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Jai Hind
Kolkata Metro station
General information
LocationNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata
Coordinates22°38′46″N 88°26′09″E / 22.64619°N 88.43591°E / 22.64619; 88.43591
Owned byKolkata Metro
Platforms1 Side platforms & 2 island platforms
Tracks4 (2 more track lead to the yard)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth12 m
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes Disabled access
Other information
StatusUnder Construction
History
Opening2021 (expected)
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Kolkata Metro. Kolkata Metro Following station
VIP Road
towards Kavi Subhash
Orange Line Terminus
Jessore Road
towards Noapara
Yellow Line
(under construction)
Birati
towards Barasat

Jai Hind is a metro station in Kolkata (unofficially also known as Biman Bandar metro station or Airport metro station). It will serve the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport. This station will also have a yard, and it will be the largest underground facility of India, and city's first. It will be 550m long and 41.6m wide, and will facilitate stabling and reversal of rakes, but it won't be a carshed.[1] Here, Line 4 and Line 6 will meet. There will be 5 tracks, two for Line 4. two for Line 6 and two for terminating and departing both Noapara and Kavi Subhash bound trains. Previously the station was planned elevated, but after objection from AAI, the route was reworked and the station was panned underground. It will be 500m away from the current terminal building, and 150m from the proposed new terminal building but it will be connected via subways which will be having walkalators, then there will be escalator or elevator to reach the arrival or the departure levels. Counters for luggage check-in could be set up at the station and there might be a dedicated corridor for transporting the luggage to the boarding point. Also a longer corridor would be built for passengers to reach Jessore Road.[2]

History

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Construction

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The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL and the construction of the station-cum-yard is being done by ITD Cementation India Ltd. The tentative deadline is June 2021.

Delays

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The work has been delayed for years due to multiple issues. At first AAI objected the station above the ground, stating that this could be a threat for air traffic. Many underground utilities, power sub-station and water treatment plant had to be shifted. Encroachments and Land acquisition problems held up the project for multiple times.[3]

The Station

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Structure

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G Street Level Exit/Entrance
L1 Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2 Side platform doors will open on the left Disabled access
East bound Towards →Kavi Subhash→ →
Northbound →Towards ←Noapara← ←Side platform doors will open on the left Disabled accessSide platform doors will open on the left Disabled access
Side platform doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2

Connections

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Entry/Exits

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References

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ROUTES

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Route & future extension

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Stations

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The stations of this Corridors are:

Line 2 (East-West Corridor)
No. Station Name Location Opening Connections Layout Coordinates Notes
English Bengali
1 Sector V সেক্টর V Bidhannagar Trials in progress   Line 6 (Under Construction)

 Wipro Bus Stop

 Saltlake Bus Depot

Elevated Located near IT Hub of Kolkata
2 Karunamoyee করুণাময়ী Bidhannagar Trials in progress  Karunamoyee Bus Terminal Elevated International bus terminus
3 Central Park সেন্ট্রাল পার্ক Bidhannagar Trials in progress  Bikash Bhawan Bus Stop

 Sech Bhavan Bus Stop

Elevated
4 City Center সিটি সেন্টার Bidhannagar Trials in progress  City Centre Bus Stop Elevated Located near Bidhannagar College
5 Bengal Chemical বেঙ্গল কেমিক্যালস Bidhannagar Trials in progress  Bengal Chemical Bus Stop Elevated
6 Salt Lake Stadium সল্ট লেক স্টেডিয়াম Bidhannagar Trials in progress  Apollo Hospital Bus Stop

 Kadapara Bus Stop

Elevated Serving Salt Lake Stadium
7 Phoolbagan ফুলবাগান Phoolbagan Trials in progress  Phoolbagan Bus Stop Underground
8 Sealdah শিয়ালদহ Sealdah Under construction  Sealdah Station (Kolkata Suburban Railway

 Calcutta Tramways Sealdah Tram Stop

 Sealdah Bus Stop

Underground Interchange with local suburban and national rail services
15 Esplanade এসপ্ল্যানেড Dharmatala Under construction   Line 1 (Operational)

  Line 3 (Under Construction)

 ISBT Esplanade Bus Terminus

 Esplanade Bus Station(WBTC,CTC,SBSTC,NBSTC)

 Calcutta Tramways Esplanade Tram Depot

Underground International Bus Terminus
10 Mahakaran মহাকরণ B. B. D. Bagh Under construction  Calcutta Tramways B.B.D. Bagh Tram Depot

 B.B.D. Bagh Bus Stop

Underground Also known as B. B. D. Bagh
11 Howrah হাওড়া Howrah Under construction   Howrah railway station Kolkata Suburban Railway

 Howrah Station Bus Stand

 Howrah Station Jetty

Underground Interchange with local suburban and national rail services
12 Howrah Maidan হাওড়া ময়দান Howrah Under construction  Howrah Maidan Bus Stop Underground

Alignment & interchanges

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Dum Dum, Park Street, Mahanayak Uttam Kumar (Tollygunge), Netaji (Kundghat), Masterda Surya Sen (Bansdroni), Geetanjali (Naktala), Kavi Nazrul (Garia Bazar), Shahid Khudiram (Briji) and Kavi Subhash (New Garia) have side platforms; all other stations have island platforms. Central and Noapara, are exceptions as it has both platforms on the sides as well as in the centre. Dum Dum, Kavi Subhash (New Garia), Rabindra Sarobar & Shobhabazar Sutanuti have connections to interchange with standard railway while Belgachhia, Shyambazar, Esplanade & Kalighat have connections to the tram network. Tram lines also serve Shobhabazar Sutanuti, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Central, Jatin Das Park, Rabindra Sarobar & Mahanayak Uttam Kumar (Tollygunge) stations. The EM Bypass can be accessed from the Shahid Khudiram (Briji) metro station.

Extension up to Kavi Subhash Metro Station (New Garia)

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Mamata Banerjee during her first tenure as the railway minister initiated the project of Tollygunj – Garia metro extension. During her second tenure (2009–2011) she inaugurated the extension, and also introduced new state-of-the-art Air Conditioned rakes, manufactured indigenously at the Integral Coach Factory, at Perambur near Chennai.

The new extension to Garia Bazar in the south opened to the public on 23 August 2009. The Garia Bazar station was named after Kavi Nazrul. A final extension from Kavi Nazrul (Garia Bazar) to Kavi Subhash (New Garia) was inaugurated on 7 October 2010, bringing the total number of stations to 23. On the same day, two Air-Conditioned rakes were also pressed into service.

Future extension

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The plan to extend Line 1 in the north from Dumdum to Dakshineswar (5.2 km) is under execution. The construction of this stretch started in February 2010. It will be met by the metro line from Barrackpore at Baranagar (12.5 km).[4]

The stations on this stretch will be:

  1. Dumdum
  2. Noapara
  3. Baranagar
  4. Dakshineswar

List of stations (East to West)

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Line 6 (Jai Hind-Kavi Subhash Corridor)
No. Station Name Location Opening Connections Layout Coordinates Notes
English Bengali
1 Jai Hind জয় হিন্দ NSCB International Airport Under construction   Line 4 (Under construction)

 Airport Gate No. 2 Bus Stop

 Airport Gate No. 2.5 Bus Stop

Underground
2 Haldiram হলদিরাম Haldiram Under construction  Kaikhali Bus Terminus Elevated Also known as VIP Road
3 Rabindra Tirtha রবীন্দ্র তীর্থ Rajarhat Under construction Elevated Also known as Chinar Park
4 Titumir তিতুমীর City Centre 2 Under construction Elevated
5 Sub CBD 2 সাব সিবিডি ২ Sub CBD 2,Newtown Under construction Elevated Also known as Akankha 5-point crossing
6 Convention Centre কনভেনশন সেন্টার Convention Centre, Newtown Under construction Elevated Also known as Nawabpur
7 Newtown নিউটাউন Newtown Under Construction Elevated Also known as Eco Park
8 CBD 2 সিবিডি ২ Kala Kshetra Under construction Elevated Also known as Newtown CBD/Kalashetra
15 CBD 1 সিবিডি ১ CBD 1, Newtown Under construction  CBD1 Bus Stop

 Techno India College Newtown Bus Stop

 Narkel Bagan Bus Stop(WBTC,CTC,SBSTC,NBSTC)

Elevated Also known as Narkelbagan
10 Sub CBD 1 সাব সিবিডি ১ Sub CBD 1,Newtown Under construction Elevated
11 Bidhannagar বিধাননগর Bidhannagar Under construction Elevated Also known as Newtown Bus Stand
12 Technopolis টেকনোপোলিস Technopolis Under construction Elevated Also known as Bidhannagar Limit
13 Sector V সল্ট লেক সেক্টর ৫ Salt Lake Sector V Under construction   Line 2 (Under construction)

 Wipro Bus Stop

 Saltlake Bus Depot

 Karunamoyee Bus Terminus (WBTC,CTC,SBSTC,NBSTC)

Elevated Located near IT Hub of Kolkata
14 Nicco Park নিক্কো পার্ক Nicco ParkSalt Lake Under construction Elevated
15 Gour Kishore Ghosh গৌর কিশোর ঘোষ Chingrighata Under construction Elevated
16 Beliaghata বেলেঘাটা Beliaghata Under construction Elevated
17 Barun Sengupta বরুন সেনগুপ্ত Science City Under construction Elevated
18 Ritwik Ghatak ঋত্বিক ঘটক Bantala Road Under construction Elevated
19 VIP Bazaar ভি আই পি বাজার VIP Bazaar Under construction Elevated
20 Hemanta Mukherjee হেমন্ত মুখোপাধ্যায় Ruby/Desun Hospital Under construction Elevated Also known as Kasba Golpark
21 Kavi Sukanta কবি সুকান্ত Kalikapur Under construction Elevated
22 Jyotirindra Nath Nandi জ্যোতিরীন্দ্র নাথ নন্দী Mukundapur Under construction Elevated
23 Satyajit Ray সত্যজিৎ রায় SRFTI/Hiland Park/Peerless Hospital Under construction  Highland Park Bus Stop

 Bengal Ambuja Bus Stop

Elevated Also known as Ajoy Nagar
24 Kavi Subhash কবি সুভাষ New Garia Under construction   Line 1 (Operational)

 New Garia Railway Station Kolkata Suburban Railway

  New Garia Station Bus Stop

At Grade


station layout

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G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
Side platform doors will open on the left  
P (L1) Eastbound Toward →Sealdah→→
Island platform, doors will open on the right  
Westbound Toward ←New Mahakaran
Side platform doors will open on the left  
Side platform doors will open on the left  
P (L2) Northbound Terminus
Island platform, doors will open on the right  
Southbound Toward ←Park Street
Side platform doors will open on the left  

 S a h a  14:05, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

coach layout

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coach layout
SC & PC seats (3) Door
General seats (8) Door Ladies seats (8) Door General seats (8) Door SC & PC seats (3)
Standing area
Standing area
SC & PC seats (3) Door General seats (8) Door Ladies seats (8) Door General seats (8) Door SC & PC seats (3)

  1. ^ "Airport Metro yard to be country's largest underground facility".
  2. ^ "Metro hub 150m from Calcutta airport".
  3. ^ "Work gets going on Metro's airport station".
  4. ^ Express News Service (3 January 2010). "Mamata lays foundation for Dum Dum-Dakshineswar Metro". Express India. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

metro data

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2005-06 107,873[1]

2006-07 114,852[2]

2009-10 136,973[3]

2010-11 159,064[4]

Average daily ridership[5][6][7]
Year Ridership
1985–86
7,600
1995–96
118,600
2001–02
166,000
2002–03
211,926
2003–04
248,090
2004–05
267,293
2005–06
295,542
2006–07
314,666
2009–10
375,268
2010–11
435,792

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