Behala Bazar metro station
{{Short description|Kolkata Metro's Purple Line metro station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Behala Bazar
| native_name = বেহালা বাজার
| style = Kolkata Metro
| type = {{Kolkata Metro Infobox station line
| line = Purple
}}
| symbol = m
| symbol_location = kolkata
| address = Diamond Harbour Rd, Behala Bazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700034
| image = Behala Bazar Metro Gate A.jpg
| country = {{flag|India}}
| owned = Metro Railway, Kolkata
| operator = Kolkata Metro
| lines = {{rcb|Kolkata Metro|Purple|croute}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.498929|N|88.317354|E|}}
| platforms = Side platform
Platform-1 → Esplanade
Platform-2 → Joka
| tracks = 2
| structure = Elevated, Double track
| levels = 2
| parking = No
| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}
| status = Operational
| opening = {{start date and age|df=yes|2022|12|30}}
| electrified =
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Kolkata Metro|line=Purple|left=Behala Chowrasta|right=Taratala|to-right=Eden Gardens|to-left=Diamond Park}}
| map_type = India Kolkata Metro#India Kolkata
| route_map = {{Kolkata Metro Purple Line}}
}}
Behala Bazar is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Purple Line of Kolkata Metro which is located in Behala Bazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. This station was commissioned on 30 December 2022.{{cite news |title=PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Joka-Taratala stretch of Kolkata Metro; See Pics |url=https://zeenews.india.com/railways/pm-narendra-modi-inaugurates-joka-taratala-stretch-of-kolkata-metro-see-pics-2555721.html |access-date=30 December 2022 |publisher=zeenews.india.com |date=30 December 2022}}
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 Thakurpukur metro station.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/work-begins-at-joka-metro-depot-wall-built/articleshow/68208956.cms|title=Work begins at Joka Metro depot, wall built|last=Bandyopadhyay|first=Krishnendu|date=1 March 2019|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=30 December 2022}}
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.
The Joka–Taratala stretch was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 December 2022 in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and 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.{{cite news |title=Kolkata Metro: First glimpse of Joka-Taratala route in pics |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/kolkata-metro-first-glimpse-of-joka-taratala-route-in-pics-11672372907422.html |access-date=30 December 2022 |publisher=www.livemint.com |date=30 December 2022 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=In-pics: Inaugration of Vande Bharat Express, Joka-Taratala Metro & more news from Kolkata |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/in-pics-inaugration-of-vande-bharat-express-joka-taratala-metro-more-news-from-kolkata-photogallery/cid/1906840 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}
Station layout
{{stack|{{Routemap
| title = Behala Bazaar track layout
| title-bg = #{{rail color|Kolkata Metro|Purple}}
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map = vCONTgfa
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Kolkata Metro|Taratala}}
- P1\cPLT\vSTR\cPLT\*P2
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|Kolkata Metro|Behala Chowrasta}}
vCONTgfe
| bottom =
}}}}
| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="0"
| valign="top" width="50" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" |G | valign="top" width="100" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Street level | valign="top" width="500" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Exit/Entrance |
| valign="top" |L1
| valign="top" |Mezzanine | valign="top" |Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| rowspan="4" valign="top" width="50" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |L2
| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |Side platform |
| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform 1 Northbound | width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Towards → Esplanade next station is Taratala |
| Platform 2 Southbound |Towards ← Joka next station is Behala Chowrasta |
| colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Side platform |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" width="50" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |L2
| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" | | width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" | |
Finance
Gallery
File:Joka Bound Metro Entering to Platform 1 of Behala Bazar Metro Station.webm|A Joka-bound metro is entering platform no, 1 of Behala Bazar metro station
References
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{{Kolkata Metro|purple line=yes}}
Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2022