Behala Chowrasta is a metro station of
Kolkata Metro Line 3. It is an elevated station, and will have side platforms. It was opened in the first phase of this line. The station was commissioned on 30 December 2022.
History
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
Joka is a metro station of the Kolkata Metro. The station is located in Joka. It will be the terminal station of the Kolkata Metro Line 3 till the phase 2 of the project. In phase 3, the line will be extended 2 km more, till Diamond Par ...
to
Esplanade Metro Station along with the Thakurpukur metro station.
Trial runs on the 6.5-km Joka-Taratla stretch of
Kolkata Metro's Purple Line began in mid-September 2022, and it received mandatory Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) clearance in November.
inaugurated the Joka-Taratala stretch, including Joka metro station of Kolkata Metro's
Purple Line on 30th December 2022 in the presence of
West Bengal Chief Minister
The Chief Minister of West Bengal is the representative of the Government of India in the state of West Bengal and the head of the executive branch of the Government of West Bengal. The chief minister is head of the Council of Ministers and ap ...
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.
The station
Structure
Behala Chowrasta elevated metro station situated on the
Line 3 of
Kolkata Metro. It is located exactly above the Behala Chowrasta intersection on
Diamond Harbour Road / NH-12.
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
communication-based train control signal system. This signal system can operate a 5 second interval train.
References
{{Kolkata Metro
Kolkata Metro stations