Gitanjali metro station

History[edit]

Station layout[edit]

Connections[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Bus[edit]

Route map
	Legend
	Chord link Line
	to Dankuni
	Eastern Line
	to Ranaghat
	Eastern Line
	to Bongaon
	Circular Line &
	Sealdah South
	← to Howrah Maidan
	to VIP Road →
	Circular Line &
	Sealdah South
	Sealdah South
	to Sealdah
	Sealdah South
	to Namkhana

Gitanjali

গীতাঞ্জলি
Gitanjali; গীতাঞ্জলি
Kolkata Metro station
	Gitanjali Metro station
General information
Location	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road, Naktala, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal 700047
Coordinates	22°28′10″N 88°22′12″E / 22.469426°N 88.369985°E
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata; Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Side platform; Platform-1 → Dakshineshwar; Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KGTN
History
Opened	August 22, 2009; 14 years ago
Electrified	750 V DC Third Rail
Previous names	Naktala
Services
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Chord link Line
	to Dankuni
	Eastern Line
	to Ranaghat
	Eastern Line
	to Bongaon
	Circular Line &
	Sealdah South
	← to Howrah Maidan
	to VIP Road →
	Circular Line &
	Sealdah South
	Sealdah South
	to Sealdah
	Sealdah South
	to Namkhana
Location

Gitanjali is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro which is located in Naktala, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.^[2]^[3] It is named after the famous 'Gitanjali' or Song Offerings, a collection of 103 English poems, largely translations, of the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.

Gitanjali track layout

Legend

Station with two tracks and two side platforms

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 2 Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Kavi Nazrul
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Masterda Surya Sen
	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
L2

Bus route number 80A, 228, SD5, S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), AC6, S6A, S7 etc. serve the station.^[4]^[5]

^ "Kolkata metro expands". Railway Gazette. 10 September 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
^ "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Ontrack Systems. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
^ "UrbanRail.net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". UrbanRail.net. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
^ "(home)". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ "Bus Services". Transport Department Government of West Bengal.

to Masterda Surya Sen

to Kavi Nazrul

Kolkata/Southern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage
Kolkata/East travel guide from Wikivoyage
Google. "Gitanjali metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.

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[Gazette-1] "Kolkata metro expands". Railway Gazette. 10 September 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2011.

[2] "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Ontrack Systems. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

[3] "UrbanRail.net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". UrbanRail.net. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

[4] "(home)". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[5] "Bus Services". Transport Department Government of West Bengal.

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