Jessore Road metro station

Jessore Road
Kolkata Metro station
General information
Location	Jessore Rd, Dum Dum, West Bengal 700028 India
Coordinates	22°38′22″N88°25′47″E / 22.6395137°N 88.4297765°E / 22.6395137; 88.4297765
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Operated by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line(s)	Yellow Line
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Jessore Road Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	KJRO
History
Opened	22 August 2025;28 days ago (2025-08-22)
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Services Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Dum Dum Cantonment towards Noapara Yellow Line Jai Hind towards Barasat
Route map Legend Blue Line to Dakshineswar Noapara Depot Noapara Blue Line to Kavi Subhash Kestopur Canal Eastern Line to Sealdah Dum Dum Cantonment Jessore Road Jessore Road Orange Line to Kavi Subhash Jai Hind Airport Depot Birati Michael Nagar Noai Canal Bidhanpally Madhyamgram Hridaypur Vidyasagar Stadium Barasat Eastern Line to Hasnabad Uttar Seethi Eastern Line to Bongaon Jaypur Jaypur Depot Suripukur
Location

Jessore Road is an at grade level 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]}

Jessore Road metro station shock absorbers

Station

Layout

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging off metro train on August 22, 2025.

Jessore Road track layout
Legend
to Jai Hind Orange Line P1 P2 to Dum Dum Cantonment
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
P	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Jai Hind next station is Jai Hind Change at the next station for Orange Line
	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards → Noapara next station is Dum Dum Cantonment
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
P

Jessore Road metro station platforms

Connections

Bus

Bus route numbers 30B, 79B, 223, 93, DN-8, S10, AC 40, AC 38, 91, 91A, 45, 46, DN-18 etc. serve this metro station.

Taxi

There is a taxi stand at the Baguiati bound flank of VIP Road.

Track going underground

Auto

There are 5 route of auto that serve this station is - Gorabazar, Rajarhat, Bablatala, Narayanpur, Baguiati.

Rail

Jessore Road metro station platforms interchange subway

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

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is nearest airport of this station. The next station Jai Hind is connected to the airport.

Jessore Road metro station concourse

References

1. "Kolkata's Yellow Line Opens Doors To Culture, History, And Connectivity". outlooktraveller. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
2. "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.
3. "Kolkata Metro Yellow Line: Cantt & Jessore Rd stations pull switch-over crowd". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
4. "PM Modi Inaugurates 3 New Metro Sections of Kolkata Metro". Metro Rail News. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
5. "'Historic gift before Durga Puja': PM Modi to inaugurate 3 Kolkata metro projects on Aug 22". Deccan Herald. 15 August 2025.