Kavi Subhash metro station

Kavi Subhash (formerly known as New Garia) is the at-grade southern terminus and interchange metro station of the North-South corridor (Blue Line) and Bypass Corridor (Orange Line) of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is named after poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay. This station was opened to public on the auspicious day of Mahalaya in 2010.

Kavi Subhash

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Kolkata Metro station (interchange and terminus)
Kavi Subhash (New Garia) Metro Station Old complex (above) and new complex (below)
General information
LocationNew Garia, Kolkata
Coordinates22°28′19″N 88°23′53″E
Owned byMetro Railway, Kolkata
Operated byKolkata Metro
Line(s)
PlatformsSide platform
Platform-1 → Dakshineswar
Platform-2 → Train Terminates Here
Side platform
Platform-3 → Satyajit Ray
Platform-4 → Train Terminates Here
Tracks4 (4 lead to the depot)
Connections New Garia
Construction
Structure typeAt-Grade, Double track
ParkingYes
Other information
Station codeKKVS
Fare zoneNorth-South
History
Opened7 October 2010 (2010-10-07)
Previous namesNew Garia
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station
Shahid Khudiram
towards Dakshineswar
Blue Line Terminus
Terminus Orange Line Satyajit Ray
towards Jai Hind
Location

This metro station is at ground level and located adjacent to New Garia railway station on the Sealdah - Sonarpur section.

After lot of hardships and developmental work, the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of Kolkata Metro Line 6 was inaugurated on 6 March 2024 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with the truncated sections of Taratala-Majerhat under Line 3 and Esplanade-Howrah Maidan under Line 2.

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