop road is still exta

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This is the picturesque heart of the Kurseong bazaar in 1981. The station is just out of sight to the right at the bottom of the picture, and the train is commencing the climb. Photo by S Sundaralingam, January 1981. Copyright held by Dr K J Walker.

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The same spot, train much nearer. Note the "gingerbread" wooden colonial style buildings, typical of British hill stations. Many are now gone, replaced with unimaginative concrete structures. Photo by S Sundaralingam, January 1981. Copyright he

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From about 50ft [15 metres] in front of the buffer stops, a view of Kurseong station, showing the three main tracks and the short sidings. The main stations building to the right once housed the DHR's administrative wing, and there are suggestions that it

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Another view in the bazaar. Photo by S Sundaralingam, January 1981. Copyright held by Dr K J Walker.

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This is the top end of the bazaar. The road to the left is the beginning of the present one-way system, and the Tourist lodge and new bus station are about 200-300 yards up the road behind the camera. Note the small shops to the left. Photo by S Sundaral

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And this is the GAW. More concrete in evidence here. Photo by S Sundaralingam, January 1990. Copyright held by Dr K J Walker.