Kolkata Metro's Blue & Orange Line interchange and terminal station
Kavi Subhash (formerly known as New Garia ) is the at-grade southern terminus and interchange metro station of the North-South corridor (Blue Line ) and Bypass Corridor (Orange 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.
This metro station is at ground level and located adjacent to New Garia railway station on the Sealdah - Sonarpur section .[ 2]
After a lot of hardships and developmental work, the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of Kolkata Metro Line 6 was inaugurated on 6 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 .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Station layout
Line 1
Kavi Subhash track layout
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
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
Line 6
Kavi Subhash track layout
Station with two tracks, one island and two side platforms
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
Platform 3 Southbound
Towards → Jai Hind next station is Satyajit Ray
Island platform | Doors will open on the right Orange Line
Platform 4 Northbound
Towards ← Train Terminates Here
Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2
Side platform | Doors will open on the left
Northbound
Towards → Train Terminates Here
Southbound
Towards ← Proposed Baripur Metro Corridor
Side platform doors will open on the left
L2
Connections
Bus
Bus route numbers 1B, 206, S116 (Mini), S124 (Mini) etc. serve the station.[ 8]
Train
It is connected to New Garia railway station on the 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.
Gallery
Views of Kavi Subhash Metro Station
Aerial view of the New Garia Depot (Kavi Subhash Carshed) Blue Line and the Orange Line viaduct
Kavi Subhash metro station Blue Line Complex as seen from Orange Line
Kavi Subhash metro station Orange Line Complex as seen from Blue Line
Kavi Subhash metro station Blue Line Complex platform
Kavi Subhash metro station Orange Line Complex platform
Kavi Subhash metro station depot and carshed as seen from Orange Line
Kavi Subhash metro station interchange
Kavi Subhash metro stationinterchange as seen from Orange Line Complex
Kavi Subhash metro station interchange as seen from Blue Line Complex
Kavi Subhash metro station interchange lift
Goddess Durga statue in Kavi Subhash metro station interchange
See also
References
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