Majerhat metro station is an under construction

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on Line 3 of

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. It is the terminal station of the first phase 1 of this line, from Joka to Majerhat. The line was sanctioned in India's railway budget of 2010–11, but due to various hurdles, construction was delayed and missed multiple deadlines. The most notable reason for delays was the Majerhat Bridge collapse in 2018.

Location

Majerhat metro station is located in Alipore Mint Colony, Majerhat,

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, India. It is situated over the Majerhat railway station and parallel to the Majerhat flyover. Taratala is the preceding station towards Joka and Mominpore is the following station towards Esplanade.

Station details

It is an elevated metro station with two

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s. It is being implemented by

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(RVNL). Since the line was sanctioned by then

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in the

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of 2010–11, it faced several problems which delayed the project. Originally the contracts of the elevated stretch of the line was awarded to Simplex Infrastructures in 2011, although construction couldn't proceed due to land acquisition problems. The contract for construction of the station was re-awarded to

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, in April 2012 by RVNL. In 2018, the adjacent rail over bridge (known as Majerhat Bridge) along the upcoming metro station collapsed, completely stalling the construction of the station as it ran into design, technical and legal challenges. Gammon pulled out of the project after the bridge collapsed. In August 2020, GPT Infraprojects won the bid for construction. Work started in December 2020, with clearance from

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; which initially didn't allow any elevated structure within a kilometre radius of the mint. The station will be 180 m long with twelve spans. The platform and concourse area will be and respectively. It will be catered by five escalators, two elevators and five staircases. It is the final station of the proposed phase 1 (Joka to Majerhat) of the line 3.

Connections

Majerhat metro station will be connected to the Majerhat railway station of Kolkata Suburban Railway, thus facilitating transfers with Budge Budge Branch line and Circular line.

References

External links

Official website of Metro Railway, Kolkata
{{Kolkata Metro Kolkata Metro stations

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