Satyajit Ray Metro Station is a station of the
Kolkata Metro Line 6
Kolkata Metro Line 6 or the Orange Line of the Kolkata Metro is an under-construction rapid transit line that will connect New Garia with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport via two satellite towns Salt Lake and New Town. The line ...
in
Chak Garia,
E.M. Bypass,
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...
,
India
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. The station is named in honour of the great Bengali filmmaker
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs o ...
. The elevated structure is located above the
Eastern Metropolitan Bypass
The Eastern Metropolitan Bypass (known simply as both ''E.M. Bypass'' and ''EM Bypass'') is a (Including Kamalgazi to Baruipur extension) major road on the east side of Kolkata. It connects Ultadanga (North Kolkata) to Baruipur Puratan Baza ...
with the
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) is a film and television institute located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Named after Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, the institute provides higher and professional education and technical e ...
and the Baghajatin Peerless Hospital on the eastern side and the
Hiland Park condominium
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on the western side. This metro station would serve the neighbourhoods of
Baghajatin
Baghajatin is a locality of South Kolkata in West Bengal, India. It has been named in honour of Jatindranath Mukherjee whose nom de guerre was Bagha (Tiger) Jatin. It is located in the southern part of the city and is surrounded by Jadavpur a ...
,
Chak Garia,
Survey Park
Survey Park is a neighbourhood within the Santoshpur area of East Kolkata in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography Police district
Survey Park police station is part of the East division of Kolkata Police. It is located at Gro ...
and
Santoshpur of
South Kolkata
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.
The Station
Structure
Layout
Gallery
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See also
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List of Kolkata Metro stations
The Kolkata Metro is a Mass Rapid Transit Urban Railway network in Kolkata, India. It was the first underground railway to be built in India, with the first operations commencing in October, 1984 and the full stretch that was initially planned ...
References
Kolkata Metro stations
Railway stations in Kolkata
Satyajit Ray
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