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Kolkata Metro Line 6

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Kolkata Metro Line 6
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Orange Line
Entry at Kavi Sukanta station of Line 6
Overview
Other name(s)
  • New Town metro
  • Airport Metro
  • Bypass Metro
StatusPartly operational
OwnerIndian Railways
LocaleIndia Kolkata metropolitan region, India
Termini
Connecting linesBlue Line Green Line Yellow Line
Stations24
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05 (operational)
19 (under construction)
WebsiteIndian Railways
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemKolkata Metro
Operator(s)Metro Railway, Kolkata
Depot(s)
Daily ridership~500,000 (projected)
History
Opened6 March 2024; 9 months ago (2024-03-06)
Technical
Line length
  • 29.87 km (18.56 mi)[1]
    -Operational:5.4 km (3.4 mi)[2]
    -Under construction:29.5 km (18.3 mi)
Number of tracks2
Characterunderground, at-grade and elevated
Track gauge5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification750 V DC[3] using third rail
Operating speed80 km/h (designed)
SignallingCBTC signalling
Route map

Legend
Sealdah South
New Garia Depot
Kavi Subhash
Mainline rail interchangeBus interchange Blue Line
Blue Line (Line 1)
Sealdah South
 Satyajit Ray
Jyotirindra Nandi
Panchanangram Canal
 Kavi Sukanta
Rashbehari Avenue
 Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
VIP Bazar
Ritwik Ghatak
Storm Water Outlet Canal
 Barun Sengupta
Beleghata
Captain Bhery
Eastern Metropolitan Bypass
 Gour Kishore Ghosh
Nalban
3rd Avenue
Green Line (Line 2)
 IT Centre Bus interchange Green Line
Nabadiganta
Keshtopur Canal
 Nazrul Tirtha Bus interchange
Swapnabhor
Biswa Bangla Convention Centre
Keshtopur Canal
 Shiksha Tirtha
Mother's Wax Museum
New Town Depot
 Eco Park
Mangaldeep
City Centre-2
Chinar Park
Rajarhat Road
Green Line (Line 2)
 VIP Road Bus interchange Green Line
Yellow Line (Line 4)
 Jai Hind
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Bus interchange Yellow Line
Airport Depot
Yellow Line (Line 4)

'Line 6' (Orange Line) is a rapid transit metro line of the Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It will connect New Garia with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport via two major satellite towns of Kolkata metropolitan region, Salt Lake and New Town. It currently operates between Kavi Subhash and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay. This line will be one of the most important stretches of Kolkata Metro because it will connect the southern and the eastern parts of the city with Kolkata Airport. The total distance of this route will be 29.87 km (18.56 mi). It connects Line 1 at Kavi Subhash and will eventually connect Line 2 at Sector-V and Kaikhali and Line 4 at Airport.

History

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ICF Medha Rake entering Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Metro Station seen during Hemanta Mukhopadhyay metro station to Netaji Bhavan metro journey 01.webm

This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years.[4] 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 and will have 23 elevated stations, 1 underground station and 1 at-grade. The terminal Airport station being the underground one.

Work for construction of the terminal station at New Garia for the 29.87 km (18.56 mi) Kavi Subhash-Biman Bandar (via Rajarhat) metro project finally resumed on 14 February 2017 with Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) demarcating the plot they require for the purpose.

The 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.

The 5 km (3.1 mi) stretch from New Garia to Ruby Hospital was expected to start from 2018.[5] As of now, 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.[6]

After lot of hardships and developmental work, the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of Kolkata Metro Line 6 was inaugurated on 6 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.[7] A week later after inauguration and a day after commercial run started on Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section, RVNL announced the completion of a 76 m viaduct gap after construction of a single-span open-web girder steel bridge over Tagore Park culvert. This completed the viaduct up to Beliaghata metro station.[8] Trial runs have started over Hemanta Mukhopadhyay-Beleghata metro station and this stretch is planned to open in late 2024.[9]

Route

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orange line route map
orange line route map

The stations are named after eminent Bengali personalities.[4][10][11] and will have 22 elevated stations, 1 underground station and 1 at-grade. The terminal Airport station will be the underground one. This station will also have a yard and it will be the largest underground facility of India and city's first. It will be 550 m (1,800 ft) long and 41.6 m (136 ft) wide and will facilitate stabling and reversal of rakes, but it will not be a carshed. One can interchange to Line 4 at Dum Dum Airport, Line 2 at VIP Road (Haldiram) and Salt Lake Sector V and Line 1 at Kavi Subhash. At Kavi Subhash, Rail Interchange will be also available (Sealdah South Section).

On 4 January 2021 the state government decided to rename 9 metro stations in New Town area to their more prevailing names rather than using the old ones which were given during the planning phase. The state transport department has informed Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) of the new names of the proposed nine metro stations between Nazrul Tirtha at the entry of New Town from Salt Lake Sector V till Chinar Park, the last station on the line before it turns right on VIP road towards Kolkata Airport.[12]

Line 6 (Orange Line)[13]
# Station name Location Phase Opening Connections Layout Notes
English Bengali
1 Jai Hind জয় হিন্দ Kolkata Airport 4 Under construction Yellow Line

• Jai Hind (U/C)
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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

Airport AC Bus Stand

Airport Gate No. 1 Bus Stop

Airport Gate No. 2 Bus Stop

Airport Gate No. 2.5 Bus Stop

Airport Gate No. 3 Bus Stop

Underground
2 VIP Road ভি আই পি রোড Teghoria Green Line
• Haldirams (Planned)
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Minibus Stand

Haldiram Bus Stop

Elevated
3 Chinar Park New Town 3
4 City Centre-2 সিটি সেন্টার-২
5 Mangaldeep মঙ্গলদীপ Also known as Akanksha 5-point crossing
6 Eco Park ইকো পার্ক Also known as Nawabpur
7 Mother's Wax Museum মাদার্স ওয়াক্স মিউজিয়াম
8 Shiksha Tirtha শিক্ষা তীর্থ Also known as Kala Kshetra
9 Biswa Bangla Convention Centre বিশ্ব বাংলা কনভেনশন সেন্টার Also known as Narkelbagan / Rabindra Tirtha
10 Swapnabhor স্বপ্ন ভোর
11 Nazrul Tirtha নজরুল তীর্থ Also known as Newtown Bus Stand
12 Nabadiganta নবদিগন্ত Salt Lake Also known as Bidhannagar Limit
13 IT Centre আই টি সেন্টার 2 Green Line
• Salt Lake Sector-V
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Wipro Bus Stop

Saltlake Bus Depot

Karunamoyee Bus Station(WBTC,CTC,SBSTC,NBSTC)

Located near IT Hub of Kolkata
14 Nalban নলবন Serving Nicco Park
15 Gour Kishore Ghosh (Chingrighata) গৌর কিশোর ঘোষ Also known as Chingrighata / Sukanta Nagar
16 Beleghata বেলেঘাটা Metropolitan Also known as Tangra Metropolitan Township
17 Barun Sengupta (Science City) বরুণ সেনগুপ্ত Dhapa/Mathpukur Also known as Metropolitan
18 Ritwik Ghatak (Bantala Road) ঋত্বিক ঘটক Uttar Panchanagram
19 VIP Bazar ভি আই পি বাজার VIP Bazar
20 Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (Ruby Hospital) হেমন্ত মুখোপাধ্যায় Ruby Island 1 6 March 2024 Elevated Also known as Kasba Golpark / East Kolkata Township
21 Kavi Sukanta (Kalikapur) কবি সুকান্ত Kalikapur
22 Jyotirindra Nandi (Mukundpur) জ্যোতিরিন্দ্র নন্দী Mukundapur Also known as Singhbari
23 Satyajit Ray সত্যজিৎ রায় SRFTI / Hiland Park Bengal Ambuja Bus Stop

Hiland Park Bus Stop

Peerless Hospital Bus Stop

Also known as Chak Garia / Ajoy Nagar
24 Kavi Subhash কবি সুভাষ New Garia Blue Line
• Kavi Subhash
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New Garia railway station

New Garia Station Bus Stand

At Grade

See also

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Line 2 and 6 under construction at Salt Lake Sector V, November 2017

References

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  1. ^ "New System Map of Kolkata Metro".
  2. ^ "In addition to the underwater metro, the Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Kavi Subhash - Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Metro section".
  3. ^ "CAF to supply Kolkata metro trains".
  4. ^ "Metro sets June 2018 date for New Garia-Ruby line". The Times of India.
  5. ^ Staff Reporter (25 August 2023). "Successful Speed Trial Conducted on Hemanta Mukhopadhyay-Kavi Subhas Metro Stretch". Metro Rail News. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Hope for ops start of three new Metro links in March first week". The Times of India. 19 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Traffic starts moving along Tagore Park western flank". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Metro goes beyond Ruby, reaches Metropolitan on maiden trial run". The Times of India. 29 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  9. ^ "New Garia to Biman Bandar via Rajarhat Metro extension".
  10. ^ "Kolkata Metro Line 6".
  11. ^ Mondal, Biswadeep (4 January 2021). "West Bengal govt renames nine New Town Metro stations". Times of India.
  12. ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
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