Dakshineswar metro station

Dakshineswar metro station is a station of the Kolkata Metro. The metro station adjoins the platforms of the Dakshineswar railway station where connections can be made with Indian Railways services.[1]

Dakshineswar
Kolkata Metro station
Location	Dakshineswar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Coordinates	22.653971°N 88.363724°E
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Dakshineshwar station
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	2
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Under trials
Fare zone	North-South
History
Opening	March 2021 (expected)
Electrified	750V DC
Services
Preceding station   Kolkata Metro   Following station Terminus Line 1 Baranagar toward Kavi Subhash
Route map Chord link line to Dankuni Dakshineswar  Line 5  to Barrackpore Baranagar Eastern line to Ranaghat Noapara Depot Noapara Keshtopur Canal  Line 4  to Barasat Eastern line to Bongaon Dum Dum Belgachia Circular line & Sealdah South lines Circular Canal Shyambazar Shobhabazar Sutanuti Girish Park Mahatma Gandhi Road Central Chandni Chowk  Line 2  ← to Howrah Maidan to Teghoria → Esplanade Park Street  Line 3  to Diamond Park Maidan Rabindra Sadan Netaji Bhavan Jatin Das Park Kalighat Tollygunge Rabindra Sarobar Circular line & Sealdah South lines Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Tollygunge depot Netaji Masterda Surya Sen Gitanjali Kavi Nazrul Shahid Khudiram  Line 6  to Biman Bandar Sealdah South lines to Sealdah Kavi Subhash New Garia depot Sealdah South lines to Namkhana
Location
Dakshineswar Location within Kolkata

In December 2017, it was reported in The Times of India that the metro line to the Dakshineswar station was projected to be operational by May 2019.[2] Then in February 2019, the metro line to the Dakshineswar station was projected to be operational by February 2020.[3] A slightly delayed March 2020 projected operation date was announced in late 2019.[4] And a July 2020 projected operation date was mentioned in February 2020.[5][6] In June 2019, The Telegraph reported that over 95 percent of the viaduct had been completed for the Noapara-Dakshineswar line, and that work had begun on the signalling system and laying of the tracks.[7]

A railway official has said that "between Noapara and Dakshineswar... there are plans to operate trains every five minutes".[4]

Location

The station is located in Dakshineswar, North Suburban of the Kolkata, on PWD Road (Sitaramdas Omkarnath Sarani) and Ramakrishna Paramhansa Dev Road Crossing. The Station is situated around 300 metres away towards East from Bhabatarini Kali Temple.

The Station

Layout

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
	Southbound	Towards →Baranagar→ →
	Northbound	Terminus
	Side platform doors will open on the left
L2

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 2, 26, 26C, 32A, 43, 56, 79, 81/1, 285, DN2, DN2/1, DN9/1, DN43, DN44, DN46, K4, S158 (Mini), S181 (Mini), C23, S15G, S17A, S23A, S32A, S57, AC23A, AC50, AC50A etc. serve the station.[8]

Rail

It is directly connected with Dakshineswar railway station, a station on Calcutta chord link.[9]

Ferry

The station is connected to ferry also through Ma Bhabatarini Jetty Ghat, which is around 350 metres away from the station. Ferry routes towards Uttarpara, Belur Math, Bagbazar, Howrah, Shipping Corporation Ghat (near Millennium Park) and Chandpal Ghat are available.[10]

Air

The station is connected through Belghoria Expressway to the nearest NSCB International Airport, which is around 10 km away.

See also

• List of Kolkata Metro stations

References

1. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
2. Gupta, Jayanta (13 December 2017). "It's final. Take a Metro ride to Dakshineswar by May 2019". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
3. Shah, Narendra (21 February 2019). "Noapara-Dakshineswar Metro Rail Project To Be Operational By Feb 2020". Metro Rail News. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
4. Mandal, Sanjay (13 October 2019). "March date for Noapara-Dakshineswar Metro line". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
5. Gupta, Jayanta (6 February 2020). "West Bengal: Dakshineswar Metro line to hike rider count by 50,000". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
6. Mandal, Sanjay (2 February 2020). "July, revised date for Baranagar Metro". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
7. Mandal, Sanjay (10 June 2019). "Expense boost for Calcutta Metro funds flow". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
8. http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/
9. roy, Joydeep. "DAKE/Dakshineswar Station – 0 Train Departures ER/Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
10. https://wbtc.co.in/ferry-service/. Missing or empty |title= (help)