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{{Short description|Kolkata Metro's Purple Line metro station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}
{{More citations needed|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Sakher Bazar
| style = Kolkata Metro
| system = [[Kolkata Metro]]
| symbol = m
| symbol_location = kolkata
| address = Diamond Harbour Rd, [[Barisha, India|Purba Barisha]] [[ Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]] 700008
| country = India
| image = Kolkata Metro Purple Line station.jpg
| image_caption = An ICF Medha rake arriving at the metro station
| operator = [[Metro Railway, Kolkata]]
| coordinates = {{coord|22.47461|N|88.30999|E|display=inline,title}}
| lines = {{rint|Kolkata|Purple}}
| platforms = 2 (2 [[side platforms]])
| tracks = 2
| structure = [[Elevated]]
| parking = No
| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}
| status = Operational
| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|2022|12|30}}
| electrified =
| code = KSKB
| services = {{Adjstn|system=Kolkata Metro|line=Purple|left=Behala Chowrasta|right=Thakurpukur}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker = rail
| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rail color|Kolkata Metro|Purple Line}}
| mapframe-zoom = 14
| route_map = {{Kolkata Metro Purple Line}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

'''Sakher Bazar''' is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the [[Purple Line (Kolkata Metro)|Purple Line]] of [[Kolkata Metro]] in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,375,379|title=Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal|website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> It was opened in the first phase of this line. The station was commissioned on 30 December 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Joka-Taratala stretch of Kolkata Metro; See Pics |url=https://zeenews.india.com/railways/pm-narendra-modi-inaugurates-joka-taratala-stretch-of-kolkata-metro-see-pics-2555721.html |access-date=30 December 2022 |publisher=zeenews.india.com |date=30 December 2022}}</ref>

== History ==
[[Purple Line (Kolkata Metro)|Purple Line]] was approved in the railway budget for the financial year 2010-2011 and Rs 2,6519 crore was allocated for the construction work. In October 2011, RVNL won the tender for the construction of the Metro Corridor from [[Joka metro station and depot|Joka Metro Station]] to [[Esplanade metro station|Esplanade Metro Station]] along with the Thakurpukur metro station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/work-begins-at-joka-metro-depot-wall-built/articleshow/68208956.cms|title=Work begins at Joka Metro depot, wall built|last=Bandyopadhyay|first=Krishnendu|date=1 March 2019|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref>

Trial runs on the 6.5-km Joka-Taratla stretch of [[Kolkata Metro|Kolkata Metro's]] Purple Line began in mid-September 2022, and it received mandatory Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) clearance in November.<ref name="livemint"/>

The Joka–Taratala stretch was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 December 2022 in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] and Railway Minister [[Ashwini Vaishnaw]]. Some students from schools like [[St Thomas School, Kolkata|St Thomas Boys School]] were granted the rare opportunity to be the first ones to ride in this Joka–Taratala stretch after the inauguration.<ref name="livemint">{{cite news |title=Kolkata Metro: First glimpse of Joka-Taratala route in pics |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/kolkata-metro-first-glimpse-of-joka-taratala-route-in-pics-11672372907422.html |access-date=30 December 2022 |publisher=www.livemint.com |date=30 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=In-pics: Inaugration of Vande Bharat Express, Joka-Taratala Metro & more news from Kolkata |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/in-pics-inaugration-of-vande-bharat-express-joka-taratala-metro-more-news-from-kolkata-photogallery/cid/1906840 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

== Station layout ==
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
!style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;border-top:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=4;|'''L2'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Side platform]], Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 height=45|'''Platform 2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390| {{0|←}} Train towards {{ltl|Kolkata Metro|purple|right}} ({{stl|Kolkata Metro|Thakurpukur}}) →
|-
| height=45|'''Platform 1'''
| ← Train towards {{ltl|Kolkata Metro|purple|left}} ({{stl|Kolkata Metro|Behala Chowrasta}})
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Side platform]], Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}}}
|-
!style="vertical-align:top"|'''L1'''
|style="vertical-align:top"|Concourse
|style="vertical-align:top"|Fare control, station agent, Metro QR ticket vending machines, crossover
|-
!style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top" width=50 |'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top" width=100 |Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top" width=420 |Exit/Entrance
|}

== Connections ==
{{Expand section|date=August 2019}}
'''Buses'''

Thakurpukur bus stop is conveniently located under the station.

== Entry/Exit ==

{{Empty section|date=November 2019}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="nolines">
File:Sakherbazar Metro Station Entrance.jpg|Sakherbazar metro station complex
File:Sakherbazar Metro Station Signage.jpg|Sakherbazar metro station signage
</gallery>

== References ==
<references />

{{Kolkata Metro|purple line=yes}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2022]]
[[Category:Kolkata Metro stations]]

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