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
The Kolkata Metro is a Urban rail transit in India, rapid transit system serving the city of Kolkata and the Kolkata metropolitan area, Kolkata Metropolitan Region in West Bengal, India. Opened in 1984, it was the first operational rapid trans ...
in
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
,
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
, India. It is named after poet
Subhash Mukhopadhyay.
This station was opened to public on the auspicious day of
Mahalaya
Pitri Paksha (, ), also spelt Pitru Paksha, is a 16-lunar day period in the Hindu calendar when Hindus pay homage to their ancestors ( Pitri), especially through food offerings. The period is also known as Pitarpas, Pitri Paksha/Pitr-Paksha, P ...
in 2010.
This metro station is at ground level and located adjacent to
New Garia railway station on the
Sealdah - Sonarpur section.
After a lot of hardships and developmental work, the Kavi Subhash–
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of
Orange Line was inaugurated on 6 March 2024.
Station layout
Connections
Bus
Bus route numbers 1B, 206, S116 (Mini), S124 (Mini) etc. serve the station.
Train
It is connected to
New Garia railway station on the
Sealdah South Mainline.
Air
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport () is an international airport serving the city of Kolkata and the Kolkata metropolitan region, Kolkata metropolitan area, the capital metropolis of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the ...
is connected via
VIP Road
VIP Road (officially Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue) is a major thoroughfare connecting the city of Kolkata with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Dumdum/Kolkata Airport. Located in the North-Eastern outskirts of the city, it was buil ...
and
EM Bypass, with a distance of 24.3 km.
Gallery
See also
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List of Kolkata Metro stations
This is the list of the stations of Kolkata Metro, a Mass Rapid transit Urban Railway network serving the city of Kolkata, India. It was the first underground railway to be built in India. The first operations commenced in October 1984, and t ...
References
External links
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Railway stations in India opened in 2010
Kolkata Metro stations
Railway stations in Kolkata
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