Dum Dum Cantonment metro station

22°38′17″N 88°24′44″E / 22.6380°N 88.4123°E / 22.6380; 88.4123Owned byMetro Railway, KolkataOperated byMetro Railway, KolkataLine(s)Yellow LinePlatformsSide platformsTracks2Connections Dum Dum CantonmentConstructionStructure typeElevatedPlatform levels2AccessibleYes Other informationStatusUnder ConstructionHistoryOpening2024 (expected)^[1]Electrified750 V DC third railPrevious namesMoulana Abul Kalam Azad

Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Noapara Terminus Yellow Line (under construction) Jessore Road towards Barasat

Location

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.^[2] It is also the part of the integration of old line of Circular Railway from Dum Dum Cantonment to Jai Hind.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

The Station

Structure

This is an elevated station having 2 levels.^[8]

Complex

Layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform doors will open on the left
	Northbound	Towards →Barasat→ next station is Jessore Road →
	Southbound	→Towards ←Noapara←next station is Noapara Change at the next station for Blue Line ←
	Side platform doors will open on the left
L2

Connections

Auto

8 Auto services available from this station. Autos available towards Nager Bazar More, Pramod Nagar Bazar, Mathkol, Shibtala, Matish Roy Setu, Sukur Ali More, 1 no. Airport Gate and Dudhpukur.^[5]

Bus

Bus route number 30D serves the station.^[9] One irregular service from WBTC route no. M-34 towards Esplanade also available sometimes.Bus route number 34C serves the station as well but mainly it serves from Noapara to Esplanade.^[5]

Rail

Dum Dum Cantonment railway station is just beside the metro station.^[5]

Air

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is just 3.9 km away from the station which will be connected via this metro line. The Jai Hind metro station which will serve the airport is the fourth station of Noapara to Barasat bound trains.^[10]

Entry/Exits

3 Entry/Exit gates are there in this station. One at the North end, one at the South end and one gate from Mezzanine floor will directly connects towards existing FOB of Dum Dum Cantonment railway station.^[5]

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