Kolkata Metro station | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | NSCBI Airport, Dum Dum, Kolkata, West Bengal 700052 India | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°38′46″N88°26′09″E / 22.64619°N 88.43591°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Yellow Line Orange Line | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
Depth | 12 m | |||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Status | Under Construction | |||||||||||||||
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Opening | 2024 (expected) | |||||||||||||||
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Jai Hind (also referred to as Biman Bandar) is a metro station of Kolkata Metro. [1] It will serve the city of Kolkata's main airport, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. [2] As of March 2024 [update] the station is planned to be open for service during October 2024. [3]
This station will also have a yard, and it will be the largest underground facility of India, and city's first. It will be 550m long and 41.6m wide, and will facilitate stabling and reversal of rakes, but it will not be a carshed. [4] Previously the station was planned elevated, but after objection from AAI, the route was reworked and the station was planned underground from Airport to New Barrackpore. [5]
As of April 2019 [update] , the station is planned to be around 150m away from the terminal building. [2] It will be connected via subways which will be having moving walkways. [2]
Here, Kolkata Metro Line 4 and Line 6 will meet. There will be 6 tracks, two for Line 4, two for Line 6, one for terminating and departing both Noapara and Barasat bound trains and one for the yard.
The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL and the construction of the station-cum-yard is being done by ITD Cementation India Ltd. The tentative deadline is December 2021. [6]
The work has been delayed for years due to multiple issues. At first AAI objected the station above the ground, stating that this could be a threat for air traffic. Many underground utilities, power sub-station and water treatment plant had to be shifted. Encroachments and Land acquisition problems held up the project for multiple times. [7] [8]
Previously Eastern Railway operated Suburban Railway services (Kolkata Circular Railway) up to here. Currently the nearest stations are Dum Dum Cantonment railway station and Dum Dum Junction railway station. [9] [10]
The station itself serves the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport. [7] [11]
Dum Dum is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, also known as Kolkata Airport, is situated at Dum Dum.
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