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Gour Kishore Ghosh metro station

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Gour Kishore Ghosh
Kolkata Metro station
General information
LocationSukant Nagar, Sector IV, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal - 700098
Coordinates22°33′40″N 88°24′53″E / 22.5610117°N 88.4147441°E / 22.5610117; 88.4147441
Owned byMetro Railway, Kolkata
Line(s)Orange Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened2025 (expected)[1][2]
Electrified750 V DC third rail
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Kolkata Metro. Kolkata Metro Following station
Beleghata
towards Kavi Subhash
Orange Line Nalban
towards Jai Hind
Location
Map

Gour Kishore Ghosh (also known as Chingrighata)[3] is a station of Line 6 of the Kolkata Metro near the Chingrighata crossing at Sukant Nagar in Bidhannagar.The station is named in honour of famous Bengali writer and journalist, Gour Kishore Ghosh.[4][5]

Station layout

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Gour Kishore Ghosh track layout
P2
P1
Station with two tracks and two side platforms
Layout
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 Disabled access
Southbound Towards →Kavi Subhash→ next station is Beleghata
Northbound Towards ←Jai Hindnext station is Nalban
Side platform doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2

Connections

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Metro eyes full orange line operations by march 2025". Times of India. 26 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Kolkata: Work on fast track as East-West Metro eyes new links in next two years | Kolkata News – Times of India". The Times of India. 10 June 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. ^ "New System Map of Kolkata Metro". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Construction of Gour Kishor Ghosh station going on in full swing". The Statesman. 8 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 24 September 2024.