Dum Dum Cantonment metro station
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 Dum Dum Cantonment | |||||||||||
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| Kolkata Metro station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | NC Mitra Rd, Green Park, Subhash Nagar, Dum Dum, West Bengal 700028 India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°38′17″N 88°24′44″E / 22.6380°N 88.4123°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Railway, Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Dum Dum Cantt. | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||||||||
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| Status | Under Construction | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opening | 2022 (expected) | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 750V DC | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Moulana Abul Kalam Azad | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Dum Dum Cantonment metro station, is a 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 Cantt. to Biman Bandar.[1][2]
The Station
Structure
This is an elevated station having 2 levels.
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
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| Northbound | Towards →Biman Bandar→ → | |
| Southbound | →Towards ←Noapara← ← | |
| Side platform doors will open on the left
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| L2 | ||
Connections
Auto
6 Auto services available from this station. Autos available towards Nager Bazar More, Pramod Nagar Bazar, Matkol, Shibtala, Matish Roy Setu and Dudhpukur.
Bus
Bus route number 30D serves the station.[3] One irregular service from WBTC route no. M-34 towards Esplanade also available sometimes.
Rail
Dum Dum Cantonment railway station is just beside the metro station.
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 Biman Bandar metro station which will serve the airport is the fourth station of Noapara to Barasat bound trains.
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
References
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
- ^ "Bus Services".
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