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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 [update] the station is planned to be open for service during March 2025.
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]
The airport was connected to the Kolkata Suburban Railway system's circular line branch. The 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long elevated track connected the airport Biman Bandar railway station with Dum Dum Cantonment railway station, passing Jessore Road. Electric multiple unit rolling stocks served the line.
Dum Dum Cantonment metro station. An amount of Rs 227 crore contract to build this station along with a mostly at-grade 2.16 km (1.34 mi) section from the Bagjola Canal to the existing ramp of the Airport Circular Railway track was awarded to Senbo Engineering Limited all the way back in June 2011.
The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore. It will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of Kolkata to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport and will have 23 elevated stations, 1 underground station and 1 at-grade. The terminal Airport station being the underground one.
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]
City served Division IATA ICAO Airport name Note International airports Kolkata: Presidency: CCU: VECC: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport: International connections to United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Thailand, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and domestic flights to all Indian cities
The railway system is open from about 0400 to 0100 and has an average daily ridership of 2-3 million commuters. It is the biggest suburban rail network in India, with a record of 400+ stations and a total of 1,501 km (933 mi); it is the world's 7th longest suburban railway network. [citation needed]