Joka metro station

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Joka

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Joka Metro station entrance on the day of inauguration, December 30, 2022
General information
Location Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal 700104
Flag of India.svg  India
Coordinates 22°27′08″N88°18′06″E / 22.452244°N 88.301751°E / 22.452244; 88.301751
Owned by Metro Railway, Kolkata
Operated by Kolkata Metro
Line(s) Purple Line
Platforms Side platform
Platform-1 → Esplanade
Platform-2 → Train Terminates Here
Tracks2
Construction
Structure type Elevated, Double track
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes Wheelchair symbol.svg
Other information
StatusOperational
History
Opened30 December 2022;2 years ago (2022-12-30)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Logo.svg Kolkata Metro Following station
Terminus Purple Line Thakurpukur
towards Majerhat
Future service
IIM Calcutta
towards Diamond Park
Purple Line Thakurpukur
towards Esplanade
Route map
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Esplanade
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Park Street
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Victoria
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Tolly Canal
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Khidirpur
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Mominpur
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Majerhat
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Taratala
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Behala Bazar
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Behala Chowrasta
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Sakher Bazar
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Thakurpukur
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Joka
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IIM Calcutta
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Diamond Park
Location
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Joka
Location within Kolkata Metro

Joka is the elevated southern terminal metro station on the North-South corridor of the Purple Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. [1] The station is located in Joka. It will be the terminal station of the Purple Line till the phase 2 of the project. In phase 3, the line will be extended 2 km more, till Diamond Park. The station was commissioned on 30 December 2022. [2]

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History

Purple Line was approved in the railway budget for the financial year 2010-2011 and Rs 2,6519 crore was allocated for the construction work. In October 2011, RVNL won the tender for the construction of the Metro Corridor from Joka metro station to Esplanade metro station along with the Joka metro station. [3]

Trial runs on the 6.5-km Joka-Taratla stretch of Kolkata Metro's Purple Line began in mid-September 2022, and it received mandatory Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) clearance in November. [4]

The Joka–Taratala stretch was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 December 2022 in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Some students from schools like St Thomas Boys School were granted the rare opportunity to be the first ones to ride in this Joka–Taratala stretch after the inauguration. [4] [5]

Station layout

Joka track layout
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P1
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P2
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to Train Terminates Here **
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
** (Further extension to Diamond Park metro station in the future)
GStreet levelExit/Entrance
L1MezzanineFare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2 Side platform | Doors will open on the left Wheelchair symbol.svg
Platform 1
Northbound
Towards → Esplanade next station is Thakurpukur
Platform 2
Southbound
Towards ← Train Terminates Here
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L2

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