Kavi Nazrul metro station

Kavi Nazrul Metro Station (formerly Garia Bazar) is a metro station at Garia, a part of the Kolkata Metro.[2][3] It is named after the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.

Kavi Nazrul
Kolkata Metro station
Garia Bazar Metro Station
Location	Canal Side Road, Garia, Kolkata-700084
Coordinates	22.464172°N 88.380555°E
Owned by	Kolkata Metro
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	KKNZ
History
Opened	August 22, 2009[1]
Electrified	750 V DC Third Rail
Previous names	Garia Bazar
Services
Preceding station   Kolkata Metro   Following station Gitanjali toward Dakshineswar Line 1 Shahid Khudiram 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
Kavi Nazrul (Garia Bazar) Location within Kolkata

The station

Structure

Kavi Nazrul elevated metro station is situated on the Kolkata Metro Line 1 of Kolkata Metro.

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
	East bound	Towards →Kavi Subhash→ →
	Northbound	→Towards ←Noapara← ←
	Side platform doors will open on the left
L2

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 80A, 80B, 218, 228, SD5, KB17, JM4, 007, M8/1 (Mini), S101 (Mini), S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), C43, S5, S6A, S7, S14, S15G, S21, S37, S37A, AC5, AC6, AC37, AC37A, AC50, AC50A etc. serve the station.[4][5]

Train

Garia railway station of Indian Railways is situated nearby.

See also

• Kolkata
• List of Kolkata Metro stations
• Transport in Kolkata
• Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
• Kolkata Suburban Railway
• Kolkata Monorail
• Trams in Kolkata
• Garia
• E.M. Bypass
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of metro systems

References

1. "Kolkata metro expands". Railway Gazette. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
2. "Welcome to Kolmetro". www.kolmetro.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/

External links

• Kolkata/Southern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Kolkata/East 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. "Kavi Nazrul metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.