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'''Gour Kishore Ghosh''' (also known as '''Chingrighata''')<ref>{{Cite web |title=New System Map of Kolkata Metro |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,285 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref> is a station of [[Kolkata Metro Line 6|Line 6]] of the [[Kolkata Metro]] near the Chingrighata crossing at Sukant Nagar in [[Bidhannagar]].The station is named in honour of famous Bengali writer and journalist, [[Gour Kishore Ghosh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/construction-of-gour-kishor-ghosh-station-going-on-in-full-swing-1503317947.html|title=Construction of Gour Kishor Ghosh station going on in full swing|date=8 July 2024|website=The Statesman}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=4244&did=1720599983697137028AE1C55291A1412EF5D9B797F90|access-date=2024-09-24 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref> |
'''Gour Kishore Ghosh''' (also known as '''Chingrighata''')<ref>{{Cite web |title=New System Map of Kolkata Metro |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,285 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref> is a station of [[Kolkata Metro Line 6|Line 6]] of the [[Kolkata Metro]] near the Chingrighata crossing at Sukant Nagar in [[Bidhannagar]].The station is named in honour of famous Bengali writer and journalist, [[Gour Kishore Ghosh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/construction-of-gour-kishor-ghosh-station-going-on-in-full-swing-1503317947.html|title=Construction of Gour Kishor Ghosh station going on in full swing|date=8 July 2024|website=The Statesman}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=4244&did=1720599983697137028AE1C55291A1412EF5D9B797F90|access-date=2024-09-24 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref> |
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==History == |
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This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by [[Mamata Banerjee]] with a project deadline of six years.<ref name="airport_link_station_names">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110208/jsp/calcutta/story_13549408.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213055942/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110208/jsp/calcutta/story_13549408.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 February 2011|title=Rail set to take over East-West|date=8 February 2011|work=The Telegraph|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Seven projects meant to change the face of Calcutta are entangled in a web of land politics and pandering. Metro explores the tunnel vision" |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/stuck/cid/1287657 |website=Telegraph india}}</ref> It will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of [[Kolkata]] to [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]]. In October 2011, [[RVNL]] awarded [[Gammon India Limited]], the tender for the construction of the [[Kolkata Metro|metro]] corridor from [[VIP Bazar metro station|VIP Bazar Metro Station]] to [[Nicco Park|Nikko Park]] ([[Nalban metro station]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title=বরুণ সেনগুপ্ত মেট্রো স্টেশনের নির্মাণ কাজ তুঙ্গে, অন্দরমহলটা দেখে নিন |url=https://eisamay.com/photo-gallery/news/kolkata-metro-new-garia-airport-metro-corridor-barun-sengupta-metro-station-construction-work-update/photoshow/105019644.cms |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Eisamay |language=bn}}</ref> including stations, as part of Package-II of Line 6. Amongst those metro stations, one in Dhapa was also sanctioned, i.e., Barun Sengupta.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Details of tenders/contracts |url=https://www.rvnl.org/en/DetailsofContractsAwarded/20130814175604_Kolkata_upto_August-13.pdf |access-date=2024-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319185621/https://www.rvnl.org/en/DetailsofContractsAwarded/20130814175604_Kolkata_upto_August-13.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title="Road Ahead….. Projects sanctioned" |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?fontColor=black&backgroundColor=LIGHTSTEELBLUE&lang=0&id=0,1,304,375,379 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="airport_link_station_names" /> In January 2012, the construction of the metro station along with the metro line started. The construction of the station was stopped in 2015 due to land dispute at Tagore Park [[culvert]] and a pair of [[Foot Over Bridge|footover bridges]].<ref>{{Cite web |title="Construction of VIP Bazar station begins after two years" |url=https://ebela.in/state/work-begins-on-vip-bazar-metro-station-after-two-years-1.614294}}</ref> The construction of the station started again in May 2017<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2023-03-12 |title=Airport-New Garia Metro: Site visit next week to bridge VIP Bazar gap |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/airport-new-garia-metro-site-visit-next-week-to-bridge-vip-bazar-gap/articleshow/98574252.cms |access-date=2024-03-28 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-19 |title=Man electrocuted at construction site |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/man-electrocuted-at-construction-site-in-kolkata-38-year-old-subrata-biswas-suffers-burn-injuries/articleshow/107806404.cms |access-date=2024-03-28 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-28 |title=শেষের মুখে কলকাতা মেট্রোর আরও ১ স্টেশনের কাজ! ভিতরটা কেমন হল? রইল 'ফার্স্ট লুক' |url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/pictures/ritwik-ghatak-metro-station-new-garia-to-airport-metro-new-station-work-near-completation-watch-first-pictures-31695888787928.html |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Hindustantimes Bangla |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=মেট্রোর পথ করতে নোনাডাঙায় সরছে পুরোনো ভিআইপি বাজার |url=https://eisamay.com/west-bengal-news/kolkata-news/for-metro-turminal-old-vip-market-will-bo-move-on-nonabazar/articleshow/57231236.cms |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Eisamay |language=bn}}</ref> and was fully completed in early 2023.<ref name=":324">{{Cite news |date=2024-03-27 |title=CRS check till Metropolitan: No Ruby ops on Thurs, Fri |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/crs-check-till-metropolitan-no-ruby-ops-on-thurs-fri/articleshow/108802191.cms |access-date=2024-03-29 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-07-15 |title=Kolkata: Pipe bridge lifted out of Metro alignment |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/pipe-bridge-lifted-out-of-metro-alignment/articleshow/76968240.cms |access-date=2024-03-29 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> But the metro couldn't be started due to a viaduct gap over Tagore Park culvert.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-29 |title=Ritwik Ghatak Metro Station: ঋত্বিক ঘটক মেট্রো স্টেশনের কাজ শেষ পর্যায়ে, ফাস্ট লুকেই হাঁকাল ছক্কা! » Najarbandi 24X7 |url=https://najarbandi.in/ritwik-ghatak-metro-station-first-look-is-out/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=najarbandi.in |language=bn-BD}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-11-03 |title=Hanging bridge on Bypass solves Metro problem at Tagore Park |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/hanging-bridge-on-bypass-solves-metro-problem-at-tagore-park/articleshow/104929776.cms |access-date=2024-03-29 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> |
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A week later after inauguration and a day after commercial run started on [[Kavi Subhash metro station|Kavi Subhash]]-[[Hemanta Mukhopadhyay metro station|Hemanta Mukhopadhyay]] section, in March 2024, RVNL announced the completion of that 76 m viaduct gap after construction of a single-span hanging [[steel]] [[bridge]] over the disputed Tagore Park [[culvert]]. This completed the viaduct upto [[Beleghata metro station]], clearing the way for commercial operations at Barun Sengupta.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Traffic starts moving along Tagore Park western flank |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/tagore-park-kolkata-traffic-movement-resumes-after-5-months/amp_articleshow/108505984.cms |access-date=2024-03-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Trial runs have started in the same month. The station is expected to be operational by late 2024.<ref name=":4"/> |
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==Station == |
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===Structure === |
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Barun Sengupta Metro Station is an elevated metro station and has a total of 3 levels. Station entrances and exits begin or end at the first level or [[Ground floor|ground level]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=3386&did=16946077532174862B31B38E23B035A9B34248F0482D0 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref> Second-level or L1 or intermediate level houses station [[fare control]], station agents, metro [[Ticket machine|vending machines]], crossovers, etc. The third level or L2 or the final level houses the [[Railway platform|platforms]] and [[Railway track|rail tracks]]. The station is 200 meters long and 25 meters wide.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=MP |first=Team |date=2023-09-30 |title=Concreting work of Ritwik Ghatak Metro Station nears completion |url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/bengal/concreting-work-of-ritwik-ghatak-metro-stn-nears-completion-534865 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=www.millenniumpost.in |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Ritwik Ghatak Metro Station: ঋত্বিক ঘটক মেট্রো স্টেশন চোখ ধাঁধানো, কাজ প্রায় শেষ, কেমন হল? দেখুন |url=https://bangla.aajtak.in/kolkata/story/kolkata-metro-hrithik-ghatak-metro-station-eye-catching-work-is-almost-over-how-is-it-see-rjk-685778-2023-09-28 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Aaj Tak বাংলা |language=bn}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=railanalysis3 |date=2023-10-13 |title=Kolkata Metro Update: The construction work of Ritwik Ghatak metro station of Kavi Subhash-Biman Bandar corridor going on in full swing |url=https://news.railanalysis.com/kolkata-metro-update-the-construction-work-of-ritwik-ghatak-metro-station-of-kavi-subhash-biman-bandar-corridor-going-on-in-full-swing/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Rail Analysis India |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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The station has four entrances and exits. The station is being built with [[State of the art|state-of-the-art]] technology. In addition to staircases, it will be equipped with [[Elevator|lifts]] and [[Escalator|escalators]]. The station also has [[drinking water]] and [[toilet]] facilities.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=নিউ গড়িয়া-বিমানবন্দর মেট্রো করিডোরে বড় খবর, নতুন স্টেশনের ছবি দেখুন |url=https://eisamay.com/photo-gallery/news/kolkata-metro-new-garia-airport-corridor-ritwik-ghatak-metro-station-work-almost-complete/photoshow/104012175.cms |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Eisamay |language=bn}}</ref> |
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===Layout === |
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| width="100" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Street Level |
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| valign="top" |'''L1''' |
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| valign="top" |Mezzanine |
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| valign="top" |Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover<br /> |
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| rowspan="4" width="50" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''L2''' |
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| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |<small>[[Side platform]] doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small> |
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| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''Southbound''' |
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| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Towards →[[Kavi Subhash metro station|Kavi Subhash]]→ next station is [[Ritwik Ghatak metro station|Ritwik Ghatak]]→ |
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|'''Northbound''' |
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|<span style="color:white">→</span>Towards ←[[Jai Hind metro station|Jai Hind]]← <small>next station is [[Beleghata metro station|Beleghata]]</small>← |
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| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" |<small>[[Side platform]] doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small> |
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| rowspan="2" width="50" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''L2''' |
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==Power and signal systems == |
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Like other stations and lines of [[Kolkata Metro]], this station has 750 volt [[Direct current|DC]] [[DC motor|powered]] [[third rail]]. The [[electricity system]] will be used to operate the train.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=3822&did=1705999999593CFC2163E0CC36FDC7712299FBF8432D4 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref> |
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Train movement at this station will be managed by [[CBTC|communication based train control signaling]] system. With this signal system, trains can be operated at intervals of 90 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=3960&did=1711434226034173F1A0F14BC36381633091FEA2E7CD6 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref> |
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==Services == |
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Services have not started from this station. Currently the station is under construction and is set to be opened in 2024.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Trial run extended beyond Ruby to Metropolitan on Kolkata Metro's Airport Line {{!}} Metro Rail Today |url=https://metrorailtoday.com/news/trial-run-extended-beyond-ruby-to-metropolitan-on-kolkata-metros-airport-line |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Metro Rail Today: Gateway to Rail & Metro Industry}}</ref><ref name=":324" /> |
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Location | Sukant Nagar, Sector IV, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal - 700098 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°33′40″N 88°24′53″E / 22.5610117°N 88.4147441°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Orange Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gour Kishore Ghosh (also known as Chingrighata)[3] is a station of Line 6 of the Kolkata Metro near the Chingrighata crossing at Sukant Nagar in Bidhannagar.The station is named in honour of famous Bengali writer and journalist, Gour Kishore Ghosh.[4][5]
History
This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years.[6] The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore.[7] It will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of Kolkata to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. In October 2011, RVNL awarded Gammon India Limited, the tender for the construction of the metro corridor from VIP Bazar Metro Station to Nikko Park (Nalban metro station),[8] including stations, as part of Package-II of Line 6. Amongst those metro stations, one in Dhapa was also sanctioned, i.e., Barun Sengupta.[9][10][6] In January 2012, the construction of the metro station along with the metro line started. The construction of the station was stopped in 2015 due to land dispute at Tagore Park culvert and a pair of footover bridges.[11] The construction of the station started again in May 2017[12][13][14][15] and was fully completed in early 2023.[16][14][17] But the metro couldn't be started due to a viaduct gap over Tagore Park culvert.[18][19]
A week later after inauguration and a day after commercial run started on Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section, in March 2024, RVNL announced the completion of that 76 m viaduct gap after construction of a single-span hanging steel bridge over the disputed Tagore Park culvert. This completed the viaduct upto Beleghata metro station, clearing the way for commercial operations at Barun Sengupta.[20] Trial runs have started in the same month. The station is expected to be operational by late 2024.[21]
Station
Structure
Barun Sengupta Metro Station is an elevated metro station and has a total of 3 levels. Station entrances and exits begin or end at the first level or ground level.[22] Second-level or L1 or intermediate level houses station fare control, station agents, metro vending machines, crossovers, etc. The third level or L2 or the final level houses the platforms and rail tracks. The station is 200 meters long and 25 meters wide.[23][14][24][25]
The station has four entrances and exits. The station is being built with state-of-the-art technology. In addition to staircases, it will be equipped with lifts and escalators. The station also has drinking water and toilet facilities.[23][14][24][26]
Layout
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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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 Ritwik Ghatak→ | |
Northbound | →Towards ←Jai Hind← next station is Beleghata← | |
Side platform doors will open on the left | ||
L2 |
Power and signal systems
Like other stations and lines of Kolkata Metro, this station has 750 volt DC powered third rail. The electricity system will be used to operate the train.[27]
Train movement at this station will be managed by communication based train control signaling system. With this signal system, trains can be operated at intervals of 90 seconds.[28]
Services
Services have not started from this station. Currently the station is under construction and is set to be opened in 2024.[21][16]
Station 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 Beleghata→ | |
Northbound | →Towards ←Jai Hind← next station is Nalban← | |
Side platform doors will open on the left | ||
L2 |
Connections
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See also
References
- ^ "Metro eyes full orange line operations by march 2025". Times of India. 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Kolkata: Work on fast track as East-West Metro eyes new links in next two years | Kolkata News – Times of India". The Times of India. 10 June 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "New System Map of Kolkata Metro". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Construction of Gour Kishor Ghosh station going on in full swing". The Statesman. 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Rail set to take over East-West". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 8 February 2011. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011.
- ^ ""Seven projects meant to change the face of Calcutta are entangled in a web of land politics and pandering. Metro explores the tunnel vision"". Telegraph india.
- ^ "বরুণ সেনগুপ্ত মেট্রো স্টেশনের নির্মাণ কাজ তুঙ্গে, অন্দরমহলটা দেখে নিন". Eisamay (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Details of tenders/contracts" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ ""Road Ahead….. Projects sanctioned"". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ ""Construction of VIP Bazar station begins after two years"".
- ^ "Airport-New Garia Metro: Site visit next week to bridge VIP Bazar gap". The Times of India. 12 March 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Man electrocuted at construction site". The Times of India. 19 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d "শেষের মুখে কলকাতা মেট্রোর আরও ১ স্টেশনের কাজ! ভিতরটা কেমন হল? রইল 'ফার্স্ট লুক'". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 28 September 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "মেট্রোর পথ করতে নোনাডাঙায় সরছে পুরোনো ভিআইপি বাজার". Eisamay (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ a b "CRS check till Metropolitan: No Ruby ops on Thurs, Fri". The Times of India. 27 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Kolkata: Pipe bridge lifted out of Metro alignment". The Times of India. 15 July 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Ritwik Ghatak Metro Station: ঋত্বিক ঘটক মেট্রো স্টেশনের কাজ শেষ পর্যায়ে, ফাস্ট লুকেই হাঁকাল ছক্কা! » Najarbandi 24X7". najarbandi.in (in Bengali). 29 September 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Hanging bridge on Bypass solves Metro problem at Tagore Park". The Times of India. 3 November 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Traffic starts moving along Tagore Park western flank". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Trial run extended beyond Ruby to Metropolitan on Kolkata Metro's Airport Line | Metro Rail Today". Metro Rail Today: Gateway to Rail & Metro Industry. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ a b MP, Team (30 September 2023). "Concreting work of Ritwik Ghatak Metro Station nears completion". www.millenniumpost.in. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Ritwik Ghatak Metro Station: ঋত্বিক ঘটক মেট্রো স্টেশন চোখ ধাঁধানো, কাজ প্রায় শেষ, কেমন হল? দেখুন". Aaj Tak বাংলা (in Bengali). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ railanalysis3 (13 October 2023). "Kolkata Metro Update: The construction work of Ritwik Ghatak metro station of Kavi Subhash-Biman Bandar corridor going on in full swing". Rail Analysis India. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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