Thakurpukur metro station

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Thakurpukur
ঠাকুরপুকুর
; Thakurpukur; ঠাকুরপুকুর
Kolkata Metro station
General information
Location	Thakurpukur, Kolkata 700063, West Bengal
Coordinates	22.464261°N 88.307555°E
Line(s)	Purple Line
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Status	Operational
History
Opened	30 December 2022
Services
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Location
	Thakurpukur Location within Kolkata

Thakurpukur is a metro station of the Kolkata Metro in Thakurpukur, Kolkata, India. It is an elevated station and located in Thakurpukur, above the Diamond Harbour road. It is a station of Line 3 of the Kolkata Metro.[1] The station was commissioned on 30 December 2022.[2]

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.[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 30th 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

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 Behala Sakherbazaar
	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards ← Joka
	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
L2
L2

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 12C, 12C/1A, 12C/1B, 40B, 75 (Babughat to Raypur), 83, 210, 235, SD4, SD5, SD8, SD9, SD14, SD16, SD18, SD19, SD22/1, SD26, SD27, SD76, 11A (Mini), S119 (Mini), S131 (Mini), C8, C37, C38, M16A, S3A, S3W, S12D, S16, AC4B, AC12D, AC52, VS6 etc. serve the station.[6]

References

"New hope for Joka-BBD Bag Metro stretch".
"PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Joka-Taratala stretch of Kolkata Metro; See Pics". zeenews.india.com. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
Bandyopadhyay, Krishnendu (1 March 2019). "Work begins at Joka Metro depot, wall built". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
"Kolkata Metro: First glimpse of Joka-Taratala route in pics". www.livemint.com. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
"In-pics: Inaugration of Vande Bharat Express, Joka-Taratala Metro & more news from Kolkata". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
"Bus Services".

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[1] "New hope for Joka-BBD Bag Metro stretch".

[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.

[livemint-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.

[6] "Bus Services".