Kolkata Metro Line 3

Kolkata Metro Line 3
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Kolkata Metro
Status Under construction
Locale India Kolkata India
Termini Joka (South)
Esplanade (North)
Stations 12
Website KMRC
Operation
Operator(s) KMRC
Character Elevated and Underground
Technical
Line length 16.72 kilometres (10.39 mi)
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge
Electrification 750 V DC using third rail[1]
Operating speed 80 km/h (designed)

Kolkata Metro Line 3 is a line of the Kolkata Metro, that of 2018 is still under construction. The route spans 16.72 kilometres (10.39 mi) from Joka in the south, to Esplanade in the north. It will connect to Kolkata Metro Line 1 and Kolkata Metro Line 2 at Esplanade in central Kolkata. Line 3 is being built by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited.

Development

It is partially elevated and partially underground: around 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) of the project will be elevated and the rest 6.32 kilometres (3.93 mi) of the metro line will be underground. The project is getting delayed due to non availability of land for the construction of train depot at Joka. As on March 2018 the Train Depot construction have not yet started.

Construction was further delayed in September 2018 due to the Majerhat Bridge collapse: the metro was being built right next to the bridge.

List of stations

Line 3
No. Station Name Opening Connections Layout
1JokaUnder constructionElevated
2ThakurpukurUnder constructionElevated
3Behala SakherbazarUnder constructionElevated
4Behala ChowrastaUnder constructionElevated
5Behala BazarUnder constructionElevated
6TaratalaUnder constructionElevated
7MajerhatUnder ConstructionMainline rail interchange Majerhat Railway StationElevated
8MominpurPlannedUnderground
9KidderporePlannedUnderground
10Victoria MemorialPlannedUnderground
11Park Street24 October 1984 for Line 1     Kolkata Metro Line 1Underground
12EsplanadePlanned     Kolkata Metro Line 1
     Kolkata Metro Line 2		Underground

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CAF to supply Kolkata metro trains". Railway Gazette. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2018.


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