Kolkata Metro Line 3

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Kolkata Metro Line 3
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Purple Line
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Line 3 viaduct along the Diamond Harbour road
Overview
StatusPhase 1 - Operational
Phase 2 - Under Construction
Owner Indian Railways
Line number03
Locale Flag of India.svg Kolkata Metropolitan Region, India
Connecting lines Blue Line Green Line
Stations 12
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07 (operational)
05 (under construction)
Website Indian Railways
Service
Type Rapid transit
System Kolkata Metro
Operator(s) Metro Railway, Kolkata
Depot(s) Joka Metro Depot
Rolling stockTwo ICF Medha rakes.
Daily ridership1050
History
Opened30 December 2022;2 years ago (2022-12-30)
Last extension6 March 2024;10 months ago (2024-03-06)
Technical
Line length
  • 16.67 km (10.36 mi)
    -Operational:7.75 km (4.82 mi)
    -Under Construction:7.33 km (4.55 mi)
    -Proposed:1.59 km (0.99 mi) [1]
Number of tracks2
Character elevated and underground
Track gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification 750 V DC using third rail [2]
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph) (designed) = 55 km/h (34 mph) (commercial)
Signalling CBTC signalling system
Route map

Contents

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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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Diamond Park

Line 3 (Purple Line) is a rapid transit metro line of the Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. A 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) stretch from Joka to Taratala of this line was inaugurated on 30 December 2022 [3] [4] and after extended to Majerhat on 6 March 2024. [5] This line will span 16.67 kilometres (10.36 mi) from Joka in the south to Esplanade in the north. [6] It will connect Blue Line at Park Street in central Kolkata and run in parallel with Blue Line up to Esplanade where it will connect with Green Line also. Line 3 is being built by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited.

Development

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the Joka-Majerhat stretch of Purple Line of Kolkata Metro on December 30, 2022. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi flags off Metro train on Joka-Taratala stretch of Purple Line of Kolkata Metro via video conferencing on December 30, 2022.jpg
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the Joka-Majerhat stretch of Purple Line of Kolkata Metro on December 30, 2022.

Around 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) of the project will be elevated and the rest of 6.32 kilometres (3.93 mi) of the metro line will be underground. [4] The project is getting delayed due to nonavailability of land for the construction of train depot at Joka. In 2019, RVNL was given the land required for building the depot and the construction for its boundary wall and land development started in February 2019. [7] Tenders for its construction and plant & machinery were invited in April 2020. [8]

Construction was further delayed in September 2018 due to the Majerhat Bridge collapse, the metro was being built right next to the bridge.

Tender for Majherhat to Esplanade underground section has been floated in 1st week of December 2019.

By 15 September 2022, the stretch from Joka to Taratala has been fully constructed and electrification has been done. Testing trials are underway from Joka to Taratala using the old decommissioned Metro Rakes. Eventually in service there will be new air conditioned metro rakes. The stretch from Majerhat to Esplanade is under construction.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Joka-Taratala stretch, including Joka metro station of Kolkata Metro's Purple Line on 30 December 2022 in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Indian Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Some students from schools especially St Thomas Boys School, whose premises are utilised for planned Khidirpur metro station in this stretch, were granted the rare opportunity to be the first ones to ride in this Joka-Taratala stretch after the inauguration. [9] [10] [11]

After lot of hardships and developmental work the Taratala-Majerhat section of Kolkata Metro Line 3 was inaugurated on 6 March 2024 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with the truncated sections of Esplanade-Howrah Maidan under Line 2 and Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay under Line 6. [12] [13]

List of stations

The work has been sanctioned in 2010-11 for the new Metro line from Joka to B.B.D. Bagh for a length of 16.72 km (10.39 mi) at an anticipated cost of Rs. 2619.02 Crores. But, later the route was shortened and planned to terminate at Esplanade. A separate Depot was built by RVNL in Joka. The tender has gone to Simplex Infrastructures. The extension of this line to IIM and Diamond Park for 2 km (1.2 mi) has been sanctioned in the Budget of 2012–13 at a cost of Rs. 294.49 Cr. The execution of this work has been entrusted to RVNL.

There are 3 phases in this line-

Line 3 (Purple Line)
No.Station NameLocationPhaseOpeningConnectionsLayoutCoordinatesNotes
EnglishBengali
1Diamond Parkডায়মন্ড পার্ক Joka 3Planned Kolkata bus.png Vivekananda Mission School Bus StopElevated
2IIM Calcuttaআইআইএম
3 Joka জোকা Joka 1AOperational Kolkata bus.png Joka bus Depot

Kolkata bus.png Diamond Park Bus Stop

ElevatedAlso known as Diamond Park
4 Thakurpukur ঠাকুরপুকুর Thakurpukur

Kolkata bus.png Thakurpukur Police Station Bus Stop

Kolkata bus.png Thakurpukur Bazar Bus Stand

5 Sakher Bazar সখেরবাজার Behala

Kolkata bus.png Thakurpukur Bus Depot

Kolkata bus.png Silpara Bus Stop

Kolkata bus.png Behala Sakherbazar Minibus Stand

Kolkata bus.png Kadamtala Bus Stand

Also known as Silpara
6 Behala Chowrasta বেহালা চৌরাস্তা

Kolkata bus.png Behala Chowrasta Bus Stand

7 Behala Bazar বেহালা বাজার

Kolkata bus.png Behala Bazar Bus Stop

8 Taratala তারাতলা Taratala

Kolkata bus.png Ajanta Cinema Bus Stop

Kolkata bus.png Taratala Bus Stand

Also known as Pathakpara
9 Majerhat মাঝেরহাটMajerhat1B Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg Majerhat Station

Kolkata bus.png DH Road Mint Bus Stop

Kolkata bus.png Majherhat Gurudwara Bus Stop

10 Mominpur মোমিনপুরMominpore2AUnder Construction Kolkata bus.png Mominpore Bus StopElevated
11 Khidirpur খিদিরপুর Kidderpore 2B Kolkata bus.png Khidderpore Bus StopUnderground
12 Victoria ভিক্টোরিয়া Maidan Kolkata bus.png Victoria Memorial Bus Stop

Kolkata bus.png PG Hospital Bus Stop

Kolkata bus.png Birla Planetarium Bus Stop

Also known as Hastings
13 Park Street পার্ক স্ট্রিট Park Street Blue Line
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Kolkata bus.png Park Street Bus Stop
14 Esplanade এসপ্ল্যানেড Esplanade Blue Line
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Green Line
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Logo.svg Esplanade
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Kolkata bus.png Esplanade Bus Terminus (WBTC,SBSTC,NBSTC)

Calcutta Tramways Company (logo).gif Esplanade Tram Depot|

International Bus Terminus. Also known as Dharmatala / Chowringhee

See also

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