Jai Hind metro station

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	Jai Hind Location within Kolkata Metro Jai Hind Jai Hind (Kolkata)

Jai Hind

জয় হিন্দ
Jai Hind; জয় হিন্দ
Kolkata Metro station
	An entrance of Jai Hind metro station
General information
Location	NSCBI Airport, Dum Dum, Kolkata, West Bengal 700052; India
Coordinates	22°38′46″N 88°26′09″E / 22.64619°N 88.43591°E
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line(s)	Yellow Line Orange Line
Platforms	1 Side platform & 2 Island platforms
Tracks	2 for Yellow Line; 2 for Orange Line; 1 for Orange Line to Airport yard or Rake siding
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	12 m
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Under Construction
History
Opening	March 2025 (expected)
Services
Location
Location
	Jai Hind Location within Kolkata Metro Jai Hind Jai Hind (Kolkata)

Jai Hind (also referred to as Biman Bandar) is a metro station of Kolkata Metro.^[2] It will serve the city of Kolkata's main airport, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.^[3] As of October 2024^[update] the station is planned to be open for service during March 2025.^[1]

This station will also have a yard, and it will be the largest underground facility of India, and city's first. It will be 550m long and 41.6m wide, and will facilitate stabling and reversal of rakes, but it will not be a carshed.^[4] Previously the station was planned elevated, but after objection from AAI, the route was reworked and the station was planned underground from Airport to New Barrackpore.^[5]

As of April 2019^[update], the station is planned to be around 150m away from the terminal building.^[3] It will be connected via subways which will be having moving walkways.^[3]

Here, Kolkata Metro Line 4 and Line 6 will meet. There will be 5 tracks, two for Line 4, two for Line 6, one of which is for terminating and departing both Noapara and Barasat bound trains and one for the yard.

The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL and the construction of the station-cum-yard is being done by ITD Cementation India Ltd. The tentative deadline is December 2021.^[6]

The work has been delayed for years due to multiple issues. At first AAI objected the station above the ground, stating that this could be a threat for air traffic. Many underground utilities, power sub-station and water treatment plant had to be shifted. Encroachments and Land acquisition problems held up the project for multiple times.^[7]^[8]

Jai Hind track layout

Legend

Station with five tracks, two island and one side platforms

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
P	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards → Barasat next station is Birati →
	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards ← Noapara next station is Jessore Road ←
	Island platform \| P2 & P3 doors will open on the left
	Platform 3 Southbound	Towards → Train Terminates Here →
	Platform 4 Northbound	Towards ← Kavi Subhash next station is VIP Road ←
	Island platform \| P4 & P5 doors will open on the left
	Platform 5	For emergency use
P

Previously Eastern Railway operated Suburban Railway services (Kolkata Circular Railway) up to here. Currently the nearest stations are Dum Dum Cantonment railway station and Durganagar railway station.^[9]^[10]

The station itself serves the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.^[7]^[11]

P1 to Birati

P2 to Jessore Road

P3 to Train Terminates Here

P4 to VIP Road

P5 for Emergency

^ ^a ^b "Airport metro dream may come true in March". The Times of India. 22 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
^ Pall, Samreen (20 July 2023). "Kolkata Airport: Structural Work Of Biman Bandar Metro Station Is Complete". News18. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mandal, Sanjay (21 April 2019). "Metro hub 150m from Calcutta airport". The Telegraph (India). Retrieved 15 May 2020.
^ "Airport Metro yard to be country's largest underground facility". Times of India. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
^ "বিমানবন্দর- নিউ ব্যারাকপুর মেট্রো ছুটবে মাটির নীচ দিয়ে, প্রকল্প নিয়ে কাটল জট". Asianet News. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
^ "Times of India". timesofindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Work gets going on Metro's airport station".
^ Gupta, Jayanta (15 February 2017). "New Garia: Metro terminal station plan at New Garia back on track". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
^ "DDC/Dum Dum Cantonment". India Rail Info. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
^ "DGNR/Durganagar". India Rail Info. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
^ "Metro link to airport on railway radar". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

[2024-10-22-toi-1] "Airport metro dream may come true in March". The Times of India. 22 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

[2023-07-20-news18-2] Pall, Samreen (20 July 2023). "Kolkata Airport: Structural Work Of Biman Bandar Metro Station Is Complete". News18. Retrieved 26 May 2024.

[2019-04-21-telegraphindia-3] Mandal, Sanjay (21 April 2019). "Metro hub 150m from Calcutta airport". The Telegraph (India). Retrieved 15 May 2020.

[4] "Airport Metro yard to be country's largest underground facility". Times of India. Retrieved 20 July 2019.

[5] "বিমানবন্দর- নিউ ব্যারাকপুর মেট্রো ছুটবে মাটির নীচ দিয়ে, প্রকল্প নিয়ে কাটল জট". Asianet News. Retrieved 20 July 2019.

[6] "Times of India". timesofindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

[:1-7] "Work gets going on Metro's airport station".

[8] Gupta, Jayanta (15 February 2017). "New Garia: Metro terminal station plan at New Garia back on track". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

[9] "DDC/Dum Dum Cantonment". India Rail Info. Retrieved 2 September 2024.

[10] "DGNR/Durganagar". India Rail Info. Retrieved 2 September 2024.

[11] "Metro link to airport on railway radar". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

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