Draft:Kolkata metro line 6

Kolkata Metro Line 6

Biman Bandar - Kavi Subhash
Kolkata Metro Line 6; ; Biman Bandar - Kavi Subhash
	Entry at Kavi Sukanta metro station
Overview
Other name(s)	New Town metro; Airport Metro; Bypass Metro;
Status	Operational
Owner	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line number	6
Locale	Kolkata metropolitan area, India
Termini	Kavi Subhash (south); Biman Bandar (north);
Connecting lines	Blue Line Green Line Yellow Line
Stations	24
Website	mtp.indianrailways.gov.in
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Kolkata Metro
Operator(s)	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Depot(s)	NSCBI Airport (under construction); New Garia; New Town (under construction);
Rolling stock	3
Daily ridership	500,000 (projected)
History
Opened	6 March 2024; 56 days ago
Last extension	6 March 2024; 56 days ago
Technical
Line length	29.87 kilometres (18.56 mi); 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi)(Operational)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Surface – 1; Underground – 1; Elevated – 22;
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification	750 V DC using third rail
Operating speed	80 km/h (designed)
Signalling	Communications-based train control
Route map
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Kolkata Metro Line 6 or the Orange Line of the Kolkata Metro, in the Indian state of West Bengal, is a rapid transit line that will connect New Garia with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport via two satellite towns Salt Lake and New Town. It currently operates between Kavi Subhash and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay. 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).^[1]

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).^[2] It connects Line 1 at Kavi Subhash and will eventually connect Lines 2 and 4.