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Gitanjali is a station of the Kolkata Metro located in Naktala.[2][3]

Gitanjali গীতাঞ্জলি
Kolkata Metro station
Gitanjali metro station
General information
Location	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road, Naktala, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal 700047
Coordinates	22.469426°N 88.369985°E / 22.469426; 88.369985
Owned by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Side Platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	KGTN
History
Opened	August 22, 2009; 13 years ago (2009-08-22)[1]
Electrified	750 V DC Third Rail
Previous names	Naktala
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Masterda Surya Sen towards Dakshineswar Line 1 Kavi Nazrul towards Kavi Subhash
Route map Legend Chord link line to Dankuni Dakshineswar  Pink Line  to Barrackpore Baranagar Eastern line to Ranaghat Noapara Depot Noapara Keshtopur Canal  Yellow Line  to Barasat Eastern line to Bongaon Dum Dum Belgachia Circular line & Sealdah South lines Circular Canal Shyambazar Shobhabazar Sutanuti Girish Park Mahatma Gandhi Road Central Chandni Chowk  Green Line  ← to Howrah Maidan to Teghoria → Esplanade Park Street  Purple Line  to Diamond Park Maidan Rabindra Sadan Netaji Bhavan Jatin Das Park Kalighat Tollygunge Rabindra Sarobar Circular line & Sealdah South lines Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Tollygunge depot Netaji Masterda Surya Sen Gitanjali Kavi Nazrul Shahid Khudiram  Orange Line  to Biman Bandar Sealdah South lines to Sealdah Kavi Subhash New Garia depot Sealdah South lines to Namkhana
Location
Gitanjali Location within Kolkata

It is named after the famous 'Gitanjali' or Song Offerings, a collection of 103 English poems, largely translations, of the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.

History

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Construction

The station

Structure

Gitanjali elevated metro station is situated on the Kolkata Metro Line 1 of Kolkata Metro.

Station layout

Gitanjali track layout
Legend
to Masterda Surya Sen to Kavi Nazrul
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
	Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Kavi Nazrul
	Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Masterda Surya Sen
	Side platform doors will open on the left
L2

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 80A, 228, SD5, S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), AC6, S6A, S7 etc. serve the station.[4][5]

See also

References

External links

• Kolkata/Southern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Kolkata/East travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Google. "Gitanjali metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.

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