Jai Hind metro station explained

Jai Hind (also referred to as Biman Bandar) is a metro station of Kolkata Metro. It will serve the city of Kolkata's main airport, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. the station is planned to be open for service during March 2025.

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Facilities

, the station is planned to be around 150m away from the terminal building. It will be connected via subways which will be having moving walkways.

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.^[3]

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.^{[4] [5]}

Station Layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
valign=top	M	valign=top	Mezzanine	valign=top	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
P	Side platform	Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards → Barasat next station is Birati →
	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards ← Noapara next station is Jessore Road ←
	Island platform		P2 & P3 doors will open on the left
	Platform 3 Southbound	Towards → Train Terminates Here →
	Platform 4 Northbound	Towards ← Kavi Subhash next station is VIP Road ←
	Island platform		P4 & P5 doors will open on the left
	Platform 5	For emergency use
P

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.^{[6] [7]}

Air

The station itself serves the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.^[8]

See also

• List of Kolkata Metro stations

Notes and References

1. News: Airport Metro yard to be country's largest underground facility. Times of India. 20 July 2019.
2. News: বিমানবন্দর- নিউ ব্যারাকপুর মেট্রো ছুটবে মাটির নীচ দিয়ে, প্রকল্প নিয়ে কাটল জট. Asianet News. 20 July 2019.
3. Web site: Times of India. live. 2021-03-15. timesofindia.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20201211234210/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/airport-metro-station-takes-a-leap-towards-completion/articleshow/79685675.cms . 11 December 2020 .
4. News: Work gets going on Metro's airport station.
5. Web site: New Garia: Metro terminal station plan at New Garia back on track. February 15, 2017. Jayanta. Gupta. The Times of India. en. 2019-07-24.
6. Web site: DDC/Dum Dum Cantonment. India Rail Info. 2 September 2024.
7. Web site: DDJ/Dum Dum Junction. India Rail Info. 2 September 2024.
8. Web site: Metro link to airport on railway radar. www.telegraphindia.com. en. 2019-07-24.