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{{Short description|Kolkata Metro's Purple Line terminal metro station}}
{{other uses|Joka, Kolkata}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Joka
| system = [[Kolkata Metro]]
| style = Kolkata Metro
| symbol = m
| symbol_location = kolkata
| image = Joka Metro Station Gate E.jpg
| image_caption = Entrance E on the day of inauguration, 30 December 2022
| address = Bratachari Gram, [[Joka, Kolkata|Joka]], [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]] 700104
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.45224|N|88.30175|E|display=inline, title}}
| line = {{rint|Kolkata|Purple}}
| other =
| structure = [[Elevated]]
| platform = 2 (2 [[Side platform]])
| parking =
| bicycle =
| baggage_check =
| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|2022|12|30}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}
| status = Operational
| code = KJKA
| owned =
| operator = [[Metro Railway, Kolkata]]
| zone =
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| former =
| passengers =
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| services = {{Adjstn|system=Kolkata Metro|line=Purple|left=Thakurpukur}}
| route_map = {{Kolkata Metro Purple Line}}
| map_state = collapsed
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker = rail
| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rail color|Kolkata Metro|Purple Line}}
| mapframe-zoom = 14
}}

'''Joka''' is the elevated southern terminal metro station on the North-South corridor of the [[Purple Line (Kolkata Metro)|Purple Line]] of [[Kolkata Metro]] in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,375,379|title=Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal|website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> The station is located in [[Joka, Kolkata|Joka]]. It will be the terminal station of the [[Purple Line (Kolkata Metro)|Purple Line]] till the phase 2 of the project. In future, the line will be extended 1.7 km more, till IIM-Joka. The station was commissioned on 30 December 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Joka-Taratala stretch of Kolkata Metro; See Pics |url=https://zeenews.india.com/railways/pm-narendra-modi-inaugurates-joka-taratala-stretch-of-kolkata-metro-see-pics-2555721.html |access-date=30 December 2022 |publisher=zeenews.india.com |date=30 December 2022}}</ref>

== History ==
[[Purple Line (Kolkata Metro)|Purple Line]] was approved in the railway budget for the financial year 2010-2011 and Rs 2,6519 crore was allocated for the construction work. In October 2011, [[RVNL]] won the tender for the construction of the Metro Corridor from Joka metro station to [[Esplanade metro station]] along with the Joka metro station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/work-begins-at-joka-metro-depot-wall-built/articleshow/68208956.cms|title=Work begins at Joka Metro depot, wall built|last=Bandyopadhyay|first=Krishnendu|date=March 1, 2019|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref>

Trial runs on the 6.5-km Joka-Taratla stretch of [[Kolkata Metro|Kolkata Metro's]] Purple Line began in mid-September 2022, and it received mandatory Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) clearance in November.<ref name="livemint"/>

The Joka–Taratala stretch was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 December 2022 in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] and Railway Minister [[Ashwini Vaishnaw]]. Some students from schools like [[St Thomas School, Kolkata|St Thomas Boys School]] were granted the rare opportunity to be the first ones to ride in this Joka–Taratala stretch after the inauguration.<ref name="livemint">{{cite news |title=Kolkata Metro: First glimpse of Joka-Taratala route in pics |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/kolkata-metro-first-glimpse-of-joka-taratala-route-in-pics-11672372907422.html |access-date=30 December 2022 |publisher=www.livemint.com |date=30 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=In-pics: Inaugration of Vande Bharat Express, Joka-Taratala Metro & more news from Kolkata |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/in-pics-inaugration-of-vande-bharat-express-joka-taratala-metro-more-news-from-kolkata-photogallery/cid/1906840 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

== Station layout ==
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
!style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;border-top:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=4;|'''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|{{small|[[Side platform]], Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 height=45|'''Platform 2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390| {{0|←}} Alighting only →
|-
| height=45|'''Platform 1'''
| ← Train towards {{ltl|Kolkata Metro|purple|left}} ({{stl|Kolkata Metro|Thakurpukur}})
|-
|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"|'''L1'''
|style="vertical-align:top"|Concourse
|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 |'''G'''
|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
|}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Joka Metro Station, Kolkata.jpg|Joka metro station during December, 2021
ICF Medha Rake Mr 418 During the Inauguration Day of Line 3 at Joka Metro Station.jpg|ICF MEDHA rake MR 418 on the inauguration day of Phase 1 of Purple Line at Joka metro station
</gallery>

== References ==
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{{Kolkata Metro|purple line=yes}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2013]]
[[Category:Kolkata Metro stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Kolkata]]

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Allenjacksparrow at 08:31, 4 May 2026