Kolkata Metro Line 3

Transit line in Kolkata, India

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Kolkata Metro Line 3

Diamond Park - Esplanade Metro

Kolkata Metro Line 3 viaduct along the Diamond Harbour Road

Overview
Status| Phase 1 - Operational

Phase 2 - Under Construction

Phase 3 - Planned
Owner| Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line number| 3
Locale|  Kolkata, India
Termini|

* Diamond Park (South)
* Esplanade (North)

Connecting lines| Blue Line Green Line
Stations| 6 (operational)
Website| Indian Railways
Service
Type| Rapid transit
System| Kolkata Metro
Operator(s)| Metro Railway, Kolkata
History
Opened| 30 December 2022; 14 months ago (2022-12-30)
Technical
Line length| 18.47 kilometres (11.48 mi) Operational: 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi)
Under Construction: 8.58 kilometres (5.33 mi)
Planned: 3.39 kilometres (2.11 mi)[1]
Number of tracks| 2
Character| Elevated and Underground
Track gauge| 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification| 750 V DC using third rail[2]
Operating speed| 80 km/h (50 mph) (designed)

Route map

Legend

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|  | Esplanade

| Blue Line

Green Line

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|  | Park Street

Blue Line

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Blue Line (Line 1)

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|  | Victoria
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Tolly Canal

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|  | Khidirpur

Khiddirpur

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|  | Mominpur
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|  | Majerhat

Majerhat

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|  | Taratala
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|  | Behala Bazar
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|  | Behala Chowrasta
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|  | Sakher Bazar
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|  | Thakurpukur
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|  | Joka
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|  | IIM Calcutta
|  |

|  | Diamond Park
|  |  |  |  |  |

Kolkata Metro Line 3 or the Purple Line is a line of the Kolkata Metro. The 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) stretch from Joka to Taratala of the 15.08 kilometres (9.37 mi) line was inaugurated on 30 December 2022.[3][4] The route spans 15.08 kilometres (9.37 mi) from Joka in the south, to Esplanade in the north with an extension of 3.39 kilometres (2.11 mi) to Diamond Park from Joka.[5] It will connect Kolkata Metro Line 1 at Park Street in central Kolkata and run in parallel up to Esplanade in central Kolkata where it will connect Kolkata Metro Line 2 also. Line 3 is being built by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited.

## Development[edit]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the Joka-Taratala stretch of Purple Line of Kolkata Metro on December 30, 2022.

Around 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) of the project will be elevated and the rest of 6.32 kilometres (3.93 mi) of the metro line will be underground.[4] The project is getting delayed due to nonavailability of land for the construction of train depot at Joka. In 2019, RVNL was given the land required for building the depot and the construction for its boundary wall and land development started in February 2019.[6] Tenders for its construction and plant & machinery were invited in April 2020.[7]

Construction was further delayed in September 2018 due to the Majerhat Bridge collapse, the metro was being built right next to the bridge.

Tender for Majherhat to Esplanade underground section has been floated in 1st week of December 2019.

By 15 September 2022, the stretch from Joka to Taratala has been fully constructed and electrification has been done. Testing trials are underway from Joka to Taratala using the old decommissioned Metro Rakes. Eventually in service there will be new air conditioned metro rakes. The stretch from Majerhat to Esplanade is under construction.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Joka-Taratala stretch, including Joka metro station of Kolkata Metro's Purple Line on 30 December 2022 in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Indian Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Some students from schools especially St Thomas Boys School, whose premises are utilised for planned Khidirpur metro station in this stretch, were granted the rare opportunity to be the first ones to ride in this Joka-Taratala stretch after the inauguration.[8][9][10]

After lot of hardships and developmental work the Taratala-Majerhat section of Kolkata Metro Line 3 is due to be inaugurated on 7 March 2024 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with the truncated sections of Esplanade-Howrah Maidan under Line 2 and Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay under Line 6.[11]

## List of stations[edit]

Main article: List of Kolkata metro stations

The work has been sanctioned in 2010-11 for the new Metro line from Joka to B.B.D. Bagh for a length of 16.72 km (10.39 mi) at an anticipated cost of Rs. 2619.02 Crores. But, later the route was shortened and planned to terminate at Esplanade. A separate Depot is under construction in Joka. It is being built by RVNL and the tender has gone to Simplex Infrastructures. The extension of this line to IIM and Diamond Park for 2 km (1.2 mi) has been sanctioned in the Budget of 2012–13 at a cost of Rs. 294.49 Cr. The execution of this work has been entrusted to RVNL.

There are 3 phases in this line-

* Joka to Taratala (Operational)
* Taratala to Esplanade (Under construction)
* Diamond Park to Joka (Planned)

Line 3 (Purple Line)

No.  | Station Name  | Location  | Phase  | Opening  | Connections  | Layout  | Coordinates  | Notes
| English  | Bengali
1  | Diamond Park | ডায়মন্ড পার্ক  | Joka | 3  | Planned  |  Vivekananda Mission School Bus Stop  | Elevated  |  |
2  | IIM | আইআইএম  |  |
3 | Joka | জোকা  | 1A | Operational |  Joka bus Depot

Diamond Park Bus Stop

|  | Also known as Diamond Park
4 | Thakurpukur | ঠাকুরপুকুর  | Thakurpukur |

Thakurpukur Police Station Bus Stop

Thakurpukur Bazar Bus Stand

|  |
5 | Sakherbazar | সখেরবাজার  | Behala |

Thakurpukur Bus Depot

Silpara Bus Stop

Behala Sakherbazar Minibus Stand

Kadamtala Bus Stand

|  | Also known as Silpara
6 | Behala Chowrasta | বেহালা চৌরাস্তা |

Behala Chowrasta Bus Stand

|  |
7 | Behala Bazar | বেহালা বাজার |

Behala Bazar Bus Stop

|  |
8 | Taratala | তারাতলা  | Taratala |

Ajanta Cinema Bus Stop

Taratala Bus Stand

|  | Also known as Pathakpara
9 | Majerhat | মাঝেরহাট  | Majerhat  | 1B  | Under Construction  |  Majerhat Station

DH Road Mint Bus Stop

Majherhat Gurudwara Bus Stop

|  |
10 | Mominpur | মোমিনপুর  | Mominpur  |  Mominpore Bus Stop  |  |
11 | Kidderpore | খিদিরপুর  | Kidderpore | 2 |  Khidirpur Station

Khidderpore Crossing Tram Stop Khidderpore Bus Stop

| Underground  |  |
12 | Victoria | ভিক্টোরিয়া  | Maidan |  Hastings Tram Stop

Victoria Memorial Bus Stop

PG Hospital Bus Stop

Birla Planetarium Bus Stop

|  | Also known as Hastings
13 | Park Street | পার্ক স্ট্রিট  | Park Street |  Park Street Bus Stop

|  |
14 | Esplanade | এসপ্ল্যানেড  | Esplanade |

(Under Construction)

Esplanade Bus Station(WBTC,SBSTC,NBSTC)

Esplanade Tram Depot

|  | International Bus Terminus. Also known as Dharmatala / Chowringhee

## Gallery[edit]

* ICF Medha rake MR 418 on the day of inauguration of line 3 at Joka metro station

* The day of inauguration of phase 1

## See also[edit]

* List of Kolkata metro stations
* Kolkata Metro Rolling Stock
* 2018 Kolkata bridge collapse
* Kolkata Suburban Railway

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Kolkata Metro Map".
2. ^ "CAF to supply Kolkata metro trains". Railway Gazette. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
3. ^ "Kolkata Metro: First glimpse of Joka-Taratala route in pics". mint. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
4. ^ a b Bandyopadhyay, Krishnendu; Chakraborty, Ajanta (10 June 2019). "Kolkata: Work on fast track as East-West Metro eyes new links in next two years | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
5. ^ "Kolkata Metro Line 3".
6. ^ Bandyopadhyay, Krishnendu (1 March 2019). "Work begins at Joka Metro depot, wall built | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
7. ^ "RVNL Invites Bids for Kolkata Metro Line-3's Joka Depot". The Metro Rail Guy. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
8. ^ "Kolkata Metro: First glimpse of Joka-Taratala route in pics". www.livemint.com. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
9. ^ "In-pics: Inaugration of Vande Bharat Express, Joka-Taratala Metro & more news from Kolkata". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
10. ^ "Another school demands Metro route tweak". The Times of India. 18 December 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
11. ^ "Hope for ops start of three new Metro links in March first week". The Times of India. 19 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

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Kolkata Metro

Purple Line
(Line 3)|

| Stations|

* Diamond Park
* IIM
* Joka
* Thakurpukur
* Sakherbazar
* Behala Chowrasta
* Behala Bazar
* Taratala
* Majherhat
* Mominpur
* Kidderpore
* Victoria
* Park Street ■
* Esplanade ■ ■

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Depots|

* Joka depot

See also|

* List of Kolkata Metro stations
* List of Kolkata Metro depots and yards
* Kolkata Metro rolling stock

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construction

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semi-high speed|

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Proposed|

* Prayagraj Metro
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Tram|

| Operational|

* Kolkata Tram

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Defunct|

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