Kavi Subhash metro station

Kavi Subhash কবি সুভাষ
(interchange and terminus)
Kavi Subhash (New Garia) Metro Station Old complex (above) and new complex (below)
General information
Location	New Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal 700094   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)	Blue Line Orange Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Dakshineswar Platform-2 → Train Terminates Here Side platform Platform-3 → Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Platform-4 → Train Terminates Here
Tracks	2 for Blue Line (operational) 2 for Orange Line (operational)
Connections	New Garia
Construction
Structure type	At-Grade, Double track
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	KKVS
History
Opened	7 October 2010;14 years ago (2010-10-07)
Previous names	New Garia
Services Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Shahid Khudiram towards Dakshineswar Blue Line Terminus Terminus Orange Line Satyajit Ray towards Jai Hind
Route map Legend Chord link Line to Dankuni Dakshineswar Pink Line to Barrackpore Baranagar Eastern Line to Ranaghat Noapara depot Noapara Keshtopur Canal Yellow Line to Barasat Eastern Line to Bongaon Dum Dum Belgachia Circular Line & Sealdah South Circular Canal Shyambazar Sovabazar Sutanuti Girish Park Mahatma Gandhi Road Central Chandni Chowk Green Line ← to Howrah Maidan to Teghoria → Purple Line to Eden Gardens Esplanade Park Street Purple Line to Diamond Park Maidan Rabindra Sadan Netaji Bhavan Jatin Das Park Kalighat Tollygunge Rabindra Sarobar Circular Line & Sealdah South Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Tollygunge depot Netaji Masterda Surya Sen Gitanjali Kavi Nazrul Shahid Khudiram Orange Line to Jai Hind Sealdah South to Sealdah Kavi Subhash New Garia depot Sealdah South to Namkhana Show Blue Line 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 Show Orange Line route map
Location

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. It is named after poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay. ^[1] This station was opened to public on the auspicious day of Mahalaya in 2010.

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]}

Station layout

Blue Line

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
P	Side platform │ Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards → Train Terminates Here
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineswar next station is Shahid Khudiram
	Side platform │ Doors will open on the left

Orange Line

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
B	Basement	Car Parking
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops, Crossover
L1	Side platform │ Doors will open on the left
	Platform 3 Southbound	Towards → Jai Hind next station is Satyajit Ray
	Island platform │ Doors will open on the right
	Platform 4 Northbound	Towards ← Train Terminates Here
	Side platform │ Doors will open on the left
L2	Side platform │ Doors will open on the left
	Northbound	Towards → Train Terminates Here
	Southbound	Towards ← Proposed Baripur Metro Corridor
	Side platform doors will open on the left
L2

Connections

Bus

Bus route numbers 1B, 206, S116 (Mini), S124 (Mini) etc. serve the station. ^[8]

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.

Gallery

Views of Kavi Subhash Metro Station

• 
  Aerial view of the New Garia Depot (Kavi Subhash Carshed) Blue Line and the Orange Line viaduct
• 
  Kavi Subhash metro station Blue Line Complex as seen from Orange Line
• 
  Kavi Subhash metro station Orange Line Complex as seen from Blue Line
• 
  Kavi Subhash metro station Blue Line Complex platform
• 
  Kavi Subhash metro station Orange Line Complex platform
• 
  Kavi Subhash metro station depot and carshed as seen from Orange Line
• 
  Kavi Subhash metro station interchange
• 
  Kavi Subhash metro stationinterchange as seen from Orange Line Complex
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  Kavi Subhash metro station interchange as seen from Blue Line Complex
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  Kavi Subhash metro station interchange lift
• 
  Goddess Durga statue in Kavi Subhash metro station interchange

See also

• List of Kolkata Metro stations

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. "Bus Services".

External links

• Kolkata/Southern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Kolkata/East travel guide from Wikivoyage