Kavi Nazrul metro station
Appearance
Kolkata Metro station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Canal Side Road, Garia, Kolkata-700084 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°27′51″N 88°22′50″E / 22.464172°N 88.380555°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Kolkata Metro | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Blue Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | KKNZ | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | August 22, 2009[1] | ||||||||||
Electrified | 750 V DC Third Rail | ||||||||||
Previous names | Garia Bazar | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Kavi Nazrul Metro Station (formerly Garia Bazar) is a metro station at Garia, a part of the Kolkata Metro.[2][3] It is named after the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
The station
Structure
Kavi Nazrul elevated metro station is situated on the Kolkata Metro Line 1 of Kolkata Metro.
Station layout
Kavi Nazrul track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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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 | |
Platform 2 Southbound |
Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Shahid Khudiram | |
Platform 1 Northbound |
Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Gitanjali | |
Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
L2 |
Connections
Bus
Garia bus stand is serving near the station.
Bus route number 80A, 80B, 218, 228, SD5, KB17, JM4, 007, M8/1 (Mini), S101 (Mini),S112 (Mini), S113(Mini), C43, S5, S6A, S7, S14, S15G, S21, AC37, AC5, AC6, AC37A, AC50, AC50A etc. serve near the station.[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ "Kolkata metro expands". Railway Gazette. 10 September 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ "Welcome to Kolmetro". www.kolmetro.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ^ "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ "Bus route | the Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ "Bus Services".
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kolkata Metro.
- Kolkata/Southern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Kolkata/East travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Official Website for line 1
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- "Kavi Nazrul metro station" (Map). Google Maps.