Gitanjali metro station explained

Gitanjali
Native Name:গীতাঞ্জলি
Native Name Lang:be
Style:Kolkata Metro
Symbol:m
Symbol Location:kolkata
Address:Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road, Naktala, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal 700047
Structure:Elevated, Double track
Platform:Side platform
Platform-1 → Dakshineshwar
Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash
Levels:2
Tracks:2
Opened:[1]
Accessible:Yes
Code:KGTN
Owned:Metro Railway, Kolkata
Operator:Kolkata Metro
Former:Naktala
Services Collapsible:yes
Map State:collapsed
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:rail
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Gitanjali is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro which is located in Naktala, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[2] [3] It is named after the famous 'Gitanjali' or Song Offerings, a collection of 103 English poems, largely translations, of the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.

Station layout

GStreet LevelExit/Entrance
valign=topL1valign=topMezzaninevalign=topFare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2Side platform Doors will open on the left
Platform 2
Southbound
Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Kavi Nazrul
Platform 1
Northbound
Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Masterda Surya Sen
Side platform Doors will open on the left
L2

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 80A, 228, SD5, S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), AC6, S6A, S7 etc. serve the station.[4] [5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kolkata metro expands . 10 September 2009 . Railway Gazette . 28 July 2011 . 14 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314055953/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/kolkata-metro-expands.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata . Ontrack Systems . 29 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070820234733/http://www.kolmetro.com/ . 20 August 2007 . dmy .
  3. Web site: UrbanRail.net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro . UrbanRail.net . 29 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132602/http://urbanrail.net/as/kolk/kolkata.htm . 29 June 2011 . dmy .
  4. Web site: (home) . 19 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180818063620/http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ . 18 August 2018 . dead .
  5. Web site: Bus Services. Transport Department Government of West Bengal.