Hemanta Mukhopadhyay metro station

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay হেমন্ত মুখোপাধ্যায়
Kolkata Metro station
Location	Ruby / Desun crossing, Kolkata - 700107
Coordinates	22.514777°N 88.401469°E / 22.514777; 88.401469
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	Under Construction. Expected to open in December 2023.
Previous names	Kasba Golpark
Services
Route map Sealdah South lines New Garia Depot Kavi Subhash  Line 1  Line 1 Sealdah South lines Satyajit Ray Jyotirindra Nath Nandi Panchanangram Canal Kavi Sukanta Rashbehari Avenue Hemanta Mukherjee VIP Bazaar Ritwik Ghatak Storm Water Outlet Canal Barun Sengupta Beliaghata Captain Bhery Eastern Metropolitan Bypass Gour Kishore Ghosh Nicco Park 3rd Avenue Salt Lake Sector-V  Line 2  Line 2 Technopolis Keshtopur Canal Bidhannagar Sub CBD 1 CBD 1 Keshtopur Canal CBD 2 Newtown Convention Centre Sub CBD 2 Titumir Rajarhat Road Rabindra Tirtha VIP Road Line 4 Biman Bandar  Line 4  Airport Depot Line 4

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Metro Station is a Metro station of Line 6 of the Kolkata Metro at Ruby Crossing, serving the areas of E.M. Bypass, Kasba and Anandapur. The station is named in honour of the Indian Bengali playback singer Hemanta Mukhopadhyay.

History

This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years. The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore. It is intended to reduce travel time between Kolkata's southernmost areas and the 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. As of now, the station and associated metro viaduct connections are fully completed with trail runs being conducted over this and other phase 1 stations. RVNL plans to launch the metro over this truncated route before this year's Durga Puja.

Structure and layout

The station is 200 meters long and 25 meters wide, structurally elevated and has three levels. Station entrances and exits are at the ground level (G). The second level (L1) houses station fare control, station agents, metro card vending machines, crossovers etc. The third level (L2) houses the platforms and rail tracks.

The station has four entrances and exits. In addition to staircases, it will be equipped with lifts and escalators. The station will have drinking water and toilet facilities.

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
	Southbound	Towards →Kavi Subhash→ →
	Northbound	→Towards ←Airport← ←
	Side platform doors will open on the left
L2

Connections

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay station is situated at the junction of Rashbehari Avenue and E.M. Bypass, termed as Ruby Crossing. It will act as an interchange for the residents of Central and South Kolkata connecting them to the IT hubs of Salt Lake. People can reach Kasba Industrial Estate, passport offices and various school and colleges via Line 6 and Blue Line can reach after boarding off the station. The metro station is located in vicinity of various hospitals like Peerless Hospital. It is preceded by the VIP Bazar metro station at 1.3 km to the north, and followed by the Kavi Sukanta metro station at 1 km to the south.

See also

• List of Kolkata Metro stations