Sakher Bazar metro station

Sakher Bazar is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Purple Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.^[1] It was opened in the first phase of this line. The station was commissioned on 30 December 2022.^[2]

Sakher Bazar সখের বাজার
Kolkata Metro station
General information
Location	Diamond Harbour Rd, Silpara, Barisha, Kolkata, West Bengal 700008 India
Coordinates	22.474611°N 88.309991°E / 22.474611; 88.309991
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Purple Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Esplanade Platform-2 → Joka
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Platform levels	2
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	KSKB
History
Opened	30 December 2022; 2 years ago (2022-12-30)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Thakurpukur towards Diamond Park Purple Line Behala Chowrasta towards Eden Gardens
Route map Legend Eden Gardens Green Line to Howrah Maidan Blue Line to Dakshineswar     Green Line to Teghoria Esplanade Park Street Blue Line to Kavi Subhash Victoria Tolly Canal Khidirpur Mominpur Majerhat Taratala Behala Bazar Behala Chowrasta Sakher Bazar Thakurpukur Joka Joka depot Diamond Park IIM-Joka
Location Sakher Bazar Location within Kolkata Metro Show map of Kolkata Metro Sakher Bazar Sakher Bazar (Kolkata) Show map of Kolkata

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, RVNL 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-Taratla 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

Sakherbazaar track layout
Legend
to Behala Chowrasta P1 P2 to Thakurpukur
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 1 Northbound	Towards → Esplanade next station is Behala Chowrasta
	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards ← Joka next station is Thakurpukur
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Connections

Bus

Rail

Air

Entry/Exit

Gallery

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  Sakherbazar metro station complex
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  Sakherbazar metro station signage