Kavi Subhash metro station

The Kavi Subhash Metro Station, formerly New Garia Metro Station, is the southern terminal station of the Kolkata Metro Line 1 (North-South Corridor) of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, India. It is named after poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay.[1] This station was opened to public on the auspicious day of Mahalaya in 2010.


Kavi Subhash
Kolkata Metro station
New Garia Metro Station
LocationNew Garia, Kolkata
Coordinates22°28′19″N 88°23′53″E
PlatformsBoth Side platforms & island platforms
Tracks4 (4 lead to the depot)
ConnectionsKolkata Suburban Railway - New Garia railway station
Construction
Structure typeAt Grade
ParkingYes
Other information
Station codeKKVS
Fare zoneNorth-South
History
OpenedLine 1: 7 October 2010
Line 6: Station under construction
Previous namesNew Garia
Services
Preceding station   Kolkata Metro   Following station
toward Dakshineswar
Line 1Terminus
TerminusLine 6
toward Biman Bandar
Location
Kavi Subhash
Location within Kolkata

This metro station is at ground level and located adjacent to New Garia railway station on the Sealdah - Sonarpur section. The station will eventually become the southernmost terminal of the Kolkata Metro Line 6 (Bypass Corridor) of Kolkata Metro.[2]

The Station

Layout

 Line 1 

G Street Level Exit/Entrance

Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover

P Side platform doors will open on the left
Southbound Terminus
Northbound Towards ←Shahid Khudiram← ←
Side platform doors will open on the left


 Line 6 

G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
B Basement Car Parking
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops, Crossover
L1 Side platform doors will open on the left
Northbound Toward ←Satyajit Ray←←
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound Terminus
Side platform doors will open on the left
L2 Side platform doors will open on the left
Northbound Terminus
Southbound Toward proposed Baruipur Metro corridor
Side platform doors will open on the left

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 1B, 206, S116 (Mini), S124 (Mini) etc. serve the station.[3]

Train

It is Connected to New Garia railway station on Sealdah South Mainline.

Air

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is connected via VIP Road and EM Bypass, with a distance of 24.3 km.

See also

References
  1. "Kolkata metro reaches New Garia". Railway Gazette. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  2. > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. UrbanRail.Net. Retrieved on 2013-10-05.
  3. http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/


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