Kolkata Metro Line 6
Appearance
Kolkata Metro Line 6 | |
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File:Kolkata KMRC logo.png | |
Overview | |
Status | Under Construction |
Locale | Kolkata India |
Termini |
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Stations | 23 |
Website | KMRC |
Service | |
Type | Rapid transit |
System | Kolkata Metro |
Operator(s) | KMRC |
Daily ridership | 500000 (projected) |
Technical | |
Line length | 29.10 kilometres (18.08 mi) |
Number of tracks | 2 |
Character |
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Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
Electrification | 750 V DC[1] using third rail |
Operating speed | 80 km/h (designed) |
A connection between New Garia and the Airport (29.1 km) via E M Bypass, Saltlake and Rajarhat has started; it will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of Kolkata to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. The work on this New Garia-Airport line was inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee on 7 February 2011 with a project deadline of six years.[2] The link between Kavi Subhas (New Garia) and the airport, to be set up at a cost of Rs4 billion, will have 24 stations with the terminal Airport station being an underground one.
Stations
The stations, as declared of now, will be named after eminent personalities.[2]
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No. | Station Name | Location | Opening | Connections | Layout | Coordinates | Notes | ||
English | Bengali | Hindi | |||||||
1 | Jai Hind | জয় হিন্দ | Kolkata Airport | Under construction | Kolkata Metro Line 4 (Under Construction); Biman Bandar railway station | Underground | Also known as Biman Bandar | ||
2 | Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue | কাজী নজরূল ইসলাম সরনী | Kaikhali | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as VIP Road | |||
3 | Newtown | নিউ টাউন | Newtown | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Chinar Park | |||
4 | Titumir | তিতুমীর | Newtown | Under construction | Elevated | ||||
5 | Sub CBD 2 | সাব সিবিডি ২ | Newtown | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Akankha 5-point crossing | |||
6 | Convention Centre | কনভেনশন সেন্টার | Newtown | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Nawabpur | |||
7 | Prakriti Tirtha | প্রকৃতি তীর্থ | Newtown | Under Construction | Elevated | Also known as Eco Park | |||
8 | Baanijya Tirtha | বাণিজ্য তীর্থ | Newtown | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Newtown CBD/Kalkhetra(কলক্ষেত্র) | |||
9 | Rabindra Tirtha | রবীন্দ্র তীর্থ | Newtown | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Narkelbagan(নারকেল বাগান) | |||
10 | Vivek Tirtha | বিবেক তীর্থ | Newtown | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Sub CBD 1 | |||
11 | Nazrul Tirtha | নজরুল তীর্থ | Newtown | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Newtown Bus Stand | |||
12 | Bidhannagar Limit | বিধাননগর লিমিট | Newtown | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Technopolis | |||
13 | Salt Lake Sector V | সল্ট লেক সেক্টর ৫ | साल्ट लेक सेक्टर V | Salt Lake Sector V | Under construction | Kolkata Metro Line 2 (Under Construction) | Elevated | ||
14 | Nicco Park | নিক্কো পার্ক | Salt Lake Sector V | Under construction | Elevated | ||||
15 | Gour Kishore Ghosh | গৌর কিশোর ঘোষ | Salt Lake Sector V | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Chingrighata | |||
16 | Barun Sengupta | বরুন সেনগুপ্ত | Science City | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Science City | |||
17 | Ritwik Ghatak | ঋত্বিক ঘটক | Bantala Road | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Bantala Road | |||
18 | VIP Bazaar | ভি আই পি বাজার | VIP Bazaar | Under construction | Elevated | ||||
19 | Hemanta Mukherjee | হেমন্ত মুখোপাধ্যায় | Ruby Hospital | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Kasba Golpark | |||
20 | Kavi Sukanta | কবি সুকান্ত | Kalikapur | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Kalikapur | |||
21 | Jyotindra Nath Nandi | যতীন্দ্র নাথ নন্দী | Mukundapur | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Mukundapur | |||
22 | Satyajit Ray | সত্যজিৎ রায় | Bagha Jatin/Peerless Hospital | Under construction | Elevated | Also known as Bagha Jatin | |||
23 | Kavi Subhash | কবি সুভাষ | New Garia | 7 October 2010 | Kolkata Metro Line 1 and New Garia Railway station (Eastern Suburban Railways) | At Grade | Also known as New Garia |
See also
- Kolkata Metro
- List of Kolkata metro stations
- Kolkata Metro Rolling Stock
- List of rapid transit systems
- Kolkata tram
- Kolkata Lightrail
- Kolkata Monorail
- Kolkata Suburban Railway
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b "Rail set to take over East-West". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 8 February 2011.