Kolkata Metro Line 6

Kolkata Metro Line 6 or the Orange Line of the Kolkata Metro, in the Indian state of West Bengal, is an under-construction rapid transit line that will connect New Garia with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport via two satellite towns Salt Lake and New Town. This stretch will be one of the most important stretches of the metro because it will connect the southern and the eastern parts of the city with Kolkata Airport. The total distance of this route will be 29.87 km (18.56 mi).

Kolkata Metro Line 6

Biman Bandar - Kavi Subhash
Overview
Other name(s)
  • New Town metro
  • Airport Metro
  • Bypass Metro
StatusUnder construction
OwnerMetro Railway, Kolkata
Line number6
LocaleKolkata metropolitan area, India
Termini
Connecting linesBlue Line Green Line Yellow Line
Stations24
Websitemtp.indianrailways.gov.in
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemKolkata Metro
Operator(s)Metro Railway, Kolkata
Depot(s)
  • NSCBI Airport (under construction)
  • New Garia
  • New Town (under construction)
Rolling stock2 (planned)
Daily ridership500,000 (projected)
History
Commenced2012
Planned opening2024 (Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay)
Technical
Line length29.87 kilometres (18.56 mi)
Number of tracks2
Character
  • Surface – 1
  • Underground – 1
  • Elevated – 22
Track gauge5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification750 V DC using third rail
Operating speed80 km/h (designed)
SignallingCommunications-based train control
Route map

Kavi Subhash
Satyajit Ray
Jyotirindra Nandi
Panchanangram Canal
Kavi Sukanta
Hemanta Mukherjee
VIP Bazaar
Ritwik Ghatak
Storm Water Outlet Canal
Barun Sengupta
Beliaghata
Captain Bhery
Gour Kishore Ghosh
Nicco Park
3rd Avenue
Salt Lake Sector-V
Technopolis
Keshtopur Canal
Bidhannagar
Sub CBD 1
CBD 1
Keshtopur Canal
CBD 2
Newtown
Convention Centre
Sub CBD 2
Titumir
Rajarhat Road
Rabindra Tirtha
VIP Road
Biman Bandar
Airport Depot

The trials of the 5.4 km (3.4 mi) Kavi Subhas-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay station at Ruby crossing segment was covered in eight minutes without stoppages. The speed trials for the East-West Metro during the CRS inspection in 2019 had been at 80 km/h (50 mph).

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