Kavi Subhash metro station

Kavi Subhash (formerly known as New Garia) is the elevated southern terminal metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue 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.


Kavi Subhash
কবি সুভাষ
Kolkata Metro station
কবি সুভাষ (নিউ গড়িয়া) মেট্রো স্টেশন Kavi Subhash (New Garia) Metro Station
General information
LocationNew Garia, Kolkata
Coordinates22°28′19″N 88°23′53″E
Owned byMetro Railway, Kolkata
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated byKolkata Metro
Line(s)Blue Line Orange Line
PlatformsSide platform
Platform-1 → Dakshineshwar
Platform-2 → Train Terminates Here
Side platform
Platform-3 → Satyajit Ray
Platform-4 → Train Terminates Here
Tracks4 (4 lead to the depot)
Connections New Garia
Construction
Structure typeAt-Grade, Double track
ParkingYes
Other information
Station codeKKVS
Fare zoneNorth-South
History
OpenedLine 1: 7 October 2010
Line 6: March 2023
Previous namesNew Garia
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station
Shahid Khudiram
towards Dakshineswar
 Blue Line Terminus
Terminus Orange Line
(under construction)
 Satyajit Ray
towards Biman Bandar
Location

This metro station is at ground level and located adjacent to New Garia railway station on the Sealdah - Sonarpur section. The station will eventually become the southernmost terminal of the Kolkata Metro Line 6 (Bypass Corridor) of Kolkata Metro.[2][3]

Station layout

 Line 1 

Kavi Subhash track layout
to Shahid Khudiram
P1
P2
to Train Terminates Here
Station with two tracks and two side platforms
G Street Level Exit/Entrance

Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover

P Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
Platform 2
Southbound		 Towards → Train Terminates Here
Platform 1
Northbound		 Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Shahid Khudiram
Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access

 Line 6 

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 Disabled access
Northbound Toward ←Satyajit Ray←←
Island platform, doors will open on the right Disabled access
Southbound Terminus
Side platform doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2 Side platform doors will open on the left Disabled access
Northbound Terminus
Southbound Toward proposed Baruipur Metro corridor
Side platform doors will open on the left Disabled access

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 1B, 206, S116 (Mini), S124 (Mini) etc. serve the station.[4]

Train

It is Connected to New Garia railway station on 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.

See also

References
  1. "Kolkata metro reaches New Garia". Railway Gazette. 19 October 2010. 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. "এগোচ্ছে কাজ, নিউ গড়িয়ায় মিলবে তিনটি মেট্রোপথ" (in Bengali). Kolkata: www.anandabazar.com. Anandabazar. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. "Bus Services".
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