Mahanayak Uttam Kumar metro station

Mahanayak Uttam Kumar
Mahanayak Uttam Kumar metro station
General information
LocationDeshapran Sashmal Rd, Tollygunge
Kolkata, West Bengal 700040
India
Coordinates22°29′40″N 88°20′43″E / 22.49445°N 88.34515°E / 22.49445; 88.34515
SystemKolkata Metro
OperatorMetro Railway, Kolkata
Lines Blue Line 
 Purple Line 
Platforms2 (2 Side platforms)
Tracks3
Connections
  • Tollygunge Bus Terminal
  • Tollygunge Tram Depot
Construction
Structure type
At Grade, Double track
ParkingYes
Other information
Station codeKMUK
History
Opened29 April 1986 (1986-04-29)
Former namesTollygunge
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Kolkata Metro. Kolkata Metro Following station
Rabindra Sarobar
towards Dakshineswar
Blue Line Netaji
Location

Mahanayak Uttam Kumar (formerly known as Tollygunge) is an at-grade level metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[1][2] The station is named after Uttam Kumar, one of the most famous names of Indian Bengali Cinema. It will be a third interchange metro station between Blue Line and Purple Line in the future after Park Street and Esplanade metro stations.

The Tollygunge Golf Club is on the west side of the station, the Royal Calcutta Golf Club lies less than a kilometre to the east and ITC Sangeet Research Academy is a short distance south along the Deshapran Sashmal Road at Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Road.

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/ Entrance, Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
Side platform, Doors will open on the left
Platform 2 Train towards Shahid Khudiram (Netaji) →
Platform 1 ← Train towards Dakshineswar (Rabindra Sarobar)
Island platform, P1 Doors will open on the left, P-1A Doors will open on the right
Platform 1A Train towards Shahid Khudiram (Netaji) →
UG Underground Crossover

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 12C/1B, 40A, 40B, 41, 41B, 47/1, 80A, 205, 205A, 208, 228, SD5, S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), S114 (Mini), S117 (Mini), S188 (Mini), C8, C14/1, M7B, M16, M16A, M18, S2, S4C, S6A, S7, S17A, S31, AC4B, AC6, AC16, AC31, AC47, V1, V9, ST6 etc. serve the station.[3][4]

Tram

Tram route number 24/29 serves the station.

See also

A non air conditioned metro rake stationed at Mahanayak Uttam Kumar metro station on the occasion of 40th anniversary of Kolkata Metro

References

  1. ↑ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "New System Map of Kolkata Metro".
  3. ↑ "Bus route | the Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Bus Services".
  • Wikivoyage logo Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage
  • Wikivoyage logo Kolkata/Southern fringes 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.
  • "Mahanayak Uttam Kumar metro station" (Map). Google Maps.