Sakher Bazar metro station

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Sakher Bazar সখের বাজার Barisha, Kolkata, West Bengal 700008 India
Coordinates	22°28′29″N 88°18′36″E / 22.474611°N 88.309991°E / 22.474611; 88.309991
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Purple Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Elevated, Double track
Platform levels	2
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
History
Opened	30 December 2022; 15 months ago (2022-12-30)
Electrified	750V DC third rail
Services Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Joka Purple Line Behala Chowrasta towards Majerhat
Route map Legend Esplanade Blue Line Green Line Park Street Blue Line Blue Line (Line 1) Victoria Tolly Canal Khidirpur Khiddirpur Mominpur Majerhat Majerhat Taratala Behala Bazar Behala Chowrasta Sakher Bazar Thakurpukur Joka IIM Calcutta Diamond Park
Location

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]

History

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]

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

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Gallery

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  Sakherbazar metro station complex
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  Sakherbazar metro station signage

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