Majerhat metro station is an operational

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on Purple Line of

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. It is the terminal station of the first phase 1 of this line and the first and only station built over an existing railway network, 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

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and parallel to the Majerhat flyover. Taratala is the preceding station towards Joka and Mominpore is the following station towards Esplanade.

History

Since the line was sanctioned by then Railway Minister

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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 India Government Mint,

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; which initially didn't allow any elevated structure within a kilometre radius of the mint. After lot of hardships and developmental work, the Taratala–Majerhat section of Purple Line was inaugurated on 6 March 2024.

Station

Layout

It is an elevated metro station with two

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s. It is being implemented by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL). The station is 180 m long with twelve spans. The platform and concourse area are and respectively. It is catered by five escalators, two elevators and five staircases and the whole station is held in between two massive concourse buildings on either side. It is the final station of the proposed phase 1 (Joka to Majerhat) of the Purple Line.

Connections

Bus

Mominpur and Majerhat Bus Stop is and away from the metro Station respectively.

Rail

Majerhat metro station is directly above of

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and is connected to main railway platform via a footover bridge, thus facilitating transfers with Budge Budge Branch line and Circular line.

Air

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is via Behala Flying Club Road and Taratala Road.

Gallery

References

External links

Official website of Metro Railway, Kolkata
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