Bimanbandar_metro_station

Jai Hind metro station

Jai Hind metro station

Kolkata Metro station

For the railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh also known as Biman Bandar, see Dhaka Airport railway station.

Jai Hind (also referred to as Bimanbandar or Biman Bandar) is a metro station of Kolkata Metro.[1] It will serve the city of Kolkata's main airport, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.[2] As of March 2024 the station is planned to be open for service during October 2024.[3]

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Features

This station will also have a yard, and it will be the largest underground facility of India, and city's first. It will be 550m long and 41.6m wide, and will facilitate stabling and reversal of rakes, but it will not be a carshed.[4] Previously the station was planned elevated, but after objection from AAI, the route was reworked and the station was planned underground from Airport to New Barrackpore.[5]

Facilities

As of April 2019, the station is planned to be around 150m away from the terminal building.[2] It will be connected via subways which will be having moving walkways.[2]

Intersections

Here, Kolkata Metro Line 4 and Line 6 will meet. There will be 6 tracks, two for Line 4, two for Line 6, one for terminating and departing both Noapara and Barasat bound trains and one for the yard.

History

Construction

The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL and the construction of the station-cum-yard is being done by ITD Cementation India Ltd. The tentative deadline is December 2021.[6]

Delays

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.[7][8]

Connections

Rail

Previously Eastern Railway operated Suburban Railway services (Kolkata Circular Railway) up to here. Currently the nearest stations are Dum Dum Cantonment railway station and Dum Dum Junction railway station.[citation needed]

Air

The station itself serves the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.[7][9]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Pall, Samreen (20 July 2023). "Kolkata Airport: Structural Work Of Biman Bandar Metro Station Is Complete". News18. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. [2]
    Mandal, Sanjay (21 April 2019). "Metro hub 150m from Calcutta airport". The Telegraph (India). Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. [3]
    Chakraborty, Ajanta (28 March 2024). "Fingers crossed: Kolkata may get Metro airport connect by puja". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  4. [4]
    "Airport Metro yard to be country's largest underground facility". Times of India. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  5. [5]
    "বিমানবন্দর- নিউ ব্যারাকপুর মেট্রো ছুটবে মাটির নীচ দিয়ে, প্রকল্প নিয়ে কাটল জট". Asianet News. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Times of India". timesofindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Work gets going on Metro's airport station".
  8. [8]
    Gupta, Jayanta (15 February 2017). "New Garia: Metro terminal station plan at New Garia back on track". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Metro link to airport on railway radar". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
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