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Behala Chowrasta is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Purple Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is located exactly above the Behala Chowrasta intersection on Diamond Harbour Road / NH-12. [1] It was opened in the first phase of this line. The station was commissioned on 30 December 2022. [2]
Like other stations and lines of Kolkata Metro, this station has 750 volt DC powered third rail. The electricity system will be used to operate the train. [41] Train movement at this station will be managed by communication based train control signaling system. With this signal system, trains can be operated at intervals of 90 seconds. [42]
The agency was formed to oversee the implementing Kolkata Metro Line 2, also known as East West Metro, connecting the twin cities Kolkata and Howrah. The metro rail route is partly underground including the part that will be under the river Ganges. [1] [2] [3] The 16.6 km route has six station each in underground and elevated portions.
Location: Chittaranjan Avenue, Jorasanko, Kolkata, West Bengal 700007 India: Coordinates: Owned by: Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation: Operated by: Kolkata Metro: Line(s) Blue Line: Platforms: Island platform Platform-1 → Dakshineswar Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash
Metro Railway, Kolkata, is the owner and operator of Kolkata Metro, the oldest metro system of India. On 29 December 2010, it became the 17th zone of the Indian Railways , operated by the Ministry of Railways .
Kolkata Metro is the 2nd busiest metro system in India. 2,465 travel by every Metro train in Kolkata against 1,110 in Delhi metro. Kolkata Metro carries around 700,000 people daily. [137] The daily and annual ridership has consistently risen since 1984. Low fares and fast and convenient travel have contributed to the high ridership figures.
This metro station is at ground level and located adjacent to New Garia railway station on the Sealdah - Sonarpur section. [ 2 ] After a lot of hardships and developmental work, the Kavi Subhash- Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of Kolkata Metro Line 6 was inaugurated on 6 March 2024 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi , along with the truncated ...
Like other stations and lines of Kolkata Metro, this station has 750 volt DC powered third rail. The electricity system will be used to operate the train. [3] [6] Train movement at this station will be managed by communication based train control signaling system. With this signal system, trains can be operated at intervals of 90 seconds. [3] [6]