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{{Short description|Metro station in Kolkata, India}}

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| name = Jyotirindra Nandi Metro Station
| type = '''[[Kolkata Metro]]''' '''[[List of Kolkata metro stations|station]]'''
| style = Kolkata Metro
| image = Jyotirindra_Nandi_Metro_Station.jpg
| image_caption = Jyotirindra Nandi Metro Station
| address = Next to [[Metro Cash and Carry]], [[E.M. Bypass]], Purbalok, [[Mukundapur, Kolkata|Mukundapur]], [[Kolkata]] - 700099
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'''Jyotirindra Nandi Metro Station''' is an under construction metro station of [[Kolkata Metro Line 6|Line 6]] of the [[Kolkata Metro]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Metro-will-run-more-than-300-services-shortly/articleshow/54272650.cms|title=300 and more, metro services|last=|first=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Staff |title=Kolkata Metro: GM Reviews Orange Line's Kavi Subhas to Airport Stretch |url=https://www.metrorailnews.in/kolkata-metro-gm-reviews-orange-lines-kavi-subhas-to-airport-stretch/ |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=Metro Rail News |language=en-US}}</ref> The station would serve [[Mukundapur, Kolkata|Mukundapur]], [[Santoshpur, Kolkata|Santoshpur]] and [[Ajoy Nagar]] areas outlying the [[E.M. Bypass]] section of the city.<ref name="metrocalendar">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/metro-prepares-completion-calendar-for-city-projects/articleshow/59463303.cms|title=Metro prepares completion calendar for city projects|publisher= Times of India|accessdate=6 July 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{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=2928&did=16780040808116CE47284EBEA5D0164E2D93341A549E5 |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kolkata Metro: মেট্রোর নতুন ৫ রুট নিয়ে বড় খবর, প্রকাশ্যে জ্যোতিরিন্দ্র নন্দী স্টেশনের ফার্স্ট লুক |url=https://bangla.aajtak.in/kolkata/story/kolkata-metro-jyotirindra-nandi-station-of-orange-line-an-eye-treat-for-all-rjk-522422-2023-03-05 |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=Aaj Tak বাংলা |language=bn}}</ref>

The station is named in honour of the Bengali writer, [[Jyotirindranath Nandi]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,375,379 |title= Road ahead, projects sanctioned |work= New Garia to Biman Bandar via Rajarhat| publisher=|accessdate = 4 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kolkata Metro all set to open Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Muhkopadhyay Metro Corridor {{!}} Metro Rail Today |url=https://metrorailtoday.com/news/kolkata-metro-all-set-to-open-kavi-subhash-hemanta-muhkopadhyay-metro-corridor |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=Metro Rail Today: Gateway to Rail & Metro Industry}}</ref>

== 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|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. It will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of [[Kolkata]] to [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]].

The {{Cvt|5|km}} stretch from New Garia to Ruby Hospital was expected to start from 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Metro sets June 2018 date for New Garia-Ruby line|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/metro-sets-june-2018-date-for-new-garia-ruby-line/articleshow/59963674.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> On 12 February 2018 Mr Ajay Vijayvargiya, General Manager Metro Railways announced a delay in inauguration of New Garia to Ruby stretch.
== The Station ==
===Structure===
Jyotirindra Nandi Metro Station on [[Kolkata Metro Line 6|Line 6]] of Kolkata Metro is structurally an elevated metro station. The station has total 3 levels. Station entrances and exits begin or end at the first level or ground level. Second level or L1 or intermediate level houses station fare control, station agents, metro card vending machines, crossovers etc. The third level or L2 or the final level houses the platforms and rail tracks. The station is 200 meters long and 25 meters wide.<ref>{{Citation |title=Kolkata Metro Orange Line Full Update {{!}} New Garia - Airport Metro via New Town |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGNEc-AU7y8 |access-date=2023-09-14 |language=en}}</ref>

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

===Location===
Jyotirindra Nandi metro station is in vicinity of [[Metro Cash and Carry]] office and various private [[hospital]]<nowiki/>s like [[Peerless Hospital]]. The famous [[Kishore Bharati Krirangan]], one of the city's biggest football stadium, that attracts fans all over the kolkata as it is the alternative grounds of famous Kolkata clubs, i.e, [[Mohun Bagan AC]], [[East Bengal FC]] and [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]] lies close the station. The previous station of the station is Satyajit Roy Metro Station at a distance of 1.4 km and the next station is Kavi Sukanta Metro Station at a distance of 1.1 km.<ref name=":0" />

=== Infrastructure ===
The station is being built with state-of-the-art technology. The station has 4 entrances and exits for entry and exit. A number of [[Elevator|lifts]], [[staircases]] and [[elevators]] are attached to the reach the concourse building. The second level of the station has ticket collection center, ticket validator for ticket examination. The station will have escalators for the convenience of passengers. Besides, the station will have drinking water and toilet facilities.<ref name=":0"/>

== Electricity and signal systems ==
Like the other stations and lines of the [[Kolkata Metro]], this station will use 750 volts DC power supply by the third railway to operate the trains.

Train movement will be conducted at this station and on the railway by [[Communications-based train control|communication-based train control]] signal system. This signal system can operate a 90 second interval train. Currently this automatic signalling system is not activated and only one metro track is operational.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Siemens Wins Kolkata Metro Line 3 & 6’s CBTC Signaling Contract |url=https://themetrorailguy.com/2022/04/11/siemens-wins-kolkata-metro-line-3-6s-cbtc-signaling-contract/ |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=The Metro Rail Guy |language=en-US}}</ref>

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

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[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2023]]
[[Category:Kolkata Metro stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Kolkata]]

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Jyotirindra Nandi metro station - Revision history

Rahuldevrajburman at 10:22, 16 September 2023