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Blog Entry# 1977664
Posted: Aug 31 2016 (23:45)

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Aug 31 2016 (23:45)   COA/Kakinada Port (3 PFs)
 
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A rare find on e-bay, a third-class ticket from Cocanada port to Calcutta dated 30th May,1903. If the bottom left corner is interpreted as the cost ( as the notation is similar to monetary notations from that time), the ticket costs 8 rupees and 8 annas ( 8.5 rupees).
Was Howrah station back then known as Calcutta?
Edit: Records from 1907 mention slip a coach from Kakinada ( probably multiple coaches as well) being attached to the Calcutta-Madras mail at SLO based on feasibility. Probably this arrangement worked
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in the opposite direction as well.
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Aug 31 2016 (23:47)
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Calcutta was then now SEALDAH.
anyways no direct trains from COA to HWH side exits though.
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Treasure !! Sold out for 64.5 $.. and got to knw abt station Barang. Lies between Bhubneswar and Cuttack
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