Kolkata Metro Line 3 or the Purple Line is a line of the

Kolkata Metro The Kolkata Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. , it has two operational lines, a line from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash and a line from Salt Lake Sector V to Sealdah, for a total of . Four ...

. The stretch from Joka to Taratala of the line was inaugurated on 30 December 2022. The route spans from Joka in the south, to

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in the north with an extension of to Diamond Park from Joka. It will connect

Kolkata Metro Line 1 The Line 1, Blue Line, also known as North–South Metro of the Kolkata Metro, is a rapid transit system serving South 24 Parganas, Kolkata and North 24 Parganas in Indian state of West Bengal. It consists of 26 operational stations from Dak ...

at Park Street in central Kolkata and run in parallel up to

in central Kolkata where it will connect Kolkata Metro Line 2 also. Line 3 is being built by

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Development

It is partially elevated and partially underground: around of the project will be elevated and the rest of the metro line will be underground. The project is getting delayed due to non availability of land for the construction of train depot at Joka. In 2019, RVNL was given the land required for building the depot and the construction for its boundary wall and land development started in February 2019. Tenders for its construction and plant & machinery were invited in April 2020. Construction was further delayed in September 2018 due to the Majerhat Bridge collapse, the metro was being built right next to the bridge. Tender for Majherhat to Esplanade underground section has been floated in 1st week of December 2019. By 15th September, 2022, the stretch from Joka to Taratala has been fully constructed and electrification has been done. Testing trials are underway from Joka to Taratala using the old decommissioned Metro Rakes. Eventually in service there will be new air conditioned metro rakes. The stretch from Majherhat to Esplanade is under construction.

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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

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and Indian Railway Minister

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. 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.

List of stations

The work has been sanctioned in 2010-11 for the new Metro line from Joka to

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for a length of 16.72 km at an anticipated cost of Rs. 2619.02 Crores. But, later the route was shortened and planned to terminate at

. A separate Depot is under construction in Joka. It is being built by RVNL and the tender has gone to Simplex Infrastructures. The extension of this line to IIM and Diamond Park for 2 km has been sanctioned in the Budget of 2012-13 at a cost of Rs. 294.49 Cr. The execution of this work has been entrusted to RVNL. There are 3 phases in this line- * Joka to Taratala (Operational) * Taratala to Esplanade (Under construction) *Diamond Park to Joka (Planned)

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Development

List of stations

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