Sakherbazar metro station

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Sakher Bazar
সখেরবাজার
; Sakher Bazar ; সখেরবাজার
Kolkata Metro
General information
Location	Diamond Harbour Rd, Silpara, Barisha, Kolkata, West Bengal 700008; India
Coordinates	22.474611°N 88.309991°E
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata; Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
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
History
Opened	30 December 2022
Electrified	750V DC third rail
Services
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Sakherbazar 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]

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, NVRL 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]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Joka-Taratala stretch, including Joka metro station of Kolkata Metro's Purple Line on 30 December 2022 in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Indian 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]

Sakherbazaar track 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 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
L2

Sakherbazar metro station signage

to Behala Chowrasta

to Thakurpukur

"Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
"PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Joka-Taratala stretch of Kolkata Metro; See Pics". zeenews.india.com. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
Bandyopadhyay, Krishnendu (1 March 2019). "Work begins at Joka Metro depot, wall built". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
"Kolkata Metro: First glimpse of Joka-Taratala route in pics". www.livemint.com. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
"In-pics: Inaugration of Vande Bharat Express, Joka-Taratala Metro & more news from Kolkata". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

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[1] "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

[2] "PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Joka-Taratala stretch of Kolkata Metro; See Pics". zeenews.india.com. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[3] Bandyopadhyay, Krishnendu (1 March 2019). "Work begins at Joka Metro depot, wall built". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[livemint-4] "Kolkata Metro: First glimpse of Joka-Taratala route in pics". www.livemint.com. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[5] "In-pics: Inaugration of Vande Bharat Express, Joka-Taratala Metro & more news from Kolkata". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 31 December 2022.