Kolkata Metro Line 3

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Kolkata Metro Line 3

Diamond Park - Esplanade Metro
Kolkata Metro Line 3 viaduct along the Diamond Harbour Road
Overview
StatusPhase 1 - Operational

Phase 2 - Under Construction

Phase 3 - Planned
Owner
Diamond Park (South)
  • Esplanade (North)
    • Connecting linesBlue Line Green Line
    Stations7 (operational)
    WebsiteIndian Railways
    Service
    TypeRapid transit
    SystemKolkata Metro
    Operator(s)Metro Railway, Kolkata
    History
    Opened30 December 2022; 17 months ago (2022-12-30)
    Technical
    Line length18.47 kilometres (11.48 mi) Operational: 7.75 kilometres (4.82 mi)
    Under Construction: 7.33 kilometres (4.55 mi)
    Planned: 3.39 kilometres (2.11 mi)
    broad gauge
    Electrification750 V DC using third rail[2]
    Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph) (designed)
    Route map

    Legend
    		 Esplanade
    Blue Line
    Green Line
    		 Park Street
    Blue Line
    Blue Line (Line 1)
    		 Victoria
    Tolly Canal
    		 Khidirpur
    Khiddirpur
    		 Mominpur
    		Majerhat
    Majerhat
    		Taratala
    		Behala Bazar
    		Behala Chowrasta
    		Sakher Bazar
    		Thakurpukur
    Joka
    IIM Calcutta
    Diamond Park

    Kolkata Metro Line 3 or the Purple Line is a line of the

    Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
    .

    Development

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the Joka-Majerhat stretch of Purple Line of Kolkata Metro on December 30, 2022.

    Around 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) of the project will be elevated and the rest of 6.32 kilometres (3.93 mi) of the metro line will be underground.[4] The project is getting delayed due to nonavailability of land for the construction of train depot at Joka. In 2019, RVNL was given the land required for building the depot and the construction for its boundary wall and land development started in February 2019.[7] Tenders for its construction and plant & machinery were invited in April 2020.[8]

    Construction was further delayed in September 2018 due to the Majerhat Bridge collapse, the metro was being built right next to the bridge.

    Tender for Majherhat to Esplanade underground section has been floated in 1st week of December 2019.

    By 15 September 2022, the stretch from Joka to Taratala has been fully constructed and electrification has been done. Testing trials are underway from Joka to Taratala using the old decommissioned Metro Rakes. Eventually in service there will be new air conditioned metro rakes. The stretch from Majerhat to Esplanade is under construction.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Joka-Taratala stretch, including Joka metro station of Kolkata Metro's Purple Line on 30 December 2022 in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Indian Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Some students from schools especially St Thomas Boys School, whose premises are utilised for planned Khidirpur metro station in this stretch, were granted the rare opportunity to be the first ones to ride in this Joka-Taratala stretch after the inauguration.[9][10][11]

    After lot of hardships and developmental work the Taratala-Majerhat section of Kolkata Metro Line 3 was inaugurated on 6 March 2024 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with the truncated sections of Esplanade-Howrah Maidan under Line 2 and Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay under Line 6.[12] The Mominpur-Esplanade section is expected to be open in 2028. [13]

    List of stations

    Main article:
    List of Kolkata metro stations

    The work has been sanctioned in 2010-11 for the new Metro line from

    B.B.D. Bagh for a length of 16.72 km (10.39 mi) at an anticipated cost of Rs. 2619.02 Crores. But, later the route was shortened and planned to terminate at Esplanade
    . A separate Depot is under construction in Joka. It is being built by RVNL and the tender has gone to Simplex Infrastructures. The extension of this line to IIM and Diamond Park for 2 km (1.2 mi) has been sanctioned in the Budget of 2012–13 at a cost of Rs. 294.49 Cr. The execution of this work has been entrusted to RVNL.

    There are 3 phases in this line-

    • Joka to Majherhat (Operational)
    • Majherhat to Esplanade (Under construction)
    • Diamond Park to Joka (Planned)
    Line 3 (Purple Line)
    No. Station Name Location Phase Opening Connections Layout Coordinates Notes
    English Bengali
    1
    Diamond Park
    		 ডায়মন্ড পার্ক Joka 3 Planned Vivekananda Mission School Bus Stop Elevated
    2
    IIM Calcutta
    		 আইআইএম
    3
    Joka
    		 জোকা Joka 1A Operational Joka bus Depot

    Diamond Park Bus Stop

    		Elevated Also known as Diamond Park
    4 Thakurpukur ঠাকুরপুকুর Thakurpukur

    Thakurpukur Police Station Bus Stop

    Thakurpukur Bazar Bus Stand

    5 Sakher Bazar সখেরবাজার Behala

    Thakurpukur Bus Depot

    Silpara Bus Stop

    Behala Sakherbazar Minibus Stand

    Kadamtala Bus Stand

    		Also known as Silpara
    6 Behala Chowrasta বেহালা চৌরাস্তা

    Behala Chowrasta Bus Stand

    7 Behala Bazar বেহালা বাজার

    Behala Bazar Bus Stop

    8 Taratala তারাতলা Taratala

    Ajanta Cinema Bus Stop

    Taratala Bus Stand

    		Also known as Pathakpara
    9 Majerhat মাঝেরহাট Majerhat 1B
    Majerhat Station

    DH Road Mint Bus Stop

    Majherhat Gurudwara Bus Stop

    10 Mominpur মোমিনপুর Mominpur 2A Under Construction Mominpore Bus Stop Elevated
    11 Khidirpur খিদিরপুর Kidderpore 2B Khidirpur Station

    Khidderpore Crossing Tram Stop Khidderpore Bus Stop

    		Underground
    12 Victoria ভিক্টোরিয়া Maidan Hastings Tram Stop

    Victoria Memorial Bus Stop

    PG Hospital Bus Stop

    Birla Planetarium Bus Stop

    		Also known as Hastings
    13 Park Street পার্ক স্ট্রিট Park Street Park Street Bus Stop

    14 Esplanade এসপ্ল্যানেড Esplanade

    Esplanade Bus Station(WBTC,SBSTC,NBSTC)

    Esplanade Tram Depot

    		International Bus Terminus. Also known as Dharmatala / Chowringhee

    Gallery

    • ICF Medha rake MR 418 on the day of inauguration of line 3 at Joka metro station
      ICF Medha rake MR 418 on the day of inauguration of line 3 at Joka metro station
    • The day of inauguration of phase 1

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "Kolkata Metro Map".
    2. ^ "CAF to supply Kolkata metro trains". Railway Gazette. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
    3. ^ "Kolkata Metro: First glimpse of Joka-Taratala route in pics". mint. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
    4. ^ a b Bandyopadhyay, Krishnendu; Chakraborty, Ajanta (10 June 2019). "Kolkata: Work on fast track as East-West Metro eyes new links in next two years | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
    5. ^ "PM Modi unveils multiple metro projects, including Kolkata underwater corridor". The Hindu. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
    6. ^ "Kolkata Metro Line 3".
    7. ^ Bandyopadhyay, Krishnendu (1 March 2019). "Work begins at Joka Metro depot, wall built | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
    8. ^ "RVNL Invites Bids for Kolkata Metro Line-3's Joka Depot". The Metro Rail Guy. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
    9. ^ "Kolkata Metro: First glimpse of Joka-Taratala route in pics". www.livemint.com. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
    10. ^ "In-pics: Inaugration of Vande Bharat Express, Joka-Taratala Metro & more news from Kolkata". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
    11. ISSN 0971-8257
      . Retrieved 2 May 2023.
    12. ISSN 0971-8257
      . Retrieved 21 February 2024.
    13. ^ MP, Team (10 October 2023). "RVNL targets completion of Majerhat to Esplanade Metro stretch within 48 months". www.millenniumpost.in. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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