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It is located approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) from the city centre. The airport is locally known as Kolkata Airport and Dum Dum Airport before being renamed in 1995 after Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the most prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement. The airport's IATA code CCU is associated with "Calcutta", the former legal name of ...
Jai Hind (also referred to as Biman Bandar) is a metro station of Kolkata Metro. [2] It will serve the city of Kolkata's main airport, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. [3] As of October 2024 the station is planned to be open for service during March 2025. [1]
The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (also known as Kolkata Airport/Dum Dum Airport) at Dum Dum is the only airport in Kolkata Metropolitan Area, operating both domestic and international flights. It is an important airport connecting Kolkata to different cities of India and neighboring countries of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
Line 6 (Orange Line) is a rapid transit metro line of the Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It will connect New Garia with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport via two major satellite towns of Kolkata metropolitan region, Salt Lake and New Town. It currently operates between Kavi Subhash and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay.
The number of suburban trains is lower than long-distance trains. This station runs many long-distance express trains including two pairs of Garib Rath Express, Khwaja Garib Nawaz Madar–Kolkata Express etc. and one long-distance passenger train – Lalgola Passenger. There are five platforms, among them Platform 1 & 2 is used by only suburban ...
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is just 3.9 km away from the station which was previously connected through Rail between 2006 and 2016. But after 2016 it was closed and dismantled. Currently only connection with it, is auto. But in future it will be connected also through Kolkata Metro Line 4. [8]
Jessore Road is an at grade level metro station of line 4 of Kolkata Metro. It is situated just beside Jessore Road near 1 no. gate of Kolkata airport. This station was proposed in Line 4, in the budget of 2010–11. It was a part of the integration of old line of Circular Railway from Dum Dum Cantonment to Biman Bandar. [2]
The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore. It is intended to reduce travel time between Kolkata's southernmost areas and the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. The 5 km (3.1 mi) stretch from New Garia to Ruby Hospital was expected to start from 2018. [5]