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{{Short description|Metro station in Kolkata, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Barun Sengupta
| native_name        = {{nobold|বরুণ সেনগুপ্ত}}
| native_name_lang   = bn
| system             = [[Kolkata Metro]]
| style              = Kolkata Metro
| image              = Barun Sengupta metro station.jpg
| image_upright      = 1.3
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| symbol             = m
| symbol_location    = kolkata
| coordinates        = {{Coord|22.54393606917106|88.40015595354645|display=title,inline|format=dms}}
| address            = Dhapa, [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]] 700105
| structure          = Elevated
| platform           = 2 (2 [[side platforms]])
| parking            = Yes
| bicycle            = 
| baggage_check      = 
| opened            = {{Start date and age|2025|08|22|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Ajanta |title=Rail Vikas Nigam Limited plans 4 km extension from Ruby Metro to Beliaghata by puja |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/rvnl-plans-4km-extension-from-ruby-metro-to-beliaghata-by-puja/articleshow/98076538.cms |access-date=11 March 2023 |work=The Times of India |date=20 February 2023 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222025527/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/rvnl-plans-4km-extension-from-ruby-metro-to-beliaghata-by-puja/articleshow/98076538.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
| closed             = 
| rebuilt            = 
| accessible         = 
| status             = Operational
| code               = KBST
| operator           = [[Metro Railway, Kolkata]]
| zone               = 
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| other_name         = Science City
| passengers         = 
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| services           = {{adjstn|system=Kolkata Metro|line=Orange|left=Ritwik Ghatak|right=Beleghata}}
| route_map          = {{Kolkata Metro Orange Line}}
| map_state          = collapsed
| map_type           = India Kolkata#India Kolkata Metro
}}[[File:Barun Sengupta Metro Station 3.jpg|thumb|300px|Barun Sengupta Metro Station]]

'''Barun Sengupta''' (also known as '''Science City'''), is a metro station of [[Orange Line (Kolkata Metro)|Orange Line]] of the [[Kolkata Metro]] located at Parama Island in the [[Dhapa, India|Dhapa]] area of [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]], serving Dhapa, [[ITC Royal Bengal]], [[JW Marriott Hotels|JW Marriott]] and [[Science City, Kolkata|Science City]] areas.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Abbas |first1=Ajmal |title=First phase of Kolkata Metro's Orange Line all set for launch; covers Kavi Subash to Hemanta Mukherjee in 7 minutes |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/kolkata/first-phase-of-kolkata-metros-orange-line-all-set-for-launch-covers-kavi-subash-to-hemanta-mukherjee-in-7-minutes-article-97438188 |access-date=11 March 2023 |work=TimesNow |date=30 January 2023 |language=en |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130090911/https://www.timesnownews.com/kolkata/first-phase-of-kolkata-metros-orange-line-all-set-for-launch-covers-kavi-subash-to-hemanta-mukherjee-in-7-minutes-article-97438188 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Calcutta Metro to start trial runs along Ruby-Beleghata stretch |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/kolkata-metro-to-start-trial-runs-along-ruby-beleghata-stretch/cid/2015759 |website=Telegraph India}}</ref> The station is named in honour of the founder of ''[[Bartaman]]'', [[Barun Sengupta]]. The station is elevated above the [[Eastern Metropolitan Bypass]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=CONSTRUCTION WORK OF BARUN SENGUPTA STATION (ORANGE LINE) GOING on IN FULL SWING |date=13 September 2023 |url=https://ibgnews.com/2023/09/13/construction-work-of-barun-sengupta-station-orange-line-going-on-in-full-swing/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2024-04-25 |title=Kolkata Orange Line Metro Extension Awaits Safety Clearance; Test Runs To Begin - Metro Rail News |url=https://www.metrorailnews.in/kolkata-orange-line-metro-extension-awaits-safety-clearance-test-runs-to-begin/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Location ==
This station is located in [[Dhapa, India|Dhapa]] across the [[service road]] and [[footpath]] on the eastern side of [[Biswa Bangla Sarani]] at Parama Island.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-30 |title=Beleghata-Ruby Section of Kolkata Metro Undergoes Inspection, Here's Why |url=https://www.news18.com/auto/beleghata-ruby-section-of-kolkata-metro-undergoes-inspection-heres-why-8833331.html |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=3096&did=168397124068709B2CE64133D36799B20E6EA8937647B |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref> The main [[elevated railway|elevated]] structure of the station is situated along the [[service road]] and [[footpath]] adjacent to the [[New Garia]]-bound [[lane]] of [[Biswa Bangla Sarani]] near [[Maa Flyover]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kolkata Metro: বাইপাসের উপর 'প্রায় তৈরি' নয়া মেট্রো স্টেশন, কবে জুড়বে গড়িয়া-এয়ারপোর্ট রুট? |url=https://bangla.aajtak.in/kolkata/story/the-construction-work-of-barun-sengupta-metro-station-of-orange-line-is-going-on-in-full-swing-sud-677055-2023-09-12 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Aaj Tak বাংলা |language=bn}}</ref> It is geographically located at {{Coord|22.543986|N|88.399274|E}}.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-20 |title=Rail Vikas Nigam Limited plans 4 km extension from Ruby Metro to Beliaghata by puja |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/rvnl-plans-4km-extension-from-ruby-metro-to-beliaghata-by-puja/articleshow/98076538.cms |access-date=2024-05-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> The previous station of the station is [[Ritwik Ghatak metro station]] at a distance of {{cvt|1.4|km}} and the next station is [[Beleghata metro station]] at a distance of  {{cvt|0.9|km}}.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6" />

==History ==
This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by [[Mamata Banerjee]] with a project deadline of six years.<ref name="airport_link_station_names">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110208/jsp/calcutta/story_13549408.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213055942/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110208/jsp/calcutta/story_13549408.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 February 2011|title=Rail set to take over East-West|date=8 February 2011|work=The Telegraph|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Seven projects meant to change the face of Calcutta are entangled in a web of land politics and pandering. Metro explores the tunnel vision" |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/stuck/cid/1287657 |website=Telegraph india}}</ref> It will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of [[Kolkata]] to [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]]. In October 2011, [[RVNL]] awarded [[Gammon India Limited]], the tender for the construction of the [[Kolkata Metro|metro]] corridor from [[VIP Bazar metro station|VIP Bazar Metro Station]] to [[Nicco Park|Nikko Park]] ([[Nalban metro station]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title=বরুণ সেনগুপ্ত মেট্রো স্টেশনের নির্মাণ কাজ তুঙ্গে, অন্দরমহলটা দেখে নিন |url=https://eisamay.com/photo-gallery/news/kolkata-metro-new-garia-airport-metro-corridor-barun-sengupta-metro-station-construction-work-update/photoshow/105019644.cms |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Eisamay |date=6 November 2023 |language=bn}}</ref> including stations, as part of Package-II of Orange Line. Amongst those metro stations, one in Dhapa was also sanctioned, i.e., Barun Sengupta.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Details of tenders/contracts |url=https://www.rvnl.org/en/DetailsofContractsAwarded/20130814175604_Kolkata_upto_August-13.pdf |access-date=2024-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319185621/https://www.rvnl.org/en/DetailsofContractsAwarded/20130814175604_Kolkata_upto_August-13.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title="Road Ahead….. Projects sanctioned" |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?fontColor=black&backgroundColor=LIGHTSTEELBLUE&lang=0&id=0,1,304,375,379 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="airport_link_station_names" /> In January 2012, the construction of the metro station along with the metro line started. The construction of the station was stopped in 2015 due to land dispute at Tagore Park [[culvert]] and a pair of [[Foot Over Bridge|footover bridges]].<ref>{{Cite web |title="Construction of VIP Bazar station begins after two years" |url=https://ebela.in/state/work-begins-on-vip-bazar-metro-station-after-two-years-1.614294}}</ref> The construction of the station started again in May 2017<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2023-03-12 |title=Airport-New Garia Metro: Site visit next week to bridge VIP Bazar gap |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/airport-new-garia-metro-site-visit-next-week-to-bridge-vip-bazar-gap/articleshow/98574252.cms |access-date=2024-03-28 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-19 |title=Man electrocuted at construction site |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/man-electrocuted-at-construction-site-in-kolkata-38-year-old-subrata-biswas-suffers-burn-injuries/articleshow/107806404.cms |access-date=2024-03-28 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-28 |title=শেষের মুখে কলকাতা মেট্রোর আরও ১ স্টেশনের কাজ! ভিতরটা কেমন হল? রইল 'ফার্স্ট লুক' |url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/pictures/ritwik-ghatak-metro-station-new-garia-to-airport-metro-new-station-work-near-completation-watch-first-pictures-31695888787928.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329172725/https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/pictures/ritwik-ghatak-metro-station-new-garia-to-airport-metro-new-station-work-near-completation-watch-first-pictures-31695888787928.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2024 |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Hindustantimes Bangla |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=মেট্রোর পথ করতে নোনাডাঙায় সরছে পুরোনো ভিআইপি বাজার |url=https://eisamay.com/west-bengal-news/kolkata-news/for-metro-turminal-old-vip-market-will-bo-move-on-nonabazar/articleshow/57231236.cms |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Eisamay |date=19 February 2017 |language=bn}}</ref> and was fully completed in early 2023.<ref name=":324">{{Cite news |date=2024-03-27 |title=CRS check till Metropolitan: No Ruby ops on Thurs, Fri |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/crs-check-till-metropolitan-no-ruby-ops-on-thurs-fri/articleshow/108802191.cms |access-date=2024-03-29 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-07-15 |title=Kolkata: Pipe bridge lifted out of Metro alignment |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/pipe-bridge-lifted-out-of-metro-alignment/articleshow/76968240.cms |access-date=2024-03-29 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> But the metro couldn't be started due to a viaduct gap over Tagore Park culvert.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-29 |title=Ritwik Ghatak Metro Station: ঋত্বিক ঘটক মেট্রো স্টেশনের কাজ শেষ পর্যায়ে, ফাস্ট লুকেই হাঁকাল ছক্কা! » Najarbandi 24X7 |url=https://najarbandi.in/ritwik-ghatak-metro-station-first-look-is-out/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=najarbandi.in |language=bn-BD}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-11-03 |title=Hanging bridge on Bypass solves Metro problem at Tagore Park |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/hanging-bridge-on-bypass-solves-metro-problem-at-tagore-park/articleshow/104929776.cms |access-date=2024-03-29 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

A week later after inauguration and a day after commercial run started on [[Kavi Subhash metro station|Kavi Subhash]]-[[Hemanta Mukhopadhyay metro station|Hemanta Mukhopadhyay]] section, in March 2024, RVNL announced the completion of that 76&nbsp;m viaduct gap after construction of a single-span hanging [[steel]] [[bridge]] over the disputed Tagore Park [[culvert]]. This completed the viaduct upto [[Beleghata metro station]], clearing the way for commercial operations at Barun Sengupta.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Traffic starts moving along Tagore Park western flank |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/tagore-park-kolkata-traffic-movement-resumes-after-5-months/articleshow/108505984.cms |access-date=2024-03-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Trial runs have started in the same month. The station was opened on 22 August 2025 as a part of [[Hemanta Mukhopadhyay metro station|Hemanta Mukhopadhyay]]–[[Beleghata metro station|Beleghata]] [[Kolkata Metro Line 6|Orange Line extension]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-08-12 |title=‘Efforts on to open 3 new metro lines next week’ |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/efforts-on-to-open-3-new-metro-lines-next-week/articleshow/123264233.cms |access-date=2025-08-14 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

==Station ==

===Structure ===
Barun Sengupta  Metro Station is an elevated metro station and has a total of 3 levels. Station entrances and exits begin or end at the first level or [[Ground floor|ground level]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=3386&did=16946077532174862B31B38E23B035A9B34248F0482D0 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref> Second-level or L1 or intermediate level houses station [[fare control]], station agents, metro [[Ticket machine|vending machines]], crossovers, etc. The third level or L2 or the final level houses the [[Railway platform|platforms]] and [[Railway track|rail tracks]]. The station is 200 meters long and 25 meters wide.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=MP |first=Team |date=2023-09-30 |title=Concreting work of Ritwik Ghatak Metro Station nears completion |url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/bengal/concreting-work-of-ritwik-ghatak-metro-stn-nears-completion-534865 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=www.millenniumpost.in |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Ritwik Ghatak Metro Station: ঋত্বিক ঘটক মেট্রো স্টেশন চোখ ধাঁধানো, কাজ প্রায় শেষ, কেমন হল? দেখুন |url=https://bangla.aajtak.in/kolkata/story/kolkata-metro-hrithik-ghatak-metro-station-eye-catching-work-is-almost-over-how-is-it-see-rjk-685778-2023-09-28 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Aaj Tak বাংলা |language=bn}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=railanalysis3 |date=2023-10-13 |title=Kolkata Metro Update: The construction work of Ritwik Ghatak metro station of Kavi Subhash-Biman Bandar corridor going on in full swing |url=https://news.railanalysis.com/kolkata-metro-update-the-construction-work-of-ritwik-ghatak-metro-station-of-kavi-subhash-biman-bandar-corridor-going-on-in-full-swing/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Rail Analysis India |language=en-US}}</ref>

The station has four entrances and exits. The station is being built with [[State of the art|state-of-the-art]] technology. In addition to staircases, it will be equipped with [[Elevator|lifts]] and [[escalator]]s. The station also has [[drinking water]] and [[toilet]] facilities.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=নিউ গড়িয়া-বিমানবন্দর মেট্রো করিডোরে বড় খবর, নতুন স্টেশনের ছবি দেখুন |url=https://eisamay.com/photo-gallery/news/kolkata-metro-new-garia-airport-corridor-ritwik-ghatak-metro-station-work-almost-complete/photoshow/104012175.cms |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Eisamay |date=28 September 2023 |language=bn}}</ref>

===Layout ===
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;border-top:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=4;|'''2nd Floor'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Side platform]], Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 height=45|'''<span style=color:#{{rail color|Kolkata Metro|orange}}>Platform 1</span>'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390| {{0|→}} towards {{ltl|Kolkata Metro|orange|Right}} <small>(terminus)</small> → 
|-
| height=45|<span style=color:#{{rail color|Kolkata Metro|orange}}>'''Platform 2'''</span>
| ← towards {{ltl|Kolkata Metro|orange|left}} <small>({{stl|Kolkata Metro|Ritwik Ghatak}})</small>
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Side platform]], Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}}}
|-
|style="vertical-align:top"|'''1st Floor'''
|style="vertical-align:top"|Mezzanine
|style="vertical-align:top"|Fare control, station agent, Metro QR ticket vending machines, crossover
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top" width=50 |'''Ground'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top" width=100 |Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top" width=420 |Exit/Entrance
|}

==Power and signal systems ==
Like other stations and lines of [[Kolkata Metro]], this station has 750 volt [[Direct current|DC]] [[DC motor|powered]] [[third rail]]. The [[electricity system]] will be used to operate the train.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=3822&did=1705999999593CFC2163E0CC36FDC7712299FBF8432D4 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref>

Train movement at this station will be managed by [[CBTC|communication based train control signaling]] system. With this signal system, trains can be operated at intervals of 90 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=3960&did=1711434226034173F1A0F14BC36381633091FEA2E7CD6 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Trial run extended beyond Ruby to Metropolitan on Kolkata Metro's Airport Line {{!}} Metro Rail Today |url=https://metrorailtoday.com/news/trial-run-extended-beyond-ruby-to-metropolitan-on-kolkata-metros-airport-line |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Metro Rail Today: Gateway to Rail & Metro Industry}}</ref><ref name=":324" />

==See also==
*[[List of Kolkata Metro stations]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Kolkata Metro|orange line=yes}}

[[Category:Kolkata Metro stations]]
[[Category:Proposed railway stations]]