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This is the list of the stations of Kolkata Metro, a Mass Rapid transit Urban Railway network serving the city of Kolkata, India.It was the first underground railway to be built in India, with the first operations commencing in October 1984 and the full stretch that was initially planned being operational by February, 1995. [1]
2019-December: New opening date planned, i.e., December end. But, it was missed again. 2020-January-07: High Court asks Railways to file report on resuming East-West Metro tunneling work, that was stopped after Bowbazar mishap. [33] 2020-January-28: 2022 is the revised deadline of the entire corridor. [70]
All stations have televisions that broadcast news and songs. [130] WiFi was introduced at Park Street and Maidan metro station in 2016. Gradually, it was expanded to all the stations. The service is provided by Reliance Jio. [131] [132] Most stations have services such as ATMs, food outlets, and chemist stalls.
The master plan had already identified the East-West corridor back in 1971. [7] It was planned to connect Howrah Railway Station with the Salt Lake region. [8] As per the feasibility investigation for the corridor conducted by Pacific Consultant International Group in January 2004; their plan report proposed the route and tubular structures to be beneath the Hooghly River.
A week later after inauguration and a day after commercial run started on Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section, RVNL announced the completion of a 76 m viaduct gap after construction of a single-span open-web girder steel bridge over Tagore Park culvert. This completed the viaduct up to Beliaghata metro station. [8]
The service from Dum Dum to Tollygunge started in 1995, with Mahatma Gandhi Road metro station, opening in 1996. During this time, more magnetic gates and escalators were added and the revolving gates were slowly phased out. In 2009, a large number of stations on Blue Line were renamed by then Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee.
The following police stations in the Ballygunge area, which are part of the South-east division of Kolkata Police, cover four police districts in the area: [9]. Rabindra Sarobar police station is a new police station being set up in the Rabindra Sarobar area.
Ballygunge Circular Road which was renamed as Promotesh Barua Sarani (PIN Kolkata 700019), after the legendary actor and doyen of Bengali Cinema, is one of the most important roads which runs through the upscale part of Ballygunge in South Kolkata. [1]