Jai Hind metro station

Jai Hind (also referred to as Biman Bandar) is an underground metro station of Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro in Dum Dum, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.^[1] It serves the city of Kolkata's main airport, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. The station was inaugurated on 22 August 2025.^[2][3] The station will be a future interchange when it hosts Orange Line of Kolkata Metro till Kavi Subhash.^[4] It is the largest underground metro station in India.^[5]

Jai Hind (Bimanbandar) জয় হিন্দ (বিমানবন্দর)
Kolkata Metro station (interchange and terminus)
General information
Location	NSCB International Airport, Dum Dum, Kolkata, West Bengal 700052 India
Coordinates	22°38′46″N 88°26′09″E
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line(s)	Yellow Line Orange Line
Platforms	1 Side platform & 2 Island platforms
Tracks	2 for Yellow Line (Operational) 2 for Orange Line (under construction) 1 for Emergency (Under construction)
Connections	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	12 m
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	KJHD
History
Opened	22 August 2025; 4 days ago (2025-08-22)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station VIP Road towards Kavi Subhash Orange Line Terminus Jessore Road towards Noapara Yellow Line Birati towards Barasat
Route map Legend Sealdah South New Garia Depot Kavi Subhash Blue Line Blue Line Sealdah South Satyajit Ray Jyotirindra Nandi Panchanangram Canal Kavi Sukanta Rashbehari Avenue Hemanta Mukhopadhyay VIP Bazar Ritwik Ghatak Storm Water Outlet Canal Barun Sengupta Beleghata Captain Bhery Eastern Metropolitan Bypass Gour Kishore Ghosh Nalban 3rd Avenue Green Line IT Centre Green Line Nabadiganta Keshtopur Canal Nazrul Tirtha Swapnabhor Biswa Bangla Convention Centre Keshtopur Canal Shiksha Tirtha Mother's Wax Museum New Town Depot Eco Park Mangaldeep City Centre-2 Chinar Park Rajarhat Road VIP Road Green Line Yellow Line Jai Hind Yellow Line Airport Depot Yellow Line Show Orange Line route map Legend Blue Line to Dakshineswar Noapara Depot Noapara Blue Line to Kavi Subhash Kestopur Canal Eastern Line to Sealdah Dum Dum Cantonment Jessore Road Jessore Road Orange Line to Kavi Subhash Jai Hind Airport Depot Birati Michael Nagar Noai Canal Bidhanpally Madhyamgram Hridaypur Vidyasagar Stadium Barasat Eastern Line to Hasnabad Uttar Seethi Eastern Line to Bongaon Jaypur Jaypur Depot Suripukur Show Yellow Line route map
Location Jai Hind (Bimanbandar) Location within Kolkata Metro Show map of Kolkata Metro Jai Hind (Bimanbandar) Jai Hind (Bimanbandar) (Kolkata) Show map of Kolkata

Features

This station will also have a stabling yard, and it will be the largest underground facility of India, and city's first. It will be 550m long and 41.6m wide, and will facilitate stabling and reversal of rakes, but it will not be a carshed.^[6] Previously the station was planned elevated, but after objection from AAI, the route was reworked and the station was planned underground from Airport to New Barrackpore.^[7]

Facilities

Jai Hind metro station moving walkways

As of April 2019^[update], the station is planned to be around 150m away from the terminal building.^[8] It will be connected via subways which will be having moving walkways.^[8]

Interchanges

Jai Hind metro station platforms

Here, Yellow and Orange Lines will meet. There will be 5 tracks, two for Yellow Line, two for Orange Line, one of which is for terminating and departing both Noapara and Barasat bound trains and one for the yard.

History

Construction

Biman Bandar railway station remants

The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL and the construction of the station-cum-yard is being done by ITD Cementation India Ltd. The old Kolkata Circular Railway Biman Bandar railway station was demolished and repurposed for this project. The tentative deadline is December 2021.^[9]

Airport metro depot

Delays

The work has been delayed for years due to multiple issues. At first AAI objected the station above the ground, stating that this could be a threat for air traffic. Many underground utilities, power sub-station and water treatment plant had to be shifted. Encroachments and Land acquisition problems held up the project for multiple times.^[10][11]

Station Layout

Jai Hind track layout
Legend
P1 to Birati P2 to Jessore Road P3 to Train Terminates Here P4 to VIP Road P5 for Emergency
Station with five tracks, two island and one side platforms

G	Street level	Beautified Garden, Exit/Entrance, Lift to Concourse
C	Concourse	Ticket Counters,Station Control Room, Metro Card vending machines, Automatic Fare collection gates
P	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards → Barasat next station is Birati →
	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards ← Noapara next station is Jessore Road ←
	Island platform | P2 & P3 doors will open on the left
	Platform 3 Northbound	Orange Line Train Terminates Here → Change to Yellow Line for Barasat or Noapara
	Platform 4 Southbound	Towards ← Kavi Subhash next station is VIP Road ←
	Island platform | P4 & P5 doors will open on the left
	Platform 5	For emergency use
P

Entry/Exits

Jai Hind metro station Gate 1

Entry/Exit 1: For Airport Terminal 1& 2 Building and Airport Bus Stand

Entry/Exit 2: Airport Taxi Stand

Entry/Exits 3: Metro Railway Office and Old Bimanbandar Railway Station

Entry/Exit 4: Airport Police Station

Entry/Exit 5: Airport Gate 2½, Near Jessore Road

Entry Exit 6&7: Planned

Connections

Road

A large number of buses ply on Jessore Rd are as follows:

• AC 39 (Airport - Howrah Stn.)^[12]
• VS 2 (Airport - Howrah Stn.)^[13]
• VS 1 (Airport - Esplanade)^[14]
• V1 (Airport - Tollygunge Tram Depot)^[15]
• AC 37A (Airport - Garia)^[16]
• AC 43 (Airport - Golf Green)^[17]
• S10 (Airport - Nabanna)
• AC 40 (Airport - Howrah Maidan)
• AC 38 (Dum Dum Stn. - Karunamoyee)
• AC 37 (Barasat - Garia)
• AC 2 (Barasat - Howrah)
• AC 23A (Rajchandrapur - Karunamoyee)
• AC 50A (Rajchandrapur - Garia)
• S23A (Rajchandrapur - Karunamoyee)
• EB-12 (Barasat - Karunamoyee)
• 30B (Gouripur - Babughat)
• 223 (B.T College - Golf Green)
• 237 (Birati - Babughat)
• 45 (Airport - Garia Stn.)
• 46 (Airport - Esplanade)
• L238 (Barasat - Howrah Stn.)
• 79B (Barasat - Bagbazar)
• DN-8 (Barasat - Salt Lake Sector V)
• 93 (Kharibari - Bagbazar)
• 79D (Madhyamgram - Babughat)
• S-151 Mini (Airport - B.B.D Bag)
• S-184 Mini (Birati - B.B.D Bag)
• S-175 Mini (New Barrackpore - Howrah Stn.)
• C-8 (Barasat - Joka)
• C-42 (Barasat - Howrah)
• C-23 (Dankuni - Park Circus)
• DN-47 (Barasat - Karunamoyee)
• DN-18 (Baduria - Shyambazar)
• 91 (Bhangar - Shyambazar)
• 91A (Harao Banstala - Shyambazar)
• Amarpally Bhagabati - Salt Lake Bus
• Barasat - Botanical Garden Bus
• Airport Gate No. 1 - Amta Bus etc.

Rail

Previously Eastern Railway operated Suburban Railway services (Kolkata Circular Railway) up to here. Currently the nearest stations are Dum Dum Cantonment railway station and Durganagar railway station.^[18][19]

Air

The station itself serves the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.^[10][20]

See also

• List of Kolkata Metro stations