Gitanjali metro station

Gitanjali

গীতাঞ্জলি
Gitanjali; গীতাঞ্জলি
	Gitanjali Metro station
General information
Location	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road, Naktala, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal 700047; India
Coordinates	22°28′10″N 88°22′12″E / 22.469426°N 88.369985°E
System	Kolkata Metro station
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line	Blue Line
Platforms	Side platform; Platform-1 → Dakshineswar; Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KGTN
History
Opened	22 August 2009
Previous names	Naktala
Services
Route map
Route map
	Chord link Line
	to Dankuni
	Eastern Line
	to Ranaghat
	Eastern Line
	to Bongaon
	Circular Line &
	Sealdah South
	← to Howrah Maidan
	to Teghoria →
	Circular Line &
	Sealdah South
	Sealdah South
	to Sealdah
	Sealdah South
	to Namkhana
Location
Location

Gitanjali is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Naktala, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.^[2]^[3] It is named after the famous 'Gitanjali' or Song Offerings, a collection of 103 English poems, largely translations, of the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.

Station layout

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 2 Southbound	Towards → Shahid Khudiram next station is Kavi Nazrul
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Masterda Surya Sen
	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
L2

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

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^ "(home)". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ "Bus Services". Transport Department Government of West Bengal.