| Behala Chowrasta | |
| Style: | Kolkata Metro |
| Symbol: | m |
| Symbol Location: | kolkata |
| Caption: | Behala Chowrasta metro station gate C |
| Address: | Diamond Harbour Rd, Behala Chowrasta, Kolkata,West Bengal 700008 |
| Country: | India |
| Owned: | Metro Railway, Kolkata |
| Operator: | Kolkata Metro |
| Platforms: | Side platform Platform-1 → Esplanade Platform-2 → Joka |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Structure: | Elevated, Double track |
| Levels: | 2 |
| Parking: | No |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Status: | Operational |
| Electrified: | 750 V DC third rail |
| Services Collapsible: | yes |
| Map State: | collapsed |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Marker: | rail |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
Behala Chowrasta is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Purple Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is located exactly above the Behala Chowrasta intersection on Diamond Harbour Road / NH-12. [1] It was opened in the first phase of this line. The station was commissioned on 30 December 2022.[2]
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, NVRL won the tender for the construction of the Metro Corridor from Joka Metro Station to Esplanade Metro Station along with the Thakurpukur metro station.[3]
Trial runs on the 6.5-km Joka-Taratala stretch of Kolkata Metro's Purple Line began in mid-September 2022, and it received mandatory Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) clearance in November.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Joka-Taratala stretch, including Joka metro station of Kolkata Metro's Purple Line on 30 December 2022 in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Indian Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Some students from schools like St Thomas Boys School were granted the rare opportunity to be the first ones to ride in this Joka-Taratala stretch after the inauguration.[4] [5]
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| L2 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left |-| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform 1 Northbound| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Towards → Esplanade next station is Behala Bazaar|-|Platform 2 Southbound|Towards ← Joka next station is Behala Sakherbazaar|-| colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Side platform | Doors will open on the left |-| rowspan="2" valign="top" width="50" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |L2| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" || width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" ||-|} Electricity and signal systemsLike 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 communication-based train control signal system. This signal system can operate a 5 second interval train. References | |