Kolkata metro ( Metro Rail News): The Kolkata metro advances with new connectivity to the airport with the completion of the 4km track from Dum Dum Cantonment to the NSCBI Airport. The 16 km-long Yellow Line connecting Neopara to Barasat will be the first line to connect with the airport.
This corridor would help commuters by integrating with other metro lines:
- Blue Line (New Garia – Dakshineshwar)
- Green Line ( Howrah Maiden – Esplanade)
- Orange Line (Ruby Hospital – New Garia on EM bypass to Airport)
Additionally, On 21st October, Shri P Uday Kumar Reddy inspected the 4 km long track in the maiden trolly from Dum Dum Cantonment – airport. The metro station at the airport ( Jai Hind) is under construction.
The GM also examined the 3 km Noapara-Dum Dum stretch on the Yellow Line checking out the further progress on going at Jessore Road station. The official also mentioned that they have removed the biggest hurdles of roadblocks at Jessore Road leading to the airport.
Metro Railway Authority is more focused towards the 4 km long track going to the airport rather than connecting it with the orange line ( 29 km, New Garia to the airport), which consists of a lot of challenges. Especially, the Orange Line corridor’s last portion of 3.5 km from City Centre II to the airport. For instance, Afcon infrastructure with a contract of Rs.533 crore is facing a lot of challenges in building and constructing there including the construction of the Chinar Park Metro Station.
Connectivity to the airport ( Kolkata metro)
A metro official stated that the yellow line is the first line to connect to the airport. Once it is operational the commuters can travel from various ways to access the airport, interchanging at Noapara.
- New Garia to the airport.
- From bypass to the new Garia and switch to the Blue Line to Noapara, on the airport.
- Travellers from Howrah can take the Green Line’s Howrah Maidan- Esplanade section to reach the airport via Noapara.
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It is a happy news that the residents of Calcutta will be going to city airport by metro soon. Congratulations to all employees of Metro Railway for their continuous effort which has achieved this result.