Gitanjali metro station

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


Gitanjali
Kolkata Metro station
Gitanjali metro station
LocationNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road, Naktala, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal 700047
Coordinates22°47′00″N 88°37′00″E
Owned byKolkata Metro
PlatformsSide Platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels2
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeKGTN
History
OpenedAugust 22, 2009 (2009-08-22)[1]
Electrified750 V DC Third Rail
Previous namesNaktala
Services
Preceding station   Kolkata Metro   Following station
toward Dakshineswar
Line 1
toward Kavi Subhash
Location
Gitanjali metro station
Location in Kolkata

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

Construction

The station

Structure

Gitanjali elevated metro station is 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

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 80A, 228, SD5, S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), AC6, S6A, S7 etc. serve the station.[4][5]

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/


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