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Netaji is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[2][3] This station is situated opposite to the Kudghat bus stand at Kudghat, in Tollygunge.
History
Early attempts
In the September 1919 session of the Imperial Legislative Council at
Planning
The then
- Dum Dum – Tollygunge (Line 1. Presently operates from Dakshineswar to New Garia)
- Bidhannagar – Ramrajatala (Line 2. Presently truncated till Howrah Maidan)
- )
The highest priority was given to the busy north–south corridor between Dum Dum and Tollygunge over a length of 16.45 km (10.22 mi); work on this project was approved on 1 June 1972. A tentative deadline was fixed to complete all the corridors by 1991.[10]
Construction
Since it was India's first metro[11] and was constructed as a completely indigenous process, a traditional cut-and-cover method and driven shield tunneling was chosen and the Kolkata Metro was more of a trial-and-error affair, in contrast to the Delhi Metro, which saw the involvement of multiple international consultants. As a result, it took nearly 23 years to completely construct the 17 km (11 mi) underground railway.[9][12]
The foundation stone of the project was laid by Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, on 29 December 1972, and construction work started in 1973–74. Initially, cut and cover along with slurry wall construction to handle soft ground, was recommended by the Soviet Union Consultants. Later, in 1977, it was decided to adopt both shield tunneling and cut and cover methods for construction under populated areas, sewer lines, water mains, electrical cables, telephone cables, tram lines, canals etc. The technology was provided by M/s NIKEX Hungarian Co., Budapest.[13] In the early days, the project was led by the Union Railway Minister from West Bengal, A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury, often against the prevailing socio-political stance of his contemporaries in the West Bengal government. From the start of construction, the project had to contend with several problems including insufficient funds (until 1977–1978), a shifting of underground utilities, court injunctions, and an irregular supply of vital materials.[9][14] In 1977, an injunction for the allocation of new funding was passed by the newly elected Jyoti Basu government.[15]
Despite all the hurdles, services began on 24 October 1984, with the commissioning of a partial commercial service covering a distance of 3.40 km (2.11 mi) with five stations served between Esplanade and
After more than eight years, the 1.62 km (1.01 mi)
In 1999–2000, the extension of
In February 2021 this stretch was further expanded till Dakshineswar from Noapara (4.1 km) and was inaugurated on 22 February and opened for commercial use from 23 February for general public.
Station layout
Masterda Surya Sen 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 | |
Platform 2 Southbound |
Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Masterda Surya Sen | |
Platform 1 Northbound |
Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Mahanayak Uttam Kumar | |
Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
L2 |
Connections
Bus
Kudghat Bus stand is serving near Netaji metro station. Bus route number 218, S17A, S2, V1, AC47, AC17B, SBSTC kudghat to tarapith, SBSTC kudghat to Jhargram, SBSTC kudghat to Digha, etc. are serving near the station
See also
- Kolkata
- List of Kolkata Metro stations
- Transport in Kolkata
- Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
- Kolkata Suburban Railway
- Kolkata Monorail
- Trams in Kolkata
- Garia
- Tollygunge
- E.M. Bypass
- List of rapid transit systems
- List of metro systems
References
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- ^ "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ^ "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ a b Jayanta Gupta (5 February 2020). "Kolkata's Tube Railway plan nipped in bud a century ago". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ Ganguly, Deepankar (23 August 2014). "Metro missed the train to Piccadilly". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Das, Madhuparna (5 March 2020). "100 years in the making, why Kolkata's east-west corridor is world's slowest metro project". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd". Kmrc.in. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Metro Railway - Kolkata, Route Map". 9 December 2004. Archived from the original on 9 December 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Brief History of Construction of Metro Railway Kolkata". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ Mukherjee, Devjyot Ghoshal & Sharmistha (3 November 2009). "Delhi Metro speeds past Kolkata's". Business Standard India. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Kolkata Metro Line 1 provided start of the international career for Gus Klados". www.tunneltalk.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Metro Railway, Kolkata". kolmetro.com. 10 September 2007. Archived from the original on 10 September 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ a b Ghosal, Mainak (January 2018). "Challenges faced(then & now)during Kolkata Metro Construction - A Study". Structural Engineering Digest. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ a b c "Metro Railway, Kolkata, the confluence of culture, technology and eco-friendliness". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- S2CID 218620885.
- ^ Chakraborty, Ajanta (13 February 2020). "West Bengal: Three drivers on roster to steer the first train". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ Kolkata Old Map.jpg Archived 22 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine Lt. Col Mark Wood's Map of Kolkata in 1784-85 showing the extent of the Maratha Ditch
- ^ Saha, Gouranga Prasad; Chaudhary, P.R. (1995). Calcutta Metro - Construction by 'Cut and Cover' and 'Shield Tunneling' Methods. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ "Kolkata Metro on a Reform Roadmap". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. 4 December 2019. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- ^ "Metro Railway, Kolkata". 9 December 2004. Archived from the original on 9 December 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Chakraborty, Ajanta (25 December 2012). "From April, fly to Naoapara from Garia in 54 mins flat". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
External links
- Kolkata/Southern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Official Website for line 1
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- Google. "Netaji metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.