Hemanta Mukhopadhyay metro station

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay হেমন্ত মুখোপাধ্যায়
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Metro Station
General information
Location	Ruby / Desun crossing, Kolkata - 700107
Coordinates	22°30′53″N88°24′05″E / 22.514777°N 88.401469°E / 22.514777; 88.401469
Operated by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line(s)	Orange Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	6 March, 2024
Previous names	Kasba Golpark
Services Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Kavi Sukanta towards Kavi Subhash Orange Line VIP Bazar towards Jai Hind
Route map Legend Sealdah South New Garia Depot Kavi Subhash Blue Line Blue Line Sealdah South Satyajit Ray Jyotirindra Nandi Panchanangram Canal Kavi Sukanta Rashbehari Avenue Hemanta Mukhopadhyay VIP Bazar Ritwik Ghatak Storm Water Outlet Canal Barun Sengupta Beleghata Captain Bhery Eastern Metropolitan Bypass Gour Kishore Ghosh Nalban 3rd Avenue Green Line IT Centre Green Line Nabadiganta Keshtopur Canal Nazrul Tirtha Swapnabhor Biswa Bangla Convention Centre Keshtopur Canal Shiksha Tirtha Mother's Wax Museum New Town Depot Eco Park Mangaldeep City Centre-2 Chinar Park Rajarhat Road VIP Road Green Line Yellow Line Jai Hind Yellow Line Airport Depot Yellow Line
Location

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay is a Metro station of Orange Line of the Kolkata Metro at Ruby Crossing, serving the areas of E.M. Bypass, Kasba and Anandapur. ^[1] The station is named in honour of the Indian Bengali playback singer Hemanta Mukhopadhyay. ^{[2] [3]}

History

This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years. ^[4] The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore. It is intended to reduce travel time between Kolkata's southernmost areas and the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.

The 5 km (3.1 mi) stretch from New Garia to Ruby Hospital was expected to start from 2018. ^[5] Till then, the station and associated metro viaduct connections are fully completed with trail runs being conducted over this and other phase 1 stations. RVNL planned to launch the metro over this truncated route before this year's Durga Puja, but was postponed due to signalling issues. ^[6]

After lot of hardships and developmental work, the Kavi Subhash–Hemanta Mukhopadhyay of Orange Line was inaugurated on 7 March 2024. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Structure and layout

The station is 200 meters long and 25 meters wide, structurally elevated and has three levels. Station entrances and exits are at the ground level (G). The second level (L1) houses station fare control, station agents, metro card vending machines, crossovers etc. The third level (L2) houses the platforms and rail tracks. ^[12]

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay metro station Gate No. 2

The station has four entrances and exits. In addition to staircases, it will be equipped with lifts and escalators. The station will have drinking water and toilet facilities. ^[13]

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay track layout
Legend
Train Terminates Here ** P2 P1 to Kavi Sukanta
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

Layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform doors will open on the left
	Southbound	Towards →Kavi Subhash→ next station is Kavi Sukanta→
	Northbound	→Towards ←Jai Hind← next station is VIP Bazar ←
	Side platform doors will open on the left
L2

Connections

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay station is situated at the junction of Rashbehari Avenue and E.M. Bypass, termed as Ruby Crossing. It will act as an interchange for the residents of Central and South Kolkata connecting them to the IT hubs of Salt Lake. People can reach Kasba Industrial Estate, passport offices and various school and colleges via Orange and Blue Lines. The metro station is located in vicinity of various hospitals like Peerless Hospital. It is preceded by the VIP Bazar metro station at 1.3 km to the north, and followed by the Kavi Sukanta metro station at 1 km to the south. ^{[13] [1]}

Gallery

Views Of Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Metro Station

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  Ruby Crossing View
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  Construction Phase
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  Box Bridge Between VIP Bazar metro Station and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Metro Station
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  Hemanta Mukhopadhyay platform
• ICF Medha Rake entering Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Metro Station

See also

• List of Kolkata Metro stations

References

1. "Kolkata: Airport Metro Stations To Be Ready By Dec 2025, New Garia-Ruby Section By Year-End". TimesNow. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
2. "Kolkata Metro's Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay stretch to commence commercial service soon". Financialexpress. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
3. MPost (24 August 2023). "Trial run on Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay stretch held". www.millenniumpost.in. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
4. "Rail set to take over East-West". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 8 February 2011. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011.
5. "Metro sets June 2018 date for New Garia-Ruby line". The Times of India .
6. Staff Reporter (25 August 2023). "Successful Speed Trial Conducted on Hemanta Mukhopadhyay-Kavi Subhas Metro Stretch". Metro Rail News. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
7. "Hope for ops start of three new Metro links in March first week". The Times of India. 19 February 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 21 February 2024.
8. "এগোচ্ছে কাজ, নিউ গড়িয়ায় মিলবে তিনটি মেট্রোপথ" (in Bengali). Kolkata: www.anandabazar.com. Anandabazar. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
9. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
10. "India's deepest Metro station at Howrah also to be the largest". The Times of India. 1 March 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 8 March 2024.
11. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
12. Kolkata Metro Orange Line Full Update | New Garia - Airport Metro via New Town , retrieved 14 September 2023
13. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 13 September 2023.