Kavi Subhash metro station

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Kavi Subhash

কবি সুভাষ
Kolkata Metro Logo.svg
Kolkata Metro station (interchange and terminus)
New Garia Metro Station.jpg
Kavi Subhash metro orange line.jpg
Kavi Subhash (New Garia) Metro Station Old complex (above) and new complex (below)
General information
Location New Garia, Kolkata,
West Bengal 700094
Flag of India.svg India
Coordinates 22°28′19″N88°23′53″E / 22.47194°N 88.39806°E / 22.47194; 88.39806
Owned by Metro Railway, Kolkata
Operated by Kolkata Metro
Line(s)
Platforms Blue Line :
Side platform
Platform-1 → Dakshineswar (not in service)
Platform-2 → Train Terminates Here (not in service)
Orange Line :
Side platform
Platform-3 → Beleghata
Platform-4 → Train Terminates Here
Tracks2 for Blue Line (operational)
2 for Orange Line (operational)
Connections Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg New Garia
Construction
Structure typeAt-Grade, Double track
ParkingYes
Other information
Station codeBlue Line: KKVS
Orange Line: KKSO
History
OpenedBlue Line: 7 October 2010;14 years ago (2010-10-07)
Orange Line: 6 March 2024;17 months ago (2024-03-06)
Closed28 July 2025;27 days ago (2025-07-28) Blue Line
Previous namesNew Garia
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Logo.svg Kolkata Metro Following station
Shahid Khudiram
towards Dakshineswar
Blue Line Terminus
Terminus Orange Line Satyajit Ray
towards Jai Hind
Location
Kavi Subhash metro station

Kavi Subhash (formerly known as New Garia) is the at-grade southern terminus and interchange metro station of the North-South corridor (Blue Line) and Bypass Corridor (Orange Line) of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. [a] It is named after poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay. [1] This station was opened to public on the auspicious day of Mahalaya in 2010.

Contents

This metro station is at ground level and located adjacent to New Garia railway station on the Sealdah - Sonarpur section. [2]

After a lot of hardships and developmental work, the Kavi Subhash–Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of Orange Line was inaugurated on 6 March 2024. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

On July 28, 2025, cracks were detected in the last four columns of the Line-1's Up platform. The north-south platforms of the station was closed to passengers as a safety measure and the Blue line trains are being terminated Shahid Khudiram metro station. However, the empty rakes would continue to run upto the station for reversal and maintenance at its depot. [8] On investigation, it was found that the damage on the columns supporting the platforms were weakened beyond repair. So, Metro Authorities decided to raze the entire North-South complex of the station (keeping the tracks intact) and rebuild it. E-tenders were floated and the work would take upto ten months to complete. [9]

Station layout

Blue Line

GStreet LevelExit/Entrance

Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover

P Side platform │ Doors will open on the left Wheelchair symbol.svg
Platform 2
Southbound
Towards → Train Terminates Here (not in use)
Platform 1
Northbound
Towards ← Dakshineswar next station is Shahid Khudiram (not in use)
Side platform │ Doors will open on the left Wheelchair symbol.svg

Orange Line

GStreet levelExit/Entrance
BBasementCar Parking
MMezzanineFare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops, Crossover
L1 Side platform │ Doors will open on the left Wheelchair symbol.svg
Platform 3
Southbound
Towards → Jai Hind next station is Satyajit Ray
Island platform │ Doors will open on the right Wheelchair symbol.svg
Platform 4
Northbound
Towards ← Train Terminates Here
Side platform │ Doors will open on the left Wheelchair symbol.svg
L2 Side platform │ Doors will open on the left Wheelchair symbol.svg
NorthboundTowards → Train Terminates Here
SouthboundTowards ← Proposed Baripur Metro Corridor
Side platform doors will open on the left Wheelchair symbol.svg
L2

Connections

Bus

Bus route numbers 1B, 206, S116 (Mini), S124 (Mini) etc. serve the station. [10]

Train

It is connected to New Garia railway station on the Sealdah South Mainline.

Air

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is connected via VIP Road and EM Bypass, with a distance of 24.3 km.

Notes

  1. Due to reconstruction of Blue line's station complex, the trains of this line have been truncated temporarily till Shahid Khudiram metro station. So the interchange with the Orange Line is currently not feasible.

See also

References

  1. "Kolkata metro reaches New Garia". Railway Gazette. 19 October 2010. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  2. > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine . UrbanRail.Net. Retrieved on 2013-10-05.
  3. "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.
  4. "এগোচ্ছে কাজ, নিউ গড়িয়ায় মিলবে তিনটি মেট্রোপথ" (in Bengali). Kolkata: www.anandabazar.com. Anandabazar. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  5. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  6. "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.
  7. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  8. "New Garia Metro station closed after cracks found in pillars". 28 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  9. "Kavi Subhash station to be razed, truncated N-S Metro service". 30 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  10. "Bus Services".