Satyajit Ray metro station

Satyajit Ray is a metro station of the Kolkata Metro Line 6 in Chak Garia, E.M. Bypass, Kolkata, India. The station is named in honour of the great Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray. The elevated structure is located above the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass with the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute and the Baghajatin Peerless Hospital on the eastern side and the Hiland Park condominium on the western side. This metro station would serve the neighbourhoods of Baghajatin, Chak Garia, Survey Park and Santoshpur of South Kolkata. ^[1]

Satyajit Ray সত্যজিৎ রায়
Kolkata Metro station
Satyajit Ray Metro Station
General information
Location	near SRFTI, opp. Hiland Park, Baghajatin, Chak Garia, Kolkata - 700075 India
Coordinates	22.4846°N 88.3926°E / 22.4846; 88.3926
Operated by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line(s)	Orange Line
Platforms	side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
History
Opening	6 March 2024
Previous names	Baghajatin, Hiland Park
Services Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Kavi Subhash Terminus Orange Line Jyotirindra Nandi towards Jai Hind
Route map Legend Sealdah South New Garia Depot Kavi Subhash Blue Line Blue Line (Line 1) Sealdah South Satyajit Ray Jyotirindra Nandi Panchanangram Canal Kavi Sukanta Rashbehari Avenue Hemanta Mukhopadhyay VIP Bazar Ritwik Ghatak Storm Water Outlet Canal Barun Sengupta Beleghata Captain Bhery Eastern Metropolitan Bypass Gour Kishore Ghosh Nalban 3rd Avenue Green Line (Line 2) IT Centre Green Line Nabadiganta Keshtopur Canal Nazrul Tirtha Swapnabhor Biswa Bangla Convention Centre Keshtopur Canal Shiksha Tirtha Mother's Wax Museum New Town Depot Eco Park Mangaldeep City Centre-2 Chinar Park Rajarhat Road Green Line (Line 2) VIP Road Green Line Yellow Line (Line 4) Jai Hind Yellow Line Airport Depot Yellow Line (Line 4)
Location

After lot of hardships and developmental work, the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of Kolkata Metro Line 6 was inaugurated on 6 March 2024 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with the truncated sections of Taratala-Majerhat under Line 3 and Esplanade-Howrah Maidan under Line 2.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

The Station

Structure

Satyajit Ray track layout
Legend
to Jyotirindra Nandi P2 P1 to Kavi Subhash
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

Layout

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
	Southbound	Towards →Kavi Subhash→ next station is Kavi Subhash→ Change at the next station for Blue Line
	Northbound	→Towards ←Jai Hind← next station is Jyotirindra Nandi←
	Side platform doors will open on the left
L2

Gallery

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See also

• List of Kolkata Metro stations

References

1. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
2. "Hope for ops start of three new Metro links in March first week". The Times of India. 19 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
3. "এগোচ্ছে কাজ, নিউ গড়িয়ায় মিলবে তিনটি মেট্রোপথ" (in Bengali). Kolkata: www.anandabazar.com. Anandabazar. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
4. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
5. "India's deepest Metro station at Howrah also to be the largest". The Times of India. 1 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
6. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.