Netaji metro station

Last updated

Netaji

নেতাজি
Kolkata Metro Logo.svg
Kudghat.jpg
General information
LocationChandi Ghosh Rd, Kudghat, Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal 700041
Coordinates 22°28′52″N88°20′46″E / 22.480976°N 88.346000°E / 22.480976; 88.346000
Owned by Metro Railway, Kolkata
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by Kolkata Metro
Line(s) Blue Line
Platforms Side platform
Platform-1 → Dakshineshwar
Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash
Tracks2
Construction
Structure type Elevated, Double track
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes Wheelchair symbol.svg
Other information
Station codeKNTJ
History
OpenedAugust 22, 2009;14 years ago (2009-08-22) [1]
Electrified750 V DC Third Rail
Previous namesKudghat
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Logo.svg Kolkata Metro Following station
Mahanayak Uttam Kumar
towards Dakshineswar
Blue Line Masterda Surya Sen
towards Kavi Subhash
Location
Netaji metro station

Netaji is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. [2] [3] This station is situated opposite to the Kudghat bus stand at Kudghat, in Tollygunge.

Contents

History

Early attempts

In the September 1919 session of the Imperial Legislative Council at Shimla, a committee was set up by W. E. Crum that recommended a metro line for Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). [4] This line was supposed to connect Bagmari in the east to Benaras Road, Salkia, in Howrah in the west via a tunnel beneath Hooghly River. The estimated construction costs were £3,526,154, about 36.4 crore (equivalent to 70 billionorUS$880 million in 2023) based on current exchange rates, and the proposed deadline was 1925–1926. The proposed line was 10.4 km (6.5 mi) long, about 4 km (2.5 mi) shorter than the current East-West Corridor, which would connect East Bengal Railway in Bagmari and East Indian Railway in Benaras Road. The tickets were priced at 3 annas (Rs. 0.1875) for the full trip. Crum also mentioned a north–south corridor back then. An east–west metro railway connection, named the "East–West Tube Railway", was proposed for Kolkata in 1921 by Harley Dalrymple-Hay. All the reports can be found in his 1921 book Calcutta Tube Railways. However, in 1923, the proposal was not undertaken due to a lack of funds. [5] [4] [6]

Planning

The then Chief Minister of West Bengal, Bidhan Chandra Roy, reconceived the idea of an underground railway for Kolkata in the early 1949–1950. A survey was done by a team of French experts, but nothing concrete came of this. Efforts to solve problem traffic by augmenting the existing fleet of public transport vehicles hardly helped, since roads accounted for only 4.2 percent of the surface area in Kolkata, compared with 25 percent in Delhi and 30 percent in other cities. To find alternative solutions, the Metropolitan Transport Project (MTP) was set up in 1969. The MTP, with the help of Soviet specialists, Lenmetroproekt and East German engineers, prepared a master plan to provide five rapid-transit (metro) lines for the city of Kolkata, totaling a length of 97.5 km (60.6 mi), in 1971. [7] However, only three were selected for construction. These were: [8] [9]

  1. Dum DumTollygunge (Line 1. Presently operates from Dakshineswar to New Garia)
  2. BidhannagarRamrajatala (Line 2. Presently truncated till Howrah Maidan)
  3. DakshineswarThakurpukur (Divided into Line 1; Noapara to Dakshineswar and Line 3; Joka to Esplanade)

The highest priority was given to the busy north–south corridor between Dum Dum and Tollygunge over a length of 16.45 km (10.22 mi); work on this project was approved on 1 June 1972. A tentative deadline was fixed to complete all the corridors by 1991. [10]

Construction

Shyambazar-Belgachhia Section (Shield tunneling using compressed air and airlocks) using Hungarian expertise during its construction in the 1980s. Calcutta-line1.jpg
Shyambazar-Belgachhia Section (Shield tunneling using compressed air and airlocks) using Hungarian expertise during its construction in the 1980s.

Since it was India's first metro [11] and was constructed as a completely indigenous process, a traditional cut-and-cover method and driven shield tunneling was chosen and the Kolkata Metro was more of a trial-and-error affair, in contrast to the Delhi Metro, which saw the involvement of multiple international consultants. As a result, it took nearly 23 years to completely construct the 17 km (11 mi) underground railway. [9] [12]

The foundation stone of the project was laid by Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, on 29 December 1972, and construction work started in 1973–74. Initially, cut and cover along with slurry wall construction to handle soft ground, was recommended by the Soviet Union Consultants. Later, in 1977, it was decided to adopt both shield tunneling and cut and cover methods for construction under populated areas, sewer lines, water mains, electrical cables, telephone cables, tram lines, canals etc. The technology was provided by M/s NIKEX Hungarian Co., Budapest. [13] In the early days, the project was led by the Union Railway Minister from West Bengal, A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury, often against the prevailing socio-political stance of his contemporaries in the West Bengal government. From the start of construction, the project had to contend with several problems including insufficient funds (until 1977–1978), a shifting of underground utilities, court injunctions, and an irregular supply of vital materials. [9] [14] In 1977, an injunction for the allocation of new funding was passed by the newly elected Jyoti Basu government. [15]

Despite all the hurdles, services began on 24 October 1984, with the commissioning of a partial commercial service covering a distance of 3.40 km (2.11 mi) with five stations served between Esplanade and Bhowanipur (currently Netaji Bhavan). [7] The first metro was driven by Tapan Kumar Nath and Sanjoy Kumar Sil. [16] The service was quickly followed by commuter services on another 2.15 km (1.34 mi) stretch in the north between Dum Dum and Belgachhia on 12 November 1984. The commuter service was extended to Tollygunge on 29 April 1986, covering a further distance of 4.24 km (2.63 mi), making the service available over a distance of 9.79 km (6.08 mi) and covering 11 stations. However, the services on the north section were suspended starting 26 October 1992, as this small, isolated section was little used. [14] The Line 1 was almost entirely built by cut and cover method, while a small 1.09 km stretch between Belgachia and Shyambazar was built using shield tunneling with compressed air and air locks, since the alignment crossed a railway yard (now Kolkata railway station) and Circular Canal. [13] [17] [18]

Evolution of Kolkata Metro Kolkata Metro evolution.gif
Evolution of Kolkata Metro

After more than eight years, the 1.62 km (1.01 mi) BelgachhiaShyambazaar section, along with the Dum Dum–Belgachhia stretch, was opened on 13 August 1994. Another 0.71 km (0.44 mi) stretch from Esplanade to Chandni Chowk was commissioned shortly afterwards, on 2 October 1994. The Shyambazaar-ShobhabazarGirish Park (1.93 km [1.20 mi]) and Chandni ChowkCentral (0.60 km [0.37 mi]) sections were opened on 19 February 1995. Services on the entire stretch of the Metro were introduced from 27 September 1995 by bridging the 1.80 km (1.12 mi) gap with Mahatma Gandhi Road metro station in the middle. [19]

In 1999–2000, the extension of Line 1 along an elevated corridor from Tollygunge to New Garia, with six stations, was sanctioned at a cost of 907 crore (equivalent to 39 billionorUS$490 million in 2023). [20] The section was constructed and opened in two phases, Mahanayak Uttam Kumar to Kavi Nazrul in 2009 and Kavi Nazrul to Kavi Subhash in 2010. The latest extension opened was the 2.59 km (1.61 mi) stretch from Dum Dum to Noapara on 10 July 2013. [9] [21] [14]

In February 2021 this stretch was further expanded till Dakshineswar from Noapara (4.1 km) and was inaugurated on 22 February and opened for commercial use from 23 February for general public.

Station layout

Masterda Surya Sen track layout
BSicon vCONTgfa.svg
BSicon cBS.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon cBS.svg
P1
BSicon cBS.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon cBS.svg
P2
BSicon cBS.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon cBS.svg
BSicon vCONTgfe.svg
Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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 2
Southbound
Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Masterda Surya Sen
Platform 1
Northbound
Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Mahanayak Uttam Kumar
Side platform | Doors will open on the left Wheelchair symbol.svg
L2

Connections

Bus

Kudghat Bus stand is serving near Netaji metro station. Bus route number 218, S17A, S2, V1, AC47, AC17B, SBSTC kudghat to tarapith, SBSTC kudghat to Jhargram, SBSTC kudghat to Digha, etc. are serving near the station

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kolkata Metro</span> Rapid transit system in Kolkata, India

The Kolkata Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Kolkata and the wider Kolkata Metropolitan Region in West Bengal, India. Opening in 1984, it was the first operational rapid transit system in India, beside being the second busiest and fourth-longest metro network in India. As of March 2024, it has four operational lines: the 32.33 km (20.09 mi) Line 1 from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash, 13.9 km (8.6 mi) Line 2 from Salt Lake Sector V to Howrah Maidan, 7.75 km (4.82 mi) Line 3 from Joka to Majerhat and 5.4 km (3.4 mi) Line 6 from Kavi Subhash to Hemanta Mukherjee for a total of 59.38 km (36.90 mi). Two other lines are in various phases of construction and planning. The system has a mix of underground, at-grade and elevated stations using both broad-gauge and standard-gauge tracks. Trains operate between 06:55 and 22:30 IST and the fares range from ₹5 to ₹50.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Garia</span> Neighbourhood in Kolkata in West Bengal, India

Garia (Bengali:গড়িয়া) is a neighborhood in south Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Jadavpur in the north, Bansdroni/Tollygunge in the north-west, Santoshpur/Mukundapur in the north-east and Narendrapur/Rajpur Sonarpur in the south. It is on the banks of Adi Ganga.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Durganagar, Kolkata</span> Place in West Bengal, India

Durganagar is a locality in North Dumdum of North 24 Parganas District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was named after the goddess Durga. It is a part of area under jurisdiction of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Kolkata Airport is located nearby.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Transport in Kolkata</span>

The transport system of Kolkata, a city in India, is a mix of modern mass rapid transport and old transport modalities like rickshaws. Kolkata is connected to the rest of India by the National Highways, the extensive network of the Indian Railways, National Waterways and by air. The most traffic to Northeast India route is via Kolkata.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kavi Subhash metro station</span> Kolkata Metros Blue & Orange Line interchange and terminal station

Kavi Subhash is the at-grade southern terminus and interchange metro station of the North-South corridor and Bypass Corridor of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is named after poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay. This station was opened to public on the auspicious day of Mahalaya in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barasat Junction railway station</span> Railway station in West Bengal, India

Barasat Junction is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in Barasat. It is one of the major suburban railway stations in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India. Generally, people commuting daily use this station for travelling to Kolkata's Central Business District or other towns, with the busiest times at the station being the morning and evening peak periods. This station provides the facility of separate rest rooms for both male & female passengers. Barasat Junction Railway station consists of 6 permanent platforms.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mahanayak Uttam Kumar metro station</span> Kolkata Metros Blue Line metro station

Mahanayak Uttam Kumar is an at-grade level metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro which is located in Tollygunge area in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rabindra Sarobar metro station</span> Kolkata Metros Blue Line metro stationIndia

Rabindra Sarobar is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is situated on Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road at Charu Chandra Avenue in Charu Market, Tollygunge. The station is named after Rabindra Sarobar, an artificial lake and the surrounding area of South Kolkata. It is followed by the station Mahanayak Uttam Kumar towards Kavi Subhash and is preceded by Kalighat station towards Noapara and Dum Dum.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kolkata Metro Line 1</span> Transit line of rapid transport in Kolkata, India

The Line 1, Blue Line, also known as North–South Metro of the Kolkata Metro, is a rapid transit system serving Kolkata in Indian state of West Bengal. It consists of 26 operational stations from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash. Nine of the stations are elevated, 2 at-grade and the remaining 15 are underground, with a total distance of 32.13 km (19.96 mi). The line connects Dakshineswar and New Garia and uses 5 ft 6 in5 ft 6 in broad gauge rolling stock. Dakshineswar was opened on 22 February 2021 is an elevated station located 4.1 km (2.5 mi) north of Noapara. It was the first underground railway to be built in India, with the first operations commencing in October 1984 and the full stretch that was initially planned being operational by February 1995. On 28 December 2010, it became the 17th zone of the Indian Railways. Being the country's first, and a completely indigenous process, the construction of the Kolkata Metro was more of a trial-and-error affair, in contrast to the Delhi Metro, which has seen the involvement of numerous international consultants. As a result, it took nearly 23 years to completely construct around 15 km (9.3 mi) underground railway from Birpara up to Tollygunge Metro Station.

Kudghat is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of greater Tollygunge region. The region is divided into two parts, purba putiary and paschim putiary.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kolkata Metro Line 6</span> Transit line in Kolkata, India

Kolkata Metro Line 6 or the Orange Line of the Kolkata Metro, in the Indian state of West Bengal, is a rapid transit line that will connect New Garia with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport via two satellite towns Salt Lake and New Town. It currently operates between Kavi Subhash and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay. This stretch will be one of the most important stretches of the metro because it will connect the southern and the eastern parts of the city with Kolkata Airport. The total distance of this route will be 29.87 km (18.56 mi).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dakshineswar metro station</span> Kolkata Metros Blue Line terminal metro station

Dakshineswar is the elevated northern terminal metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The metro station adjoins the platforms of the Dakshineswar railway station where connections can be made with Indian Railways services. The station is located at the Dakshineswar area which is famous for Dakshineswar Kali Temple.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jai Hind metro station</span> Kolkata Metro station

Jai Hind is a metro station of Kolkata Metro. It will serve the city's main airport, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.

Nimta is a locality in North Dumdum Municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dum Dum Cantonment metro station</span> Metro station in Kolkata, India

Dum Dum Cantonment is an elevated metro station of line 4 of Kolkata Metro. It is situated just beside the Dum Dum Cantonment railway station. This station was proposed in Line 4, in the budget of 2010–11. It is also the part of the integration of old line of Circular Railway from Dum Dum Cantonment to Jai Hind.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baranagar metro station</span> Kolkata Metros Blue Line metro station

Baranagar, also known as JSW Baranagar is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro which is off Barrackpore Trunk Road at Dunlop of Baranagar in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Presently, this metro station is the tallest metro station of Kolkata. The metro station adjoins the platforms of the Baranagar Road railway station where connections can be made with Indian Railways services. The station was inaugurated on 22 February 2021.

Dum Dum Park is a locality in South Dumdum of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Dum Dum Park is a planned area with straight and wide roads, multiple water tanks have become a coveted neighbourhood in Greater Kolkata. In recent years, the multiple high budget Durga Puja pandals of Kolkata draw several visitors to the area during the Durga Puja.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jyotirindra Nandi metro station</span> Metro station in Kolkata, India

Jyotirindra Nandi is a metro station of Line 6 of the Kolkata Metro. The station serves Mukundapur, Santoshpur and Ajoy Nagar areas outlying the E.M. Bypass section of the city.

References

  1. "Kolkata metro expands". Railway Gazette. 10 September 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  2. "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  3. "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  4. 1 2 Jayanta Gupta (5 February 2020). "Kolkata's Tube Railway plan nipped in bud a century ago". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. Ganguly, Deepankar (23 August 2014). "Metro missed the train to Piccadilly". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. Das, Madhuparna (5 March 2020). "100 years in the making, why Kolkata's east-west corridor is world's slowest metro project". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd". Kmrc.in. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  8. "Metro Railway - Kolkata, Route Map". 9 December 2004. Archived from the original on 9 December 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Brief History of Construction of Metro Railway Kolkata". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  10. Mukherjee, Devjyot Ghoshal & Sharmistha (3 November 2009). "Delhi Metro speeds past Kolkata's". Business Standard India. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  11. 1 2 "Kolkata Metro Line 1 provided start of the international career for Gus Klados". www.tunneltalk.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  12. "Metro Railway, Kolkata". kolmetro.com. 10 September 2007. Archived from the original on 10 September 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  13. 1 2 Ghosal, Mainak (January 2018). "Challenges faced(then & now)during Kolkata Metro Construction - A Study". Structural Engineering Digest. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  14. 1 2 3 "Metro Railway, Kolkata, the confluence of culture, technology and eco-friendliness". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  15. Hall, Andrew (2006). "Reinventing Calcutta". Asian Affairs. 37 (3): 353–360. doi:10.1080/03068370600906515. S2CID   218620885.
  16. Chakraborty, Ajanta (13 February 2020). "West Bengal: Three drivers on roster to steer the first train". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  17. Kolkata Old Map.jpg Archived 22 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine Lt. Col Mark Wood's Map of Kolkata in 1784-85 showing the extent of the Maratha Ditch
  18. Saha, Gouranga Prasad; Chaudhary, P.R. (1995). Calcutta Metro - Construction by 'Cut and Cover' and 'Shield Tunneling' Methods. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  19. "Kolkata Metro on a Reform Roadmap". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. 4 December 2019. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  20. "Metro Railway, Kolkata". 9 December 2004. Archived from the original on 9 December 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  21. Chakraborty, Ajanta (25 December 2012). "From April, fly to Naoapara from Garia in 54 mins flat". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.