Jyotirindra Nandi জ্যোতিরিন্দ্র নন্দী
Kolkata Metro station
Jyotirindra Nandi Metro Station
General information
Location	Next to Metro Cash and Carry, E.M. Bypass, Purbalok, Mukundapur, Kolkata - 700099
Coordinates	22°29′45″N 88°23′55″E / 22.495915°N 88.398667°E / 22.495915; 88.398667
Operated by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line(s)	Orange Line
Platforms	side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	6 March 2024
Services Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Satyajit Ray towards Kavi Subhash Orange Line Kavi Sukanta towards Jai Hind
Route map Legend Sealdah South New Garia Depot Kavi Subhash Blue Line Blue Line (Line 1) Sealdah South Satyajit Ray Jyotirindra Nandi Panchanangram Canal Kavi Sukanta Rashbehari Avenue Hemanta Mukhopadhyay VIP Bazar Ritwik Ghatak Storm Water Outlet Canal Barun Sengupta Beleghata Captain Bhery Eastern Metropolitan Bypass Gour Kishore Ghosh Nalban 3rd Avenue IT Centre Green Line Green Line (Line 2) Nabadiganta Keshtopur Canal Nazrul Tirtha Swapnabhor Biswa Bangla Convention Centre Keshtopur Canal Shiksha Tirtha Mother's Wax Museum Eco Park Mangaldeep City Centre-2 Rajarhat Road Chinar Park Green Line (Line 2) VIP Road Green Line Yellow Line (Line 4) Jai Hind Yellow Line Airport Depot Yellow Line (Line 4)
Location

Jyotirindra Nandi is a metro station of Line 6 of the Kolkata Metro. ^{[1] [2]} The station serves Mukundapur, Santoshpur and Ajoy Nagar areas outlying the E.M. Bypass section of the city. ^{[3] [2] [4] [5]}

The station is named in honour of the Bengali writer, Jyotirindranath Nandi. ^{[6] [7]}

History

This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years. ^[8] The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore. It will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of Kolkata to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.

The 5 km (3.1 mi) stretch from New Garia to Ruby Hospital was expected to start from 2018. ^[9] Till then, the station and associated metro viaduct connections are fully completed with trail runs being conducted over this and other phase 1 stations. RVNL planned to launch the metro over this truncated route before this year's Durga Puja, but was postponed due to signalling issues. ^[10]

After lot of hardships and developmental work, the Kavi Subhash- Hemanta Mukhopadhyay of Kolkata Metro Line 6 was inaugurated on 6th March 2024 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with the truncated sections of Taratala- Majerhat under Line 3 and Esplanade- Howrah Maidan section of Line 2. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}

The Station

Structure

Jyotirindra Nandi Metro Station on Line 6 of Kolkata Metro is structurally an elevated metro station. The station has total 3 levels. Station entrances and exits begin or end at the first level or ground level. Second level or L1 or intermediate level houses station fare control, station agents, metro card vending machines, crossovers etc. The third level or L2 or the final level houses the platforms and rail tracks. The station is 200 meters long and 25 meters wide. ^[16]

Layout

Jyotirindra Nandi track layout
Legend
to Kavi Sukanta P2 P1 to Satyajit Ray
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform doors will open on the left
	Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash→ next station is Satyajit Ray→
	Northbound	→Towards ← Jai Hind← next station is Kavi Sukanta←
	Side platform doors will open on the left
L2

Location

Jyotirindra Nandi metro station is in vicinity of Metro Cash and Carry office and various private hospitals like Peerless Hospital. The famous Kishore Bharati Krirangan, one of the city's biggest football stadium, that attracts fans all over the kolkata as it is the alternative grounds of famous Kolkata clubs, i.e, Mohun Bagan AC, East Bengal FC and Mohammedan Sporting lies close the station. The previous station of the station is Satyajit Roy Metro Station at a distance of 1.4 km and the next station is Kavi Sukanta Metro Station at a distance of 1.1 km. ^[4]

Infrastructure

The station is being built with state-of-the-art technology. The station has 4 entrances and exits for entry and exit. A number of lifts, staircases and elevators are attached to the reach the concourse building. The second level of the station has ticket collection center, ticket validator for ticket examination. The station will have escalators for the convenience of passengers. Besides, the station will have drinking water and toilet facilities. ^[4]

Electricity and signal systems

Like the other stations and lines of the Kolkata Metro, this station will use 750 volts DC power supply by the third railway to operate the trains.

Train movement will be conducted at this station and on the railway by communication-based train control signal system. This signal system can operate a 90 second interval train. Currently this automatic signalling system is not activated and only one metro track is operational. ^[17]

References

See also

• List of Kolkata Metro stations