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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.
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 .
This line will be one of the most important stretches of Kolkata Metro because it will connect the southern and the eastern parts of the city with Kolkata Airport. The total distance of this route will be 29.87 km (18.56 mi). It connects Line 1 at Kavi Subhash and will eventually connect Line 2 at Sector-V and Kaikhali and Line 4 at Airport.
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]
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.
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: Tracks: 2
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 ...
Dum Dum Cantonment is an elevated metro station of line 4 of Kolkata Metro. [2] It is situated just beside the Dum Dum Cantonment railway station. [3] This station was proposed in Line 4, in the budget of 2010–11. [4]