Planned distance Planned Number of

Metro Line
(Kms) Stations

Line 2: Howrah Maidan to Salt Lake Sector

14.67 12
V

Line 3: BBD Bagh to Joka 16.72 13

Line 4: Noapara - Barasat 17.025 9

Line 6: New Garia - NSCB Airport 32 24

Line 1: Neopara - Barangar - Dakshineshwar

4.139 3
(extension)"

Approved (construction to commence soon):

Kavi Subhash (New Garia) - Biman Bandar" 29.1 23

Line 5: Baranagar - Barrackpore 12.4 11

Esplanade - Joka Bird Bagh" 15.075 14

Howrah - Salt Lake (East-West Corridor) 14.67 17

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Phase I was completed in 1995, from Dum Dum to Tollygunge (Mahanayak Uttam
Kumar). Phase II from Mahanayak Uttam Kumar to Kavi Nazrul station in 2009. The last
leg upto Kavi Subhash station was opened in 2010 and in 2013 further extended to
Naopara. Today about 5 lakh passengers enjoy the benefits of this modern metro
system every day.

Kolkata Metro was the nation's first metro and developed as a totally indigenous
procedure, it was more an experimental undertaking when compared to the Delhi Metro.
Therefore, it took about 23 years to build the 17 km 'Underground Railroad' but, the
project, for sure, has carved a unique position in the hearts of the people.

East - West corridor connection between Howrah Railway Station and Bidhannagar was
sanctioned in 2008. This would connect two of the busiest railway stations in the world;
Howrah and Sealdah, and would pass under the Hooghly River. It would be the first
river crossing metro in the country. The work on this 'underwater railroad' has
commenced; the journey would give Kolkata its second metro; a metro the residents
and Indians would be proud of.

Existing - Noapara to Kavi Subhash (27.28 km)

Noapara, Dum Dum, Belgarhia, Shyam Bazaar, Shobha Bazaar, Girish Park, M G
Road, Central, Chandini Chowk, Esplanade, Park street, Maidan, Rabindra Sadan,
Netaji Bhawan, J D Park, Kalighat, Rabindra Sarobar, M H Uttam Kumar, Netaji, Master
da Surya Sen, Geetanjali, Kavi Nazrul, Shaheed Khudiram, Kavi Subhash (New Gharia)

Neopara - Dum Dum to New Garia Metro line is of 27.28 kilometres and has 24 stations.

The metro network is currently under expansion and work is in progress on four lines
namely Howrah Maidan to Salt Lake Sect V, BBD Bagh to Joka, Noapara to Barasat,
and New Garia to NSCB Airport. Two more lines are approved and construction is yet to
commence. These are Dum Dum to Dakshineswar - which is the extension of the
existing line and a new line Baranagar to Barrackpore of West Bengal.