Satyajit Ray is a metro station of the
Orange Line in
Chak Garia,
E.M. Bypass,
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 ...
,
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 film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligraphy, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influ ...
. The elevated structure is located above the
Eastern Metropolitan Bypass 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 renowned Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, the institute provides higher and professional education and tech ...
and the Baghajatin Peerless Hospital on the eastern side and the
Hiland Park condominium
A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each separately owned, or owned in common with exclusive rights of occupation by individual own ...
on the western side. This metro station would serve the neighbourhoods of
Baghajatin
Baghajatin is a locality of South Kolkata in the South 24 Parganas district in Indian state of West Bengal. It has been named in honour of Jatindranath Mukherjee whose nom de guerre was Bagha (Tiger) Jatin. It is located in the southern pa ...
,
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
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 fin ...
.
After lot of hardships and developmental work, the
Kavi Subhash–
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989), known professionally as Hemanta Mukherjee and Hemant Kumar, was an Indian music director and a playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, along with several other Indian ...
section of
Orange Line was inaugurated on 6 March 2024.
The Station
Structure
Layout
Gallery
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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
Kolkata Metro stations
Railway stations in Kolkata
Satyajit Ray
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