Kavi Subhash metro station
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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 New Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[a] It is named after poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay.[1] This station was opened to the public on the day of Mahalaya in 2010.[2]
This metro station is at ground level and located adjacent to New Garia railway station on the Sealdah - Sonarpur section.[3]
After a lot of hardships and developmental work, the Kavi Subhash–Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of Orange Line was inaugurated on 6 March 2024.[4][5][6][7][8]
On 28 July 2025, cracks were detected in the last four columns of the Line-1's Up platform. The north–south platforms of the station was closed to passengers as a safety measure and the Blue Line trains were terminated at Shahid Khudiram metro station. However, the empty rakes continued to run up to the station for reversal and maintenance at its depot.[9] On investigation, it was found that the columns supporting the platforms were weakened beyond repair. Metro authorities decided to raze the entire north–south complex of the station (keeping the tracks intact) and rebuild it. E-tenders were floated, and the work was estimated to take up to ten months to complete.[10]
Station layout
| fob | Foot overbridge | Crossover |
|---|---|---|
| Orange Line | Side platform, doors will open on the left  | |
| Platform 3 | Towards Beleghata (Satyajit Ray) → | |
| Island platform, doors will open on both sides | ||
| Platform 4 | ← Alighting only | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, ticket/token, shops, Interchange |
| B | Basement | Car Parking |
| Blue Line | Side platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Platform 2 | Alighting only → | |
| Platform 1 | ← Towards Dakshineswar (Shahid Khudiram) | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| G | Street Level | Exit/entrance, fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
Connections
Bus
Bus route numbers 1B, 206, S116 (Mini), S124 (Mini) etc. serve the station.[11]
Train
It is connected to New Garia railway station on the Sealdah South Mainline.
Air
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is connected via VIP Road and EM Bypass, at a distance of 24.3 km.
Gallery
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Aerial view of the New Garia Depot (Kavi Subhash Carshed) Blue Line and the Orange Line viaduct
Kavi Subhash metro station Blue Line Complex as seen from Orange Line
Kavi Subhash metro station Orange Line Complex as seen from Blue Line
Kavi Subhash metro station Blue Line Complex platform
Kavi Subhash metro station Orange Line Complex platform
Kavi Subhash metro station depot and carshed as seen from Orange Line
Kavi Subhash metro station interchange
Kavi Subhash metro stationinterchange as seen from Orange Line Complex
Kavi Subhash metro station interchange as seen from Blue Line Complex
Kavi Subhash metro station interchange lift
Goddess Durga statue in Kavi Subhash metro station interchange
Notes
- ↑ Due to reconstruction of Blue line's station complex, the trains of this line have been truncated temporarily until Shahid Khudiram metro station. Therefore, the interchange with the Orange Line is currently not feasible.
See also
References
- ↑ "Kolkata metro reaches New Garia". Railway Gazette. 19 October 2010. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ↑ "Brief History of Construction of Metro Railway Kolkata". Metro Railway, Kolkata. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ↑ > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. UrbanRail.Net. Retrieved on 2013-10-05.
- ↑ "Hope for ops start of three new Metro links in March first week". The Times of India. 19 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ↑ "এগোচ্ছে কাজ, নিউ গড়িয়ায় মিলবে তিনটি মেট্রোপথ" (in Bengali). Kolkata: anandabazar.com. Anandabazar. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ↑ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ↑ "India's deepest Metro station at Howrah also to be the largest". The Times of India. 1 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ↑ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ↑ "New Garia Metro station closed after cracks found in pillars". 28 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ↑ "Kavi Subhash station to be razed, truncated N-S Metro service". 30 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ↑ "Bus Services".
External links
Kolkata/Southern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage- Kolkata/East travel guide from Wikivoyage
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