Kavi Sukanta Metro Station
History
This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years. The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore. It will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of Kolkata to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.
The 5 km (3.1 mi) stretch from New Garia to Ruby Hospital was expected to start from 2018. Till then, the station and associated metro viaduct connections are fully completed with trail runs being conducted over this and other phase 1 stations. RVNL planned to launch the metro over this truncated route before this year's Durga Puja, but was postponed due to signalling issues.
After lot of hardships and developmental work, the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of Kolkata Metro Line 6 is due to be inaugurated on 7 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.
The Station
Structure
Kavi Sukanta Metro Station on Line 6 of Kolkata Metro is structurally an elevated metro station. The station has total 3 levels. Station entrances and exits begin or end at the first level or ground level. Second level or L1 or intermediate level houses station fare control, station agents, metro card vending machines, crossovers etc. The third level or L2 or the final level houses the platforms and rail tracks. The station is 200 meters long and 25 meters wide.
Layout
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Kavi Sukanta track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
L2 | Side platform doors will open on the left ![]() | |
Southbound | Towards →Kavi Subhash→next station is Jyotirindra Nandi → | |
Northbound | →Towards ←Jai Hind←next station is Hemanta Mukhopadhyay ← | |
Side platform doors will open on the left ![]() | ||
L2 |
Location
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This station is close to multi-storey buildings and offices near Ruby Crossing so residents from Central and South Kolkata can comfortably reach via combined Blue Line and Line 6 route, then finally boarding off this station. The previous station of the station is Jyotirindra Nandi Metro Station at a distance of 1.6 km and the next station is Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Metro Station at a distance of 1.4 km away.
Infrastructure
The station is being built with state-of-the-art technology. The station has 4 entrances and exits for entry and exit. A number of lifts, staircases and elevators are attached to the reach the concourse building. The second level of the station has ticket collection center, ticket validator for ticket examination. The station will have escalators for the convenience of passengers. Besides, the station will have drinking water and toilet facilities.
Electricity and signal systems
Like the other stations and lines of the Kolkata Metro, this station will use 750 volts DC power supply by the third railway to operate the trains.
Train movement will be conducted at this station and on the railway by communication-based train control signal system. This signal system can operate a 90 second interval train. Currently this automatic signalling system is not activated and only one metro track is operational.
See also
References
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