Jessore Road | |||||
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| Location | Jessore Rd, Dum Dum, West Bengal 700028 | ||||
| Coordinates | 22°38′22″N 88°25′47″E / 22.6395137°N 88.4297765°E | ||||
| Operated by | Metro Railway, Kolkata | ||||
| Line(s) | Template:Rcb | ||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side platforms) | ||||
| Connections |  Jessore Road  Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport | ||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||
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| Status | Operational | ||||
| Station code | KJRO | ||||
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| Opened | 22 August 2025 | ||||
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Jessore Road is an at grade metro station of Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro beside Jessore Road in Dum Dum, West Bengal, India.[1][2] It was a part of the integration of old line of Circular Railway from Dum Dum Cantonment to Biman Bandar.[3] It is located near 1 no. gate of Dumdum/Kolkata Airport. The station was inaugurated on 22 August 2025.[4][5]
Station Layout[edit | edit source]
| G | Ground Level | Exit/Entrance, Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines |
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Side platform, Doors will open on the left 
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| Platform 1 | Train towards Template:Ltl (terminus) → | |
| Platform 2 | ← Train towards Template:Ltl (Template:Stl) | |
| Side platform, Doors will open on the left
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| UG | Subway | crossover |
Connections[edit | edit source]
Bus[edit | edit source]
Bus route numbers 30B, 79B, 79D, 223, 237, 93, DN-8, D10, EB12, S10, S-23A, AC-38, AC-2, AC-37, AC-50A, AC-23A, ACT-4, ACT-23, L238, 45, 45A, 46, S-175 (Mini), S-184 (Mini), D-1A, AC-40, DN-2/1, DN-17, DN-46, DN-47, 91, 91A, DN-18 etc. serve this metro station.[6]
Auto[edit | edit source]
5 auto services are available from this metro station/Airport 1 no gate. Autos are available towards Gorabazar, Baguiati, Rajarhat, Bablatala and Narayanpur.
Taxi[edit | edit source]
There is a taxi stand at the Baguiati bound flank of VIP Road.
Rail[edit | edit source]
In 2006 the Dum Dum Cantonment - Bimanbandar railway line was inaugurated. Jessore Road railway station was the second station of this line. But due to poor patronage and lack of passengers, this line was closed down in 2016. And the line dismantled further in 2020. Jessore Road railway station’s platform was existing upto 2024. Now Dum Dum Cantonment and Durganagar are the nearest railway stations.
Air[edit | edit source]
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is nearest airport of this station. The next station Jai Hind is connected to the airport.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Jessore Road metro station shock absorbers -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging off metro train on August 22, 2025. -
Jessore Road metro station platforms
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Kolkata's Yellow Line Opens Doors To Culture, History, And Connectivity". outlooktraveller. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ↑ "Kolkata's Jessore Road metro station to become an important link on Noapara-Barasat metro route". The Times of India. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Kolkata Metro Yellow Line: Cantt & Jessore Rd stations pull switch-over crowd". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ↑ "PM Modi Inaugurates 3 New Metro Sections of Kolkata Metro". Metro Rail News. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ↑ "'Historic gift before Durga Puja': PM Modi to inaugurate 3 Kolkata metro projects on Aug 22". Deccan Herald. 15 August 2025.
- ↑ "Bus routes of Calcutta". Calcutta Yellow Pages. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
