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{{Short description|Metro station in Kolkata, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Jessore Road
| style = Kolkata Metro
| system = [[Kolkata Metro]]
| symbol = m
| symbol_location = kolkata
| image = Jessore Rd Metro Gate No 1.jpg
| image_upright = 1.3
| address = [[Jessore Road|Jessore Rd]], [[Dum Dum]], [[West Bengal]] 700028
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.6395137|88.4297765|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| operator = [[Metro Railway, Kolkata]]
| lines = {{rcb|Kolkata Metro|Yellow|croute}}
| platforms = 2 (2 [[side platforms]])
| connections = {{Bus icon}} [[Jessore Road]] [[File:BSicon_FLUGg.svg|frameless|17x17px]] [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]]
| structure = At-grade
| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}
| status = Operational
| opened = {{Start date and age|2025|08|22|df=yes}}
| code = KJRO
| services = {{adjstn|system=Kolkata Metro|line=Yellow|right=Jai Hind|left=Dum Dum Cantonment}}
| route_map = {{Kolkata Metro Yellow Line}}
| map_state = collapsed
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker = rail
| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rail color|Kolkata Metro|Yellow Line}}
| mapframe-zoom = 14
}}
'''Jessore Road''' is an at grade metro station of [[Yellow Line (Kolkata Metro)|Yellow Line]] of [[Kolkata Metro]] beside [[Jessore Road]] in [[Dum Dum]], [[West Bengal]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlooktraveller.com/News/kolkatas-yellow-line-opens-doors-to-culture-history-and-connectivity|title=Kolkata’s Yellow Line Opens Doors To Culture, History, And Connectivity|publisher=outlooktraveller|date=22 August 2025|access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-21 |title=Kolkata's Jessore Road metro station to become an important link on Noapara-Barasat metro route |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/business/infrastructure-kolkatas-jessore-road-metro-station-to-become-an-important-link-on-noapara-barasat-metro-routenbsp-3017068/ |url-status= |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> It was a part of the integration of old line of [[Kolkata Circular Railway|Circular Railway]] from Dum Dum Cantonment to Biman Bandar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-metro-yellow-line-cantt-jessore-rd-stations-pull-switch-over-crowd/articleshow/123511247.cms|title=Kolkata Metro Yellow Line: Cantt & Jessore Rd stations pull switch-over crowd|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref> It is located near 1 no. gate of [[Kolkata Airport|Dumdum/Kolkata Airport]]. The station was inaugurated on 22 August 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metrorailnews.in/3-new-metro-sections-for-kolkata-metro/|title=PM Modi Inaugurates 3 New Metro Sections of Kolkata Metro|publisher=Metro Rail News|access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/west-bengal/historic-gift-before-durga-puja-pm-modi-to-inaugurate-3-kolkata-metro-projects-on-aug-22-3681072|title='Historic gift before Durga Puja': PM Modi to inaugurate 3 Kolkata metro projects on Aug 22|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=15 August 2025}}</ref>

==Station Layout==
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
!style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top rowspan=5|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Ground Level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=420 valign=top|Exit/Entrance, Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines
|-
|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}}
|-
| width="100" height="45" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''Platform 1'''
| width="420" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" | {{0|←}} Train towards {{ltl|Kolkata Metro|yellow|right}} (terminus) →
|-
| width="100" height="45" |'''Platform 2'''
| width="420" | ← Train towards {{ltl|Kolkata Metro|yellow|left}} ({{stl|Kolkata Metro|Dum Dum Cantonment}})
|-
|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;vertical-align:top;"|'''UG'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Subway
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|crossover
|-
|}

==Connections==
===Bus===
Bus route numbers 30B, 79B, 79D, 223, 237, 93, DN-8, D10, EB12, S10, S-23A, AC-38, AC-2, AC-37, AC-50A, AC-23A, ACT-4, ACT-23, L238, 45, 45A, 46, S-175 (Mini), S-184 (Mini), D-1A, AC-40, DN-2/1, DN-17, DN-46, DN-47, 91, 91A, DN-18 etc. serve this metro station.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/busroute.html|title=Bus routes of Calcutta|publisher=Calcutta Yellow Pages|access-date=20 September 2025}}</ref>

===Auto===
5 auto services are available from this metro station/Airport 1 no gate. Autos are available towards [[Gorabazar, Dum Dum|Gorabazar]], [[Baguiati]], [[Rajarhat]], [[Bablatala]] and [[Narayanpur, Kolkata|Narayanpur]].

===Taxi===
There is a taxi stand at the Baguiati bound flank of [[VIP Road, Kolkata|VIP Road]].

===Rail===

In 2006 the Dum Dum Cantonment - Bimanbandar railway line was inaugurated. Jessore Road railway station was the second station of this line. But due to poor patronage and lack of passengers, this line was closed down in 2016. And the line dismantled further in 2020. Jessore Road railway station’s platform was existing upto 2024. Now [[Dum Dum Cantonment railway station|Dum Dum Cantonment]] and [[Durganagar railway station|Durganagar]] are the nearest railway stations.

===Air===
[[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport]] is nearest airport of this station. The next station [[Jai Hind metro station|Jai Hind]] is connected to the airport.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Jessore Road metro station pics from 8 July 2025 morning 23.jpg|Jessore Road metro station shock absorbers
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi flagged off metro trains at Kolkata, in West Bengal on August 22, 2025 (1).jpg|Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] flagging off metro train on August 22, 2025.
Jessore Road metro station pics from 8 July 2025 morning 15.jpg|Jessore Road metro station platforms
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Kolkata Metro|yellow line=yes}}
[[Category:Kolkata Metro stations]]

Jessore Road metro station - Revision history

KurtRech189 at 08:48, 4 May 2026