Kolkata Metro Line 4

2021-07-09T17:13:26Z

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{{short description|Transit line in Kolkata, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox rail line
| name = {{background color|red|{{font color|white|Kolkata Metro Line 4}}}} [[File:Kolkata Metro Logo.svg|100px]] {{background color|red|{{font color|white|Noapara-Barasat metro}}}}
| color = b82880
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| type = [[Rapid transit]]
| system = [[Kolkata Metro]]
| status = Operational
| locale = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]], [[India]]
| start = [[Noapara Metro Station|Noapara]] (south)
| end = [[Barasat metro station|Barasat]] (north)
| connectinglines = {{rint|kolkata|line 1}} {{rint|kolkata|line 6}}
| stations = 10
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| owner = Metro Railway, Kolkata
| operator = Metro Railway, Kolkata
| depot = Noapara Depot Airport Depot
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| linelength = {{convert|16.876|km|mi}}<ref name="mtp">{{cite web |title=New System Map of Kolkata Metro |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,285}}</ref>
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| tracks = 2
| gauge = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
| electrification = 750 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]]<ref>[http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban/single-view/view/caf-to-supply-kolkata-metro-trains.html]</ref> using [[third rail]]
| speed = 80 km/h (designed)
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The '''Line 4''' or Noapara - Barasat Line of the [[Kolkata Metro]] is an 16.876 km<ref name="mtp"/> long metro route from [[Noapara, West Bengal|Noapara]] to [[Barasat]] in [[North 24 Parganas]], which is under construction. It is being built by RVNL. It will run mostly at elevated viaducts but will descend underground after Jessore Road Station and will again ascend above after New Barrackpore Station. It will have an interchange station at the [[Kolkata Airport|NSCBI Airport]] with [[Kolkata Metro Line 6]].

==Stations==
The stations of this Corridors are:
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="100%"
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! colspan="10" align="center" style="background:RED;" | '''Line 4 '''
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! rowspan="2"|No.
! colspan="2"|Station Name
! rowspan="2"|Location
! rowspan="2"|Phase
! rowspan="2"|Opening
! rowspan="2"|Connections
! rowspan="2"|Layout
! rowspan="2"|Coordinates
! rowspan="2"|Notes
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! [[English language|English]]||[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|-

|1||align="center"|[[Noapara metro station|Noapara]]||নোয়াপাড়া||[[Noapara, West Bengal|Noapara]]
| rowspan="4" |1||10 July 2013
|{{ubl|{{Rail-interchange|kolkata|line 1}} ''(operational)''
*{{rint|kolkata|bus}} 34C Bus Stand
*{{rint|kolkata|bus}} Health Care More Bus Stop
*{{rint|kolkata|bus}} Gharui Paschimpara Bus Stop}}
| rowspan="2"|Elevated||
||
|-
|2||align="center"|[[Dum Dum Cantonment metro station|Dum Dum Cantonment]]
|দমদম ক্যান্টনমেন্ট||{{rws|Dum Dum Cantonment}}
| rowspan="3" |Under Construction
| {{ubl|{{Rail-interchange|kolkata|s}} {{rws|Dum Dum Cantonment}}
*{{rint|kolkata|bus}} 30D Bus Stand
*{{rint|kolkata|bus}} Dum Dum Cantonment 2 no Rail Gate Bus Stand}}
| ||
|-
|3||align="center"|[[Jessore Road metro station|Jessore Road]]
|যশোর রোড||[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|NSCB International Airport]] (Gate No. 1)
|{{ubl|{{rint|kolkata|bus}} H.M.V. Gate Bus Stop
*{{rint|kolkata|bus}} Airport Gate No. 1 Bus Stop}}
||At grade|| || rowspan=2|Previously [[Kolkata suburban railway|suburban rail]] used to operate in this line
|-
|4||align="center"|[[Biman Bandar metro station|Biman Bandar]]
|বিমান বন্দর||[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|NSCB International Airport]]
|{{ubl|{{Rail-interchange|kolkata|line 6}} ''(under construction)''
*{{rint|kolkata|bus}} Airport AC Bus Stand
*{{rint|kolkata|bus}} Airport Gate No. 1 Bus Stop
*{{rint|kolkata|bus}} Airport Gate No. 2 Bus Stop
*{{rint|kolkata|bus}} Airport Gate No. 2.5 Bus Stop
*{{rint|kolkata|bus}} Airport Gate No. 3 Bus Stop}}
| rowspan="7" |Underground||
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|5||align="center"|[[Birati metro station|Birati]]
|বিরাটি||[[Birati]]
| rowspan="3" |2
| rowspan="6" |Planned
|{{ubl|{{rint|kolkata|bus}} Birati More Bus Stop | {{rint|kolkata|bus}} Gouripur Bus Stand }}
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|6||align="center"|[[Michel Nagar metro station|Michael Nagar]]
|মাইকেল নগর||Michael Nagar
|{{ubl|{{rint|kolkata|bus}} Bankra Bus Stop | {{rint|kolkata|bus}} Bankra Madni Nagar Bus Stop }}
| ||
|-
|7||align="center"|[[New Barrackpore metro station|New Barrackpore]]||নিউ ব্যারাকপুর||[[New Barrackpore]]
|{{ubl|{{rint|kolkata|bus}} B.T. College Bus Stand | {{rint|kolkata|bus}} Sukanta Nagar Bus Stop }}
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|-
|8||align="center"|[[Madhyamgram metro station|Madhyamgram]]
|মধ্যমগ্রাম||[[Madhyamgram]]|| rowspan="3" |3
| {{ubl|{{rint|kolkata|s}} {{rws|Madhyamgram}} | {{rint|kolkata|bus}} Kalibari (Madhyamgram) Bus Stop}}|| ||
|-
|9|| align="center" |[[Hridaypur metro station|Hridaypur]]||হৃদয়পুর||[[Hridaypur]]
|{{ubl|{{rint|kolkata|s}} {{rws|Hridaypur}} || ||
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|10||align="center"|[[Barasat metro station|Barasat]]||বারাসাত||[[Barasat]]
|{{ubl|{{rint|kolkata|s}} {{rws|Barasat Junction}} | {{rint|kolkata|bus}} Barasat Champadali Bus Terminal}}
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==Progress of Dum Dum Cantonment metro station==
[[File:Dum Dum Cantonment metro station.png|thumb|279x279px|[[Dum Dum Cantonment metro station]]]]
An amount of Rs 227 crore contract to build this station along with a mostly at-grade 2.16 km section from the Bagjola Canal to the existing ramp of the Airport Circular Railway track was awarded to Senbo Engineering Limited all the way back in June 2011. Since then, the station’s civil structure has been built, but work for the at-grade track section could not be started due to land acquisition issues along the line’s proposed alignment. But the rehabilitation work has completed, and the work is going smoothly. Recently girders were placed over Eastern Railway tracks.

==Project Development==
The project will be completed in three phases. The first phase of work from [[Noapara metro station and depot|Noapara]] to [[Jai Hind metro station|Biman Bandar]] is under progress. In the second phase work from Biman Bandar to New Barrackpore will be done and in the last phase from New Barrackpore to Barasat work will be done. But the development work from New Barackpore to Barasat got struck for the last eight years since it was sanctioned because of encroachments<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-metro-to-run-below-surface-after-airport/articleshow/70342134.cms|title=Kolkata: Metro to run below surface after airport {{!}} Kolkata News - Times of India|last=Jul 23|first=Jayanta Gupta {{!}} TNN {{!}}|last2=2019|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-03-25|last3=Ist|first3=13:04}}</ref> and the [[Airport Authority of India|AAI]] objected the elevated stretches from New Barrackpore to Barasat. Later, after objections from AAI, a decision was taken to convert this into an underground stretch. On 29 June, 2019 sanction for material modification for underground construction at an additional cost of {{INRConvert|1615|c}} was sent to Railway Board by Metro. For this underground tunneling AAI has agreed to shift their fuel tanks, buildings and cables and the project is expected to be started from 2020. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-metro-to-run-below-surface-after-airport/articleshow/70342134.cms |title=Metro to run below surface after airport|work=Times of India|date=26 July 2019}}</ref>

Construction of an underground integrated station for [[Kolkata Metro Line 6|Line 6]] and Line 4 has begun at NSCBI Airport land just 150 metre away from the terminal building.

The development of New Barrackpore to Barasat was supposed to go elevated to cut down the expenses, but the stretch was in doubt due to huge encroachment problem. But in February 2021, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] gave his nod to construct this stretch underground, giving respite to thousands of refugee families who were supposed to be evicted for the development of the elevated stretch.<ref>{{cite news |title=PM nod for underground Metro averts eviction |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/prime-minister-nod-for-underground-metro-averts-eviction/cid/1805748 |access-date=14 March 2021 |work=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

Line 4 has been divided into three phases now.
* Phase 1: Noapara - Biman Bandar(under construction)
* Phase 2: Biman Bandar - New Barrackpore (construction to begin soon, tender floated by RVNL to carry out construction work)
* Phase 3: New Barrackpore - Barasat (future extension)

==See also==
*[[List of Kolkata metro stations]]
*[[Kolkata Metro Rolling Stock]]
*[[List of rapid transit systems]]
*[[Trams in Kolkata]]
*[[Kolkata LRTS|Kolkata Lightrail]]
*[[Kolkata Monorail]]
*[[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]

==References==
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{{Kolkata Metro}}
{{Kolkata topics}}
{{Rapid transit in India}}

[[Category:Kolkata Metro lines]]
[[Category:Kolkata Metro]]
[[Category:750 V DC railway electrification]]

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