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{{short description|Kolkata Metro station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Kolkata Metro Logo.svg|50px]]<br>Biman Bandar
| style = Kolkata Metro
| type = '''[[Kolkata Metro]]''' '''[[List of Kolkata metro stations|station]]'''
| image = [[File:Airport metro station.png|300px]]
| address = [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport]], Kolkata
| coordinates = {{coord|22.64619|88.43591|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms}}
| owned = [[Metro Railway, Kolkata]]
| lines = {{RouteBox|Line 4|Kolkata Metro Line 4|red|WHITE|bold=yes}} {{RouteBox|Line 6|Kolkata Metro Line 6|orange|WHITE|bold=yes}}
| platforms = 1 [[Side platforms]] & 2 [[island platforms]]
| tracks = 4 (2 more track lead to the yard)
| structure = Underground
| depth = 12 m
| parking = Yes
| disabled = Yes {{access icon}}
| status = Under Construction
| opening = 2023 (expected)
| services = {{adjacent stations|system=Kolkata Metro|line1=6|left1=VIP Road|right1=
|line2=4|left2=Jessore Road|right2=Birati}}
| map_type = India Kolkata
| map_size = 300
| map_dot_label = Biman Bandar
| route_map =  {{Kolkata Metro line 6}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
'''Biman Bandar''' is a metro station of [[Kolkata Metro]] (unofficially also known as '''Airport metro station'''). It will serve the city's main airport, the [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Metro hub 150m from Calcutta airport|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/metro-hub-150m-from-calcutta-airport/cid/1689212|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref>

==Features==
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.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/airport-metro-yard-to-be-countrys-largest-underground-facility/articleshow/65172130.cms |title=Airport Metro yard to be country's largest underground facility|work=Times of India|access-date=20 July 2019}}</ref> Previously the station was planned elevated, but after objection from [[Airports Authority of India|AAI]], the route was reworked and the station was planned underground from Airport to New Barrackpore.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bangla.asianetnews.com/kolkata/work-for-underground-metro-project-to-start-between-kolkata-airport-and-new-barrackpore-puvzx3 |title=বিমানবন্দর- নিউ ব্যারাকপুর মেট্রো ছুটবে মাটির নীচ দিয়ে, প্রকল্প নিয়ে কাটল জট|work=Asianet News|access-date=20 July 2019}}</ref>

==Facilities==
It will be 500 m away from the current terminal building and 150 m from the proposed new terminal building but it will be connected via subways which will be having [[walkalator]]s, then there will be [[escalator]] or [[elevator]] to reach the arrival or the departure levels. Counters for luggage check-in could be set up at the station and there might be a dedicated corridor for transporting the luggage to the boarding point. Also a longer corridor would be built for passengers to reach [[Jessore Road]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/metro-hub-150m-from-calcutta-airport/cid/1689212|title=Metro hub 150m from Calcutta airport|work=architecutrupdate.in|access-date=20 July 2019}}</ref><ref name=":2" />

==Intersections==
Here, [[Kolkata Metro]] [[Kolkata Metro Line 4|Line 4]] and [[Kolkata Metro Line 6|Line 6]] will meet. There will be 6 tracks, two for Line 4, two for Line 6, one for terminating and departing both [[Noapara metro station|Noapara]] and [[Kavi Subhash metro station|Kavi Subhash]] bound trains and one for the yard.

== History ==
=== Construction ===
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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/airport-metro-station-takes-a-leap-towards-completion/articleshow/79685675.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-15|website=timesofindia.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211234210/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/airport-metro-station-takes-a-leap-towards-completion/articleshow/79685675.cms |archive-date=11 December 2020 }}</ref>

=== Delays ===
The work has been delayed for years due to multiple issues. At first [[Airports Authority of India|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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/work-gets-going-on-metros-airport-station/articleshow/66104152.cms|title=Work gets going on Metro's airport station}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/metro-terminal-stn-plan-at-new-garia-back-on-track/articleshow/57155281.cms|title=New Garia: Metro terminal station plan at New Garia back on track|date=February 15, 2017|first=Jayanta|last=Gupta|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref>

== The Station ==
=== Layout ===
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== Connections ==
=== Rail ===
Previously Eastern Railway operated Suburban Railway services ([[Kolkata Circular Railway]]) up to here. Currently the nearest stations are [[Dum Dum Cantonment railway station]] and [[Dum Dum Junction railway station]].<ref name=":0">{{Diff|en:Kolkata_Circular_Railway|diff=|oldid=904143694|label=en:Kolkata_Circular_Railway, oldid 904143694}}{{Circular reference|date=May 2022}}</ref>

=== Air ===
The metro station itself is in the [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport]] area.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/metro-link-to-airport-on-railway-radar/cid/1262490|title=Metro link to airport on railway radar|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref>

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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kolkata Metro}}

[[Category:Kolkata Metro stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Kolkata]]

Bimanbandar metro station - Revision history

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