Jai Hind (also referred to as Biman Bandar) is a metro station of Kolkata Metro.[2] It will serve the city of Kolkata's main airport, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.[3] As of October 2024[update] the station is planned to be open for service during March 2025.[1]
Jai Hind জয় হিন্দ  | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kolkata Metro station | ||||||||||||||||
 An entrance of Jai Hind metro station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | NSCBI Airport, Dum Dum, Kolkata, West Bengal 700052 India | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°38′46″N 88°26′09″E / 22.64619°N 88.43591°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Yellow Line Orange Line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 Side platform & 2 Island platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 for Yellow Line 1 for Orange Line 1 for Orange Line to Airport yard 1 for Rake siding | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Depth | 12 m | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Under Construction | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opening | March 2025 (expected)[1] | |||||||||||||||
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Features
editThis station will also have a yard, and it will be the largest underground facility of India, and city's first. It will be 550m long and 41.6m wide, and will facilitate stabling and reversal of rakes, but it will not be a carshed.[4] Previously the station was planned elevated, but after objection from AAI, the route was reworked and the station was planned underground from Airport to New Barrackpore.[5]
Facilities
editAs of April 2019[update], the station is planned to be around 150m away from the terminal building.[3] It will be connected via subways which will be having moving walkways.[3]
Intersections
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Here, Kolkata Metro Line 4 and Line 6 will meet. There will be 6 tracks, two for Line 4, two for Line 6, one for terminating and departing both Noapara and Barasat bound trains and one for the yard.
History
editConstruction
editThe execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL and the construction of the station-cum-yard is being done by ITD Cementation India Ltd. The tentative deadline is December 2021.[6]
Delays
editThe work has been delayed for years due to multiple issues. At first AAI objected the station above the ground, stating that this could be a threat for air traffic. Many underground utilities, power sub-station and water treatment plant had to be shifted. Encroachments and Land acquisition problems held up the project for multiple times.[7][8]
Station Layout
editJai Hind track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with five tracks, two island and one side platforms
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| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| P | Side platform | Doors will open on the left 
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| Platform 1 Northbound |
Towards → Barasat next station is Birati → | |
| Platform 2 Southbound |
Towards ← Noapara next station is Jessore Road ← | |
| Island platform | P2 & P3 doors will open on the left
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| Platform 3 Southbound |
Towards → Train Terminates Here → | |
| Platform 4 Northbound |
Towards ← Kavi Subhash next station is VIP Road ← | |
| Island platform | P4 & P5 doors will open on the left
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| Platform 5 | For emergency use | |
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Connections
editRail
editPreviously Eastern Railway operated Suburban Railway services (Kolkata Circular Railway) up to here. Currently the nearest stations are Dum Dum Cantonment railway station and Dum Dum Junction railway station.[9][10]
Air
editThe station itself serves the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.[7][11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Airport metro dream may come true in March". The Times of India. 22 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ Pall, Samreen (20 July 2023). "Kolkata Airport: Structural Work Of Biman Bandar Metro Station Is Complete". News18. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ a b c Mandal, Sanjay (21 April 2019). "Metro hub 150m from Calcutta airport". The Telegraph (India). Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Airport Metro yard to be country's largest underground facility". Times of India. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "বিমানবন্দর- নিউ ব্যারাকপুর মেট্রো ছুটবে মাটির নীচ দিয়ে, প্রকল্প নিয়ে কাটল জট". Asianet News. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Times of India". timesofindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Work gets going on Metro's airport station".
- ^ Gupta, Jayanta (15 February 2017). "New Garia: Metro terminal station plan at New Garia back on track". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "DDC/Dum Dum Cantonment". India Rail Info. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "DDJ/Dum Dum Junction". India Rail Info. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Metro link to airport on railway radar". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 24 July 2019.