Shahid Khudiram metro station

Shahid Khudiram
Shahid Khudiram metro station
General information
LocationGaria Station Road, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal 700084
India
Coordinates22°27′57.5″N 88°23′30″E / 22.465972°N 88.39167°E / 22.465972; 88.39167
System
Kolkata Metro station
Owned byMetro Railway, Kolkata
Operated byKolkata Metro
LineBlue Line
Platforms2 (2 Side platform)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated, Double track
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeKSKD
History
Opened7 October 2010 (2010-10-07) [1]
Previous namesBriji
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station
Kavi Nazrul
towards Dakshineswar
Blue Line Kavi Subhash
Terminus
Location

Shahid Khudiram is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Briji, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[2] This station is named in honour of the Bengali revolutionary Khudiram Bose. This structure is located above the drainage channel between Pranabananda Road and Garia Station Road at the west side of the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. Due to reconstruction of Blue line's station complex at Kavi Subhash, majority of the trains of this line currently originate/terminate at this station on a temporary basis.

Station layout

Shahid Khudiram track 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
Platform 2
Southbound
Towards → Train terminates here
Platform 1
Northbound
Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Kavi Nazrul
Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Facilities

ATM is available here.

Connections

Bus

Services on routes 45A, 45B, AS-3, S-9C, S-24, S-112 (Mini), C-26 and Garia Station - Baghbazar are available from the station.[3]

Train

Garia railway station of Indian Railways is situated nearby.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kolkata metro reaches New Garia". Railway Gazette. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  2. ^ "> Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". UrbanRail.Net. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Bus Services".
  • Kolkata/Southern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage
  • Kolkata/East travel guide from Wikivoyage
  • Old official website for Blue Line
  • UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
  • "Shahid Khudiram metro station" (Map). Google Maps.