Gour Kishore Ghosh metro station

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Gour Kishore Ghosh
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General information
LocationSukanta Nagar, Sector IV, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal - 700098
Coordinates 22°33′40″N88°24′53″E / 22.5610117°N 88.4147441°E / 22.5610117; 88.4147441
Owned by Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line(s) Orange Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened2025 (expected) [1] [2]
Electrified750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Logo.svg Kolkata Metro Following station
Beleghata
towards Kavi Subhash
Orange Line Nalban
towards Jai Hind
Location
Gour Kishore Ghosh metro station

Gour Kishore Ghosh (also known as Chingrighata) [3] is a station of Line 6 of the Kolkata Metro near the Chingrighata crossing, Tangra at Sukanta Nagar in Bidhannagar. [4] The station is named in honour of famous Bengali writer and journalist, Gour Kishore Ghosh. [5] [6]

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Location

This station is located in Tangra on the Salt Lake Bypass branch of Biswa Bangla Sarani at Sukanta Nagar near Chingrighata crossing. [7] [8] The main elevated structure of the station in the middle of Biswa Bangla Sarani with footover bridges on either side othe road. [9] [10] It is geographically located at 22°33′40″N88°24′53″E / 22.5610117°N 88.4147441°E / 22.5610117; 88.4147441 . [11] [12] The previous station of the station is Beleghata metro station at a distance of 1.7 km (1.1 mi) and the next station is Nalban metro station at a distance of 1.5 km (0.93 mi). [13] [14]

History

This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years. [15] The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore. [16] It will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of Kolkata to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. [17] In October 2011, RVNL awarded Gammon India Limited, the tender for the construction of the metro corridor from VIP Bazar Metro Station to Nikko Park (Nalban metro station), [18] including stations, as part of Package-II of Line 6. Amongst those metro stations, one in Tangra was also sanctioned, i.e., Gour Kishore Ghosh. [19] [20] [15] In early 2020s, the construction of the metro station along with the metro line started. [21] The station is still under construction after structural work completion. [22] [23] [24] [25] It is slated to be completed in March 2025. [26] [24] [27] Alongside, there were several delays in filling viaduct gaps between Beleghata and Gour Kishore Ghosh. [28] [29] These delays were caused due to road blocks as these gaps span over busy Eastern Metropolitan Bypass and Chingrighata crossing. [30] [31] [32] Currently, a 650 m (2,130 ft) viaduct gap between Captain Bhery Lake and Chingrighata crossing is still left to be filled, with current completion target set for March 2025. [33] [34] [35] The station is expected to be operational by mid-2025. [36]

Station

Structure

Gour Kishore Ghosh Metro Station is an elevated metro station and has a total of 3 levels. [37] Station entrances and exits begin or end at the first level or ground level. [38] Second-level or L1 or intermediate level houses station fare control, station agents, metro vending machines, crossovers, etc. The third level or L2 or the final level houses the platforms and rail tracks. The station is 200 meters long and 25 meters wide. [13] [24] [39] [14]

The station has four entrances and exits. The station is being built with state-of-the-art technology. In addition to staircases, it will be equipped with lifts and escalators. The station also has drinking water and toilet facilities. [13] [24] [39] [40]

Layout

Gour Kishore Ghosh track layout
Legend
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to Nalban
P2
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P1
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to Beleghata
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
Layout
GStreet LevelExit/Entrance
L1MezzanineFare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2 Side platform doors will open on the left Wheelchair symbol.svg
SouthboundTowards →Kavi Subhash→ next station is Beleghata→
Northbound→Towards ←Jai Hind← next station is Nalban ←
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L2

Power and signal systems

Like other stations and lines of Kolkata Metro, this station has 750 volt DC powered third rail. The electricity system will be used to operate the train. [41]

Train movement at this station will be managed by communication based train control signaling system. With this signal system, trains can be operated at intervals of 90 seconds. [42]

Services

Services have not started from this station. Currently the station is under construction and is set to be opened in 2025. [36] [26]

Connections

See also

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