Hemanta Mukhopadhyay metro station

22°30′53″N 88°24′05″E / 22.514777°N 88.401469°E / 22.514777; 88.401469Operated byMetro Railway, KolkataLine(s)Orange LinePlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeElevatedHistoryOpened6 March, 2024Previous namesKasba Golpark

Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Kavi Sukanta towards Kavi Subhash Orange Line VIP Bazar towards Jai Hind

Route map

Legend Sealdah South New Garia Depot Kavi Subhash Blue Line Blue Line (Line 1) 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 IT Centre Green Line Green Line (Line 2) Nabadiganta Keshtopur Canal Nazrul Tirtha Swapnabhor Biswa Bangla Convention Centre Keshtopur Canal Shiksha Tirtha Mother's Wax Museum Eco Park Mangaldeep City Centre-2 Rajarhat Road Chinar Park Green Line (Line 2) VIP Road Green Line Yellow Line (Line 4) Jai Hind Yellow Line Airport Depot Yellow Line (Line 4)

Location

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay is a Metro station of Line 6 of the Kolkata Metro at Ruby Crossing, serving the areas of E.M. Bypass, Kasba and Anandapur.^[1] The station is named in honour of the Indian Bengali playback singer Hemanta Mukhopadhyay.^[2][3]

History

This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years.^[4] The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore. It is intended to reduce travel time between Kolkata's southernmost areas and the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.

The 5 km (3.1 mi) stretch from New Garia to Ruby Hospital was expected to start from 2018.^[5] Till then, the station and associated metro viaduct connections are fully completed with trail runs being conducted over this and other phase 1 stations. RVNL planned to launch the metro over this truncated route before this year's Durga Puja, but was postponed due to signalling issues.^[6]

After lot of hardships and developmental work, the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay of Kolkata Metro Line 6 is due to be inaugurated on 7 March 2024 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with the truncated sections of Taratala-Majerhat under Line 3 and Esplanade-Howrah Maidan under Line 2.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

Structure and layout

The station is 200 meters long and 25 meters wide, structurally elevated and has three levels. Station entrances and exits are at the ground level (G). The second level (L1) houses station fare control, station agents, metro card vending machines, crossovers etc. The third level (L2) houses the platforms and rail tracks.^[12]

The station has four entrances and exits. In addition to staircases, it will be equipped with lifts and escalators. The station will have drinking water and toilet facilities.^[13]

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
	Southbound	Towards →Kavi Subhash→ next station is Kavi Sukanta→
	Northbound	→Towards ←Jai Hind← next station is VIP Bazar←
	Side platform doors will open on the left
L2

Connections

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay station is situated at the junction of Rashbehari Avenue and E.M. Bypass, termed as Ruby Crossing. It will act as an interchange for the residents of Central and South Kolkata connecting them to the IT hubs of Salt Lake. People can reach Kasba Industrial Estate, passport offices and various school and colleges via Line 6 and Blue Line can reach after boarding off the station. The metro station is located in vicinity of various hospitals like Peerless Hospital. It is preceded by the VIP Bazar metro station at 1.3 km to the north, and followed by the Kavi Sukanta metro station at 1 km to the south.^[13][1]

Gallery

See also

• List of Kolkata Metro stations

References