Jai Hind metro station

Jai Hind (Biman Bandar)

জয় হিন্দ (বিমানবন্দর)
Kolkata Metro station
General information
LocationNSCBI Airport, Dum Dum, Kolkata, West Bengal 700052
India
Coordinates22°38′46″N 88°26′09″E / 22.64619°N 88.43591°E / 22.64619; 88.43591
Owned byMetro Railway, Kolkata
Line(s)Yellow Line Orange Line
Platforms1 Side platform & 2 Island platforms
Tracks2 for Yellow Line (under construction)
2 for Orange Line (under construction)
1 for Emergency (Under construction)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth12 m
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes Disabled access
Other information
StatusOperational
History
Opened22 August 2025
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Kolkata Metro. Kolkata Metro Following station
VIP Road
towards Kavi Subhash
Orange Line Terminus
Jessore Road
towards Noapara
Yellow Line
(under construction)
Birati
towards Barasat
Location
Jai Hind (Biman Bandar) is located in Kolkata Metro
Jai Hind (Biman Bandar)
Jai Hind (Biman Bandar)
Location within Kolkata Metro
Jai Hind (Biman Bandar) is located in Kolkata
Jai Hind (Biman Bandar)
Jai Hind (Biman Bandar)
Jai Hind (Biman Bandar) (Kolkata)

Jai Hind (also referred to as Biman Bandar) is a metro station of Kolkata Metro.[1] It will serve the city of Kolkata's main airport, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. The station will be inaugurated on 22 August 2025.[2][3]

Features

This station will also have a yard, and it will be the largest underground facility of India, and city's first. It will be 550m long and 41.6m wide, and will facilitate stabling and reversal of rakes, but it will not be a carshed.[4] Previously the station was planned elevated, but after objection from AAI, the route was reworked and the station was planned underground from Airport to New Barrackpore.[5]

Facilities

Jai Hind metro station moving walkways

As of April 2019, the station is planned to be around 150m away from the terminal building.[6] It will be connected via subways which will be having moving walkways.[6]

Intersections

Jai Hind metro station platforms

Here, Yellow and Orange Lines will meet. There will be 5 tracks, two for Yellow Line, two for Orange Line, one of which is for terminating and departing both Noapara and Barasat bound trains and one for the yard.

History

Construction

Biman Bandar railway station remants

The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL and the construction of the station-cum-yard is being done by ITD Cementation India Ltd. The old Kolkata Circular Railway Biman Bandar railway station was demolished and repurposed for this project. The tentative deadline is December 2021.[7]

Airport metro depot

Delays

The work has been delayed for years due to multiple issues. At first AAI objected the station above the ground, stating that this could be a threat for air traffic. Many underground utilities, power sub-station and water treatment plant had to be shifted. Encroachments and Land acquisition problems held up the project for multiple times.[8][9]

Station Layout

Jai Hind track layout
P1 to Birati
P3 to Train Terminates Here
P4 to VIP Road
P5 for Emergency
Station with five tracks, two island and one side platforms
G Street level Beautified Garden, Exit/Entrance, Lift to Concourse
C Concourse Ticket Counters,Station Control Room, Metro Card vending machines, Automatic Fare collection gates
P Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
Platform 1
Northbound
Towards → Barasat next station is Birati
Platform 2
Southbound
Towards ← Noapara next station is Jessore Road
Island platform | P2 & P3 doors will open on the left Disabled access
Platform 3
Northbound
Orange Line Train Terminates Here → Change to Yellow Line for Barasat or Noapara
Platform 4
Southbound
Towards ← Kavi Subhash next station is VIP Road
Island platform | P4 & P5 doors will open on the left Disabled access
Platform 5 For emergency use
P

Entry/Exits

Jai Hind metro station Gate 1

Entry/Exit 1: For Airport Terminal 1& 2 Building and Airport Bus Stand

Entry/Exit 2: Airport Taxi Stand

Entry/Exits 3: Metro Railway Office and Old Bimanbandar Railway Station

Entry/Exit 4: Airport Police Station

Entry/Exit 5: Airport Gate 2½, Near Jessore Road

Entry Exit 6&7: Planned

Connections

station concourse

Rail

Previously Eastern Railway operated Suburban Railway services (Kolkata Circular Railway) up to here. Currently the nearest stations are Dum Dum Cantonment railway station and Durganagar railway station.[10][11]

Air

The station itself serves the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.[8][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Pall, Samreen (20 July 2023). "Kolkata Airport: Structural Work Of Biman Bandar Metro Station Is Complete". News18. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. ^ "'Historic gift before Durga Puja': PM Modi to inaugurate 3 Kolkata metro projects on Aug 22". Deccan Herald. 15 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Kolkata Metro's yellow line to Airport gets clearance; PM to inaugurate soon". India Today. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Airport Metro yard to be country's largest underground facility". Times of India. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  5. ^ "বিমানবন্দর- নিউ ব্যারাকপুর মেট্রো ছুটবে মাটির নীচ দিয়ে, প্রকল্প নিয়ে কাটল জট". Asianet News. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b Mandal, Sanjay (21 April 2019). "Metro hub 150m from Calcutta airport". The Telegraph (India). Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Times of India". timesofindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Work gets going on Metro's airport station".
  9. ^ Gupta, Jayanta (15 February 2017). "New Garia: Metro terminal station plan at New Garia back on track". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  10. ^ "DDC/Dum Dum Cantonment". India Rail Info. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  11. ^ "DGNR/Durganagar". India Rail Info. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Metro link to airport on railway radar". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 24 July 2019.