Kolkata Metro Line 6

Kolkata Metro Line 6
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Kolkata Metro
Status	Under Construction
Locale	Kolkata, India
Termini	Kavi Subhash (south) Jai Hind (north)
Stations	24
Daily ridership	500000 (projected)
Website	KMRC
Operation
Opened	2018 (5km)
Operator(s)	KMRC
Character	Surface – 1 Underground – 1 Elevated – 21
Technical
Line length	29.10 kilometres (18.08 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC[1] using third rail
Operating speed	80 km/h (designed)

A connection between New Garia and the Airport (29.1 km) via E M Bypass, Saltlake and Rajarhat has started; it will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of Kolkata to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. The work on this New Garia-Airport line was inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee on 7 February 2011 with a project deadline of six years.^[2] The link between Kavi Subhas (New Garia) and the airport, to be set up at a cost of Rs4 billion, will have 24 stations with the terminal Airport station being an underground one.

Work for construction of the terminal station at New Garia for the 32-km Kavi Subhash-Airport (via Rajarhat) Metro project finally resumed on 14th February 2017 with Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) demarcating the plot they require for the purpose.

The 5km stretch from New Garia to Ruby Hospital is expected to start from 2018.

Stations

The stations, as declared of now, will be named after eminent personalities.^[2]

Line 6
No.	Station Name			Location	Opening	Connections	Layout	Coordinates	Notes
	English	Bengali	Hindi
1	Jai Hind	জয় হিন্দ	जय हिंद	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport	Under construction	Kolkata Metro Line 4 (Under Construction); Biman Bandar railway station	Underground		Also known as Biman Bhandar
2	Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue	কাজী নজরূল ইসলাম সরনী	काज़ी नज़रुल इस्लाम सरनी	Kaikhali	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as VIP Road
3	New Town	নিউ টাউন	न्यू टाउन	Newtown	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Chinar Park
4	Titumir	তিতুমীর	तितुमिर	Newtown	Under construction		Elevated
5	Sub CBD 2	সাব সিবিডি ২	सब सीबीडी २	Newtown	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Akankha 5-point crossing
6	Convention Centre	কনভেনশন সেন্টার	कन्वेंशन सेंटर	Newtown	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Nawabpur
7	Prakriti Tirtha	প্রকৃতি তীর্থ	प्रकृति तीर्थ	Newtown	Under Construction		Elevated		Also known as Eco Park
8	Baanijya Tirtha	বাণিজ্য তীর্থ	वाणिज्य तीर्थ	Newtown	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Newtown CBD/Kalashetra
9	Rabindra Tirtha	রবীন্দ্র তীর্থ	रवीन्द्र तीर्थ	Newtown	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Narkelbagan
10	Vivek Tirtha	বিবেক তীর্থ	विवेक तीर्थ	Newtown	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Sub CBD 1
11	Nazrul Tirtha	নজরুল তীর্থ	नज़रुल तीर्थ	Newtown	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Newtown Bus Stand
12	Bidhannagar Limit	বিধাননগর লিমিট	बिधाननगर लिमिट	Newtown	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Technopolis
13	Salt Lake Sector V	সল্ট লেক সেক্টর ৫	सौल्ट लेक सेक्टर ५	Salt Lake Sector V	Under construction	Kolkata Metro Line 2 (Under Construction)	Elevated
14	Nicco Park	নিক্কো পার্ক	निक्को पार्क	Salt Lake Sector V	Under construction		Elevated
15	Gour Kishore Ghosh	গৌর কিশোর ঘোষ	गौर किशोर घोष	Salt Lake Sector V	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Chingrighata
16	Varun Sengupta	বরুন সেনগুপ্ত	वरुण सेनगुप्ता	EM Bypass	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Barataman Bhawan
17	Ritwik Ghatak	ঋত্বিক ঘটক	ऋत्विक घटक	Science City	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Science City
18	VIP Bazaar	ভি আই পি বাজার	वी आई पी बाजार	VIP Bazaar	Under construction		Elevated
19	Hemanta Mukherjee	হেমন্ত মুখোপাধ্যায়	हेमंत मुखर्जी	DESUN More crossing	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Kasba Golpark
20	Kavi Sukanta	কবি সুকান্ত	कवि सुकांत	Kalikapur	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Kalikapur
21	Jyotindra Nath Nandi	যতীন্দ্র নাথ নন্দী	ज्योतिंद्र नाथ नंदी	Mukundapur	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Mukundapur
22	Satyajit Ray	সত্যজিৎ রায়	सत्यजीत राय	Bagha Jatin/Peerless Hospital	Under construction		Elevated		Also known as Bagha Jatin
23	Kavi Subhash	কবি সুভাষ	कवि सुभाष	New Garia	7 October 2010	Kolkata Metro Line 1 and New Garia Railway station (Eastern Suburban Railways)	At Grade		Also known as New Garia

See also

• Kolkata Metro
• List of Kolkata metro stations
• Kolkata Metro Rolling Stock
• List of rapid transit systems
• Kolkata tram
• Kolkata Lightrail
• Kolkata Monorail
• Kolkata Suburban Railway

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