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.

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Kavi Subhash
Kolkata Metro station
New Garia Metro Station.jpg
New Garia Metro Station
LocationNew Garia, Kolkata
Coordinates22°28′19″N 88°23′53″E / 22.47194°N 88.39806°E / 22.47194; 88.39806Coordinates: 22°28′19″N 88°23′53″E / 22.47194°N 88.39806°E / 22.47194; 88.39806
PlatformsBoth Side platforms & island platforms
Tracks4 (4 lead to the depot)
ConnectionsIndian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg New Garia
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
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Location
Kavi Subhash is located in Kolkata
Kavi Subhash
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 StationEdit

LayoutEdit

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Kavi Subhash track layout
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
to Train Terminates Here
 
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

 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 Towards → Train Terminates Here
Northbound Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is 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  

ConnectionsEdit

BusEdit

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

TrainEdit

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

AirEdit

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

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  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. "Bus Services".

External linksEdit