Kavi Subhash metro station

Kavi Subhash

কবি সুভাষ
Kolkata Metro station (interchange and terminus)
Kavi Subhash (New Garia) Metro Station Old complex (above) and new complex (below)
General information
LocationNew Garia, Kolkata,
West Bengal 700094
India
Coordinates22°28′19″N 88°23′53″E / 22.47194°N 88.39806°E / 22.47194; 88.39806
Owned byMetro Railway, Kolkata
Operated byKolkata Metro
Line(s)
PlatformsSide platform
Platform-1 → Dakshineswar (not in service)
Platform-2 → Train Terminates Here (not in service)
Side platform
Platform-3 → Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
Platform-4 → Train Terminates Here
Tracks2 for Blue Line (operational)
2 for Orange Line (operational)
Connections New Garia
Construction
Structure typeAt-Grade, Double track
ParkingYes
Other information
Station codeKKVS
History
Opened7 October 2010 (2010-10-07)
Closed28 July 2025 (2025-07-28) Blue Line
Previous namesNew Garia
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Kolkata Metro. Kolkata Metro Following station
Shahid Khudiram
towards Dakshineswar
 Blue Line Terminus
Terminus Orange Line Satyajit Ray
towards Jai Hind
Location

Kavi Subhash (formerly known as New Garia) is the at-grade southern terminus and interchange metro station of the North-South corridor (Blue Line) and Bypass Corridor (Orange Line) of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[a] It is named after poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay.[1] This station was opened to public on the auspicious day of Mahalaya in 2010.

This metro station is at ground level and located adjacent to New Garia railway station on the Sealdah - Sonarpur section.[2]

After a lot of hardships and developmental work, the Kavi Subhash–Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of Orange Line was inaugurated on 6 March 2024.[3][4][5][6][7]

On July 28, 2025, cracks were detected in the last four columns of the Line-1's Up platform. The north-south platforms of the station was closed to passengers as a safety measure and the Blue line trains are being terminated Shahid Khudiram metro station. However, the empty rakes would continue to run upto the station for reversal and maintenance at its depot.[8] On investigation, it was found that the damage on the columns supporting the platforms were weakened beyond repair. So, Metro Authorities decided to raze the entire North-South complex of the station (keeping the tracks intact) and rebuild it. E-tenders were floated and the work would take upto ten months to complete.[9]

Station layout

Blue Line

G Street Level Exit/Entrance

Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover

P Side platform │ Doors will open on the left Disabled access
Platform 2
Southbound 		Towards → Train Terminates Here (not in use)
Platform 1
Northbound 		Towards ← Dakshineswar next station is Shahid Khudiram (not in use)
Side platform │ Doors will open on the left Disabled access

Orange Line

G Street level Exit/Entrance
B Basement Car Parking
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops, Crossover
L1 Side platform │ Doors will open on the left Disabled access
Platform 3
Southbound 		Towards → Jai Hind next station is Satyajit Ray
Island platform │ Doors will open on the right Disabled access
Platform 4
Northbound 		Towards ← Train Terminates Here
Side platform │ Doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2 Side platform │ Doors will open on the left Disabled access
Northbound Towards → Train Terminates Here
Southbound Towards ← Proposed Baripur Metro Corridor
Side platform doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2

Connections

Bus

Bus route numbers 1B, 206, S116 (Mini), S124 (Mini) etc. serve the station.[10]

Train

It is connected to New Garia railway station on the Sealdah South Mainline.

Air

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is connected via VIP Road and EM Bypass, with a distance of 24.3 km.

Views of Kavi Subhash Metro Station
  • Aerial view of the New Garia Depot (Kavi Subhash Carshed) Blue Line and the Orange Line viaduct
    Aerial view of the New Garia Depot (Kavi Subhash Carshed) Blue Line and the Orange Line viaduct
  • Kavi Subhash metro station Blue Line Complex as seen from Orange Line
    Kavi Subhash metro station Blue Line Complex as seen from Orange Line
  • Kavi Subhash metro station Orange Line Complex as seen from Blue Line
    Kavi Subhash metro station Orange Line Complex as seen from Blue Line
  • Kavi Subhash metro station Blue Line Complex platform
    Kavi Subhash metro station Blue Line Complex platform
  • Kavi Subhash metro station Orange Line Complex platform
    Kavi Subhash metro station Orange Line Complex platform
  • Kavi Subhash metro station depot and carshed as seen from Orange Line
    Kavi Subhash metro station depot and carshed as seen from Orange Line
  • Kavi Subhash metro station interchange
    Kavi Subhash metro station interchange
  • Kavi Subhash metro stationinterchange as seen from Orange Line Complex
    Kavi Subhash metro stationinterchange as seen from Orange Line Complex
  • Kavi Subhash metro station interchange as seen from Blue Line Complex
    Kavi Subhash metro station interchange as seen from Blue Line Complex
  • Kavi Subhash metro station interchange lift
    Kavi Subhash metro station interchange lift
  • Goddess Durga statue in Kavi Subhash metro station interchange
    Goddess Durga statue in Kavi Subhash metro station interchange

Notes

  1. ^ Due to reconstruction of Blue line's station complex, the trains of this line have been truncated temporarily till Shahid Khudiram metro station. So the interchange with the Orange Line is currently not feasible.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kolkata metro reaches New Garia". Railway Gazette. 19 October 2010. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  2. ^ > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. UrbanRail.Net. Retrieved on 2013-10-05.
  3. ^ "Hope for ops start of three new Metro links in March first week". The Times of India. 19 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  4. ^ "এগোচ্ছে কাজ, নিউ গড়িয়ায় মিলবে তিনটি মেট্রোপথ" (in Bengali). Kolkata: www.anandabazar.com. Anandabazar. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  6. ^ "India's deepest Metro station at Howrah also to be the largest". The Times of India. 1 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  8. ^ "New Garia Metro station closed after cracks found in pillars". 28 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Kavi Subhash station to be razed, truncated N-S Metro service". 30 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Bus Services".
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