Netaji metro station
Kolkata Metro's Blue Line metro station
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Netaji is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[2][3] It is situated in Kudghat area of Tollygunge. This station is named after the freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Kolkata, West Bengal 700041
India
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| Location | Chandi Ghosh Rd, Kudghat, Tollygunge Kolkata, West Bengal 700041 India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22.48097°N 88.34600°E | ||||||||||
| System | Kolkata Metro | ||||||||||
| Operator | Metro Railway, Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Line | Blue Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 Side platform) | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||||||||
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| Station code | KNTJ | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 22 August 2009[1] | ||||||||||
| Former names | Kudghat | ||||||||||
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History
In 1999–2000, the extension of Blue Line along an elevated corridor from Tollygunge to New Garia, with six stations, was sanctioned at a cost of ₹907 crore (equivalent to ₹39 billion or US$400 million in 2023).[4] The section was constructed and opened in two phases, Mahanayak Uttam Kumar to Kavi Nazrul in 2009 and Kavi Nazrul to Kavi Subhash in 2010. The latest extension opened was the 2.59 km (1.61 mi) stretch from Dum Dum to Noapara on 10 July 2013.[5]
Station layout
| L2 | Side platform, Doors will open on the left | |
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| Platform 2 | Train towards Shahid Khudiram (Masterda Surya Sen) → | |
| Platform 1 | ← Train towards Dakshineswar (Mahanayak Uttam Kumar) | |
| Side platform, Doors will open on the left | ||
| L1 | Concourse | Fare control, station agent, Metro QR ticket vending machines, crossover |
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
