Biman Bandar metro station

Biman Bandar is a metro station of Kolkata Metro (unofficially also known as Airport metro station). It will serve the city's main airport, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.[1]


Biman Bandar
Kolkata Metro station
LocationNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata
Coordinates22°38′46″N 88°26′09″E
Owned byKolkata Metro
Line(s) Line 4   Line 6 
Platforms1 Side platforms & 2 island platforms
Tracks4 (2 more track lead to the yard)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth12 m
ParkingYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusUnder Construction
History
Opening2021 (expected)
Previous namesJai Hind
Services
Preceding station   Kolkata Metro   Following station
toward Kavi Subhash
Line 6Terminus
toward Noapara
Line 4
toward Barasat
Location
Biman Bandar
Location within Kolkata

Features

This station will also have a yard, and it will be the largest underground facility of India, and city's first. It will be 550m long and 41.6m wide, and will facilitate stabling and reversal of rakes, but it will not be a carshed.[2] Previously the station was planned elevated, but after objection from AAI, the route was reworked and the station was planned underground from Airport to New Barrackpore.[3]

Facilities

It will be 500 m away from the current terminal building and 150 m from the proposed new terminal building but it will be connected via subways which will be having walkalators, then there will be escalator or elevator to reach the arrival or the departure levels. Counters for luggage check-in could be set up at the station and there might be a dedicated corridor for transporting the luggage to the boarding point. Also a longer corridor would be built for passengers to reach Jessore Road.[4][1]

Intersections

Here, Kolkata Metro Line 4 and Line 6 will meet. There will be 6 tracks, two for Line 4, two for Line 6, one for terminating and departing both Noapara and Kavi Subhash bound trains and one for the yard.

History

Construction

The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL and the construction of the station-cum-yard is being done by ITD Cementation India Ltd. The tentative deadline is June 2021.[5]

Delays

The work has been delayed for years due to multiple issues. At first AAI objected the station above the ground, stating that this could be a threat for air traffic. Many underground utilities, power sub-station and water treatment plant had to be shifted. Encroachments and Land acquisition problems held up the project for multiple times.[6][7]

The Station

Connections

Rail

Previously Eastern Railway operated Suburban Railway services (Kolkata Circular Railway) up to here. Currently the nearest stations are Dum Dum Cantonment railway station and Dum Dum Junction railway station.[8]

Bus

Bus route number 30B, 30B/1, 45, 46, 46A, 79B, 91, 91A, 93, 223, 237, L238, 253, 285, DN2/1, DN8, DN9/1, DN16/1, DN17, DN18, DN44, DN46, DN47, KB21, K2, S138 (Mini), S151 (Mini), S175 (Mini), S184 (Mini), C8, C14/1, C23, C43, E25, S10, S23A, S37, S37A, AC2, AC10, AC23A, AC36, AC37, AC37A, AC38, AC39, AC40, AC43, AC49A, AC50, AC50A, MW7, V1, VS1, VS2 etc. serve the station.[9][10]

Air

The metro station itself is in the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport area.[6][11]

See also

References
  1. "Metro hub 150m from Calcutta airport". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. "Airport Metro yard to be country's largest underground facility". Times of India. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. "বিমানবন্দর- নিউ ব্যারাকপুর মেট্রো ছুটবে মাটির নীচ দিয়ে, প্রকল্প নিয়ে কাটল জট". Asianet News. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  4. "Metro hub 150m from Calcutta airport". architecutrupdate.in. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  5. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  6. "Work gets going on Metro's airport station".
  7. Feb 15, Jayanta Gupta | TNN | Updated; 2017; Ist, 10:56. "New Garia: Metro terminal station plan at New Garia back on track | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. "Kolkata Circular Railway", Wikipedia, 30 June 2019, retrieved 24 July 2019
  9. "Bus Services".
  10. "Bus/Coach Service timings from NSCBI Airport".
  11. "Metro link to airport on railway radar". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
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