Jai Hind metro station

For the railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh also known as Biman Bandar, see Dhaka Airport railway station.

Jai Hind
Kolkata Metro station (interchange and terminus)
General information
Location	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata 700052
Coordinates	22°38′46″N 88°26′09″E
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line(s)	Yellow Line Orange Line
Platforms	1 Side platform & 2 Island platforms
Tracks	4 (2 more track lead to the yard)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	12 m
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Under Construction
History
Opening	2024 (expected)
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Services Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station VIP Road towards Kavi Subhash Orange Line Terminus Jessore Road towards Noapara Yellow Line (under construction) Birati towards Barasat
Route map 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

Jai Hind (also referred to as Bimanbandar or Biman Bandar) is a metro station of Kolkata Metro. It will serve the city of Kolkata's main airport, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. As of March 2024 the station is planned to be open for service during October 2024.

Features

This station will also have a yard, and it will be the largest underground facility of India, and city's first. It will be 550m long and 41.6m wide, and will facilitate stabling and reversal of rakes, but it will not be a carshed. Previously the station was planned elevated, but after objection from AAI, the route was reworked and the station was planned underground from Airport to New Barrackpore.

Facilities

As of April 2019, the station is planned to be around 150m away from the terminal building. It will be connected via subways which will be having moving walkways.

Intersections

Here, Kolkata Metro Line 4 and Line 6 will meet. There will be 6 tracks, two for Line 4, two for Line 6, one for terminating and departing both Noapara and Barasat bound trains and one for the yard.

History

Construction

The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL and the construction of the station-cum-yard is being done by ITD Cementation India Ltd. The tentative deadline is December 2021.

Delays

The work has been delayed for years due to multiple issues. At first AAI objected the station above the ground, stating that this could be a threat for air traffic. Many underground utilities, power sub-station and water treatment plant had to be shifted. Encroachments and Land acquisition problems held up the project for multiple times.

Connections

Rail

Previously Eastern Railway operated Suburban Railway services (Kolkata Circular Railway) up to here. Currently the nearest stations are Dum Dum Cantonment railway station and Dum Dum Junction railway station.

Air

The station itself serves the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.

See also

• List of Kolkata Metro stations