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{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Kolkata Metro Logo.svg|50px]] Gitanjali
| type = '''[[Kolkata Metro]]''' '''[[List of Kolkata metro stations|station]]'''
| style = Kolkata Metro
| image = File:NAKTALACAL.jpg
| image_caption = Gitanjali metro station
| address = [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road]], [[Naktala]], [[Garia]], Kolkata, West Bengal 700047
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.469426|N|88.369985|E|display=inline,title}}
| line = 
| other =
| structure = [[Elevated]]
| platform = [[Side Platform]]
| depth =
| levels = 2
| tracks = 2
| parking =
| bicycle =
| opened = {{start date and age|2009|August|22|mf=yes}}<ref name=Gazette>{{cite web |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/kolkata-metro-expands.html |title=Kolkata metro expands |author= |date=10 September 2009 |publisher=Railway Gazette |accessdate=28 July 2011}}</ref>
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 750 V DC [[Third Rail]]
| ADA = Yes {{access icon}}
| code = KGTN
| owned = [[Kolkata Metro]]
| operator =
| zone =
| smartcardname =
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| former = Naktala
| passengers =
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| services = {{S-rail|title=Kolkata Metro}}
{{S-line|system=Kolkata Metro|line=1|previous=Masterda Surya Sen|next=Kavi Nazrul}}
| map_type = India Kolkata
| map_size = 300
| map_dot_label = Gitanjali
| route_map = {{Kolkata Metro line 1}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
'''Gitanjali''' is a station of the [[Kolkata Metro]] located in [[Naktala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kolmetro.com/ |title=Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata |publisher=Ontrack Systems |accessdate=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820234733/http://www.kolmetro.com/ |archivedate=20 August 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanrail.net/as/kolk/kolkata.htm |title=UrbanRail.net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro |publisher=UrbanRail.net |accessdate=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132602/http://urbanrail.net/as/kolk/kolkata.htm |archivedate=29 June 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>

It is named after the famous '[[Gitanjali]]' or Song Offerings, a collection of 103 English poems, largely translations, of the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.

==History==
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===Construction===

==The station==

===Structure===
Gitanjali elevated metro station is situated on the [[Kolkata Metro Line 1]] of [[Kolkata Metro]].

===Station layout===
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street Level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/Entrance
|-
|valign=top|'''L1'''
|valign=top|Mezzanine
|valign=top|Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover 
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=4 valign=top|'''L2'''
|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|[[Side platform]] doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''East bound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards →[[Kavi Subhash metro station|Kavi Subhash]]→ →
|-
|'''Northbound'''
|→Towards ←[[Noapara metro station|Noapara]]← ←
|-
|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|[[Side platform]] doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=top|'''L2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|
|-
|}

==Connections==
===Bus===
Bus route number 80A, 228, SD5,
S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), AC6, S6A, S7 etc. serve the station.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |title=(home) |access-date=19 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818063620/http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |archive-date=18 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/| title=Bus Services| website=Transport Department Government of West Bengal}}</ref>

==See also==
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*[[Kolkata]]
*[[List of Kolkata Metro stations]]
*[[Transport in Kolkata]]
*[[Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation]]
*[[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]
*[[Kolkata Monorail]]
*[[Trams in Kolkata]]
*[[Garia]]
*[[E.M. Bypass]]
*[[List of rapid transit systems]]
*[[List of metro systems]]
{{div col end}}
{{Clear}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons|Kolkata Metro}}
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/Southern fringes}}
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/East}}
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Gitanjali/@22.4690999,88.3695879,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3a02710777f15313:0x89774f7a8b6e951f!8m2!3d22.4694741!4d88.3698385|title= Gitanjali metro station}}

{{Kolkata Metro}}
{{Rapid transit in India}}
{{Rapid transit in Asia}}

[[Category:Kolkata Metro stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 2009]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Kolkata]]

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