Gitanjali metro station


Gitanjali
Kolkata Metro station
Gitanjali metro station
Location Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Rd, Naktala, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal 700047
Coordinates 22°47′00″N 88°37′00″E / 22.78333°N 88.61667°E / 22.78333; 88.61667Coordinates: 22°47′00″N 88°37′00″E / 22.78333°N 88.61667°E / 22.78333; 88.61667
Owned by Kolkata Metro
Platforms Side Platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Platform levels 2
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code KGTN
History
Opened August 22, 2009 (2009-08-22)[1]
Electrified 750 V DC Third Rail
Previous names Naktala
Services
Preceding station   Kolkata Metro   Following station
toward Dakshineswar
Line 1
toward Kavi Subhash
Location
Gitanjali metro station
Location in Kolkata

Gitanjali is a station of the Kolkata Metro located at Naktala.[2][3]

It is named after the famous 'Gitanjali' or Song Offerings, a collection of 103 English poems, largely translations, of the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.

History

The station

Structure

Gitanjali elevated metro station situated on the Kolkata Metro Line 1 of Kolkata Metro.

Station 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
East bound Towards →Kavi Subhash→ →
Northbound →Towards ←Noapara← ←
Side platform doors will open on the left
L2

Facilities

List of available ATM at Gitanjali metro station are,

Connections

Bus

Calcutta Tramways Company bus routes number 6N, AC6, S7, serves the station.[4]

Rail

Garia railway station of Indian Railways situated nearby.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kolkata metro expands". Railway Gazette. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Ontrack Systems. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "UrbanRail.net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". UrbanRail.net. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  4. ↑ http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/
  • 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.
  • Google. "Gitanjali metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.


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