Behala Chowrasta metro station

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Behala Chowrasta
Behala Chowrasta
	Behala Chowrasta metro station gate C
General information
Location	Diamond Harbour Rd, Behala Chowrasta ; Kolkata, West Bengal 700008; India
Coordinates	22°29′15″N 88°18′48″E / 22.48752°N 88.31342°E
System	Kolkata Metro
Operator	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line	Purple Line
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	KBCR
History
Opening	30 December 2022; 3 years ago
Services
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	Blue Line to Dakshineswar
	Green Line to Teghoria
Location
Location

Behala Chowrasta is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Purple Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is located exactly above the Behala Chowrasta intersection on Diamond Harbour Road / NH-12. ^[1] It was opened in the first phase of this line. 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-Taratala 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]

The Joka–Taratala stretch was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 December 2022 in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and 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

L2	Side platform, Doors will open on the left
Platform 2	Train towards Joka (Sakher Bazar) →
Platform 1	← Train towards Majerhat (Behala Bazar)
Side platform, Doors will open on the left
L1	Concourse	Fare control, station agent, Metro QR ticket vending machines, crossover
G	Street level	Exit/Entrance

Electricity and signal systems

Like the other stations and lines of the Kolkata Metro, this station will use 750 volts DC power supply by the third railway to operate the trains.

Train movement will be conducted at this station and on the railway by communication-based train control signal system. This signal system can operate a 5 second interval train.