Joka metro station

For other uses, see Joka, Kolkata.

Joka is the elevated southern terminal metro station on the North-South corridor of the Purple Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.^[1] 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 Park. The station was commissioned on 30 December 2022.^[2]

Joka জোকা
Kolkata Metro station and terminus
Joka Metro station entrance on the day of inauguration, December 30, 2022
General information
Location	Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal 700104  India
Coordinates	22.452244°N 88.301751°E / 22.452244; 88.301751
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Purple Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Esplanade Platform-2 → Train Terminates Here
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
History
Opened	30 December 2022; 22 months ago (2022-12-30)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Terminus Purple Line Thakurpukur towards Majerhat Future service IIM Calcutta towards Diamond Park Purple Line Thakurpukur towards Esplanade
Location Joka Location within Kolkata Metro

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 to Esplanade metro station along with the Joka metro station.^[3]

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.^[4]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Joka-Taratala stretch, including Joka metro station of Kolkata Metro's Purple Line on 30 December 2022 in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister 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.^[4][5]

Station layout

Joka track layout
Legend
to Thakurpukur P1 P2 to Train Terminates Here **
Station with two tracks and two side platforms ** (Further extension to Diamond Park metro station in the future)

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards → Esplanade next station is Thakurpukur
	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards ← Train Terminates Here
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Gallery

• 
  Joka metro station during December, 2021
• 
  ICF MEDHA rake MR 418 on the inauguration day of Phase 1 of Line 3 at Joka metro station

References

1. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
2. "PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Joka-Taratala stretch of Kolkata Metro; See Pics". zeenews.india.com. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
3. Bandyopadhyay, Krishnendu (1 March 2019). "Work begins at Joka Metro depot, wall built". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
4. "Kolkata Metro: First glimpse of Joka-Taratala route in pics". www.livemint.com. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
5. "In-pics: Inaugration of Vande Bharat Express, Joka-Taratala Metro & more news from Kolkata". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 31 December 2022.