Mahakaran[1] (also known as New Mahakaran[2]) (both names are officially correct), is a metro station on Line 2 of Kolkata Metro, located in B.B.D. Bagh. There are many British heritage buildings near the station with the Lal Dighi adjoining it. The tracks leaving the station towards Howrah go underneath the Hooghly river through the biggest underwater metro tunnel of India.[3] The station was completed and opened on 6 March 2024.[4][5][6][7] The station, though comparing without platform screen doors, my look similar to any Line-1 underground station, but it is actually very different as it is designed with world class facilities and murals that pay tribute to the locality and Indian freedom fighters.[8][9][10][11][12] The nearest railway station is B.B.D. Bagh railway station.[13][14][15][16][17][18] Just before the tunnel enters the underwater segment, lies a ventilation shaft on the Kolkata bank of Hooghly River, which is the deepest of its kind in India, at 44 metres (144 ft) below ground level.[19]
Mahakaran মহাকরণ  | |||||||||||||
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| Kolkata Metro station | |||||||||||||
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| Location | B. B. D. Bagh, Kolkata - 700001 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°34′16″N 88°21′00″E / 22.571189°N 88.350106°E | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Green Line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||||||||||
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| Status | Opened | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | East-West | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opening | 6 March 2024 | ||||||||||||
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The Station edit
Layout edit
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| G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| P | Platform 1 Eastbound |
Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Esplanade Change at the next station for Blue Line and Purple Line |
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right
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| Platform 2 Westbound |
Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is Howrah | |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "KMRC".
- ^ "Kolkata-Metro-Rail-Project-Business-Buzz-Ahmedabad-Metro" (PDF).
- ^ "Kolkata Metro's TBM S639 Crosses Halfway Mark Under Hooghly". The Metro Rail Guy. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "A look at the newly inaugurated Esplanade-Howrah metro corridor". The Times of India. 7 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Kolkata: After work for 29 months, station structure ready at Mahakaran". The Times of India. 24 February 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Mahakaran Metro Station gets Heritage Gallery for Martyrs". Get Bengal. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Kolkata: Mahakaran station shapes up 24m below office para for Dec 2022 commissioning". The Times of India. 18 February 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Freedom struggle to transport icons, new EW stns to showcase Kolkata's heritage". The Times of India. 29 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Kolkata Metro unveils newly built Green Line station". The Financial Express. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Multi-modal transport dream takes shape in Esplanade". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Mahakaran stn gets finishing touches, E-W takes a step towards Esplanade-Howrah run". The Times of India. 8 September 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "CBD eyes new comeback riding on Mahakaran station". The Times of India. 6 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Kolkata Metro Unveils Newly Built Mahakaran Station On Green Line". News18. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ Balasubramanian, Harini (5 December 2023). "Kolkata Metro opens Mahakaran Station on Green Line". Housing News. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Glass-and-steel Mahakaran station goes low-build to be in sync with Kolkata office para heritage look". The Times of India. 5 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ East-West Metro, Kolkata (2024), retrieved 8 March 2024
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