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Dum Dum Cantonment metro station, is a station of line 4 of Kolkata Metro. It is situated just beside the Dum Dum Cantonment railway station. This station was proposed in Line 4, in the budget of 2010–11. It is also the part of the integration of old line of Circular Railway from Dum Dum Cantt. to Biman Bandar.[1][2]

This article relies too much on references to primary sources. (August 2019)

Dum Dum Cantonment
Kolkata Metro station
General information
Location	NC Mitra Rd, Green Park, Subhash Nagar, Dum Dum, West Bengal 700028 India
Coordinates	22.6380°N 88.4123°E / 22.6380; 88.4123
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Operated by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Dum Dum Cantt.
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Under Construction
History
Opening	2022 (expected)
Electrified	750V DC
Previous names	Moulana Abul Kalam Azad
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Noapara Terminus Line 4 (under construction) Jessore Road towards Barasat

The Station

Structure

This is an elevated station having 2 levels.

Complex

Layout

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
	Northbound	Towards →Biman Bandar→ →
	Southbound	→Towards ←Noapara← ←
	Side platform doors will open on the left
L2

Connections

Auto

6 Auto services available from this station. Autos available towards Nager Bazar More, Pramod Nagar Bazar, Matkol, Shibtala, Matish Roy Setu and Dudhpukur.

Bus

Bus route number 30D serves the station.[3] One irregular service from WBTC route no. M-34 towards Esplanade also available sometimes.

Rail

Dum Dum Cantonment railway station is just beside the metro station.

Air

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is just 3.9 km away from the station which will be connected via this metro line. The Biman Bandar metro station which will serve the airport is the fourth station of Noapara to Barasat bound trains.

Entry/Exits

3 Entry/Exit gates are there in this station. One at the North end, one at the South end and one gate from Mezzanine floor will directly connects towards existing FOB of Dum Dum Cantonment railway station

References

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