Mahanayak Uttam Kumar metro station

Mahanayak Uttam Kumar, formerly Tollygunge,[1] is a station of the Kolkata Metro.[2][3] The station is located in Tollygunge area. [4] The station has been named after Uttam Kumar, one of the most famous names of Indian Bengali Cinema.

Mahanayak Uttam Kumar
Kolkata Metro station
Mahanayak Uttam Kumar metro station
Location	Deshapran Sashmal Road, Tollygunge, Kolkata
Coordinates	22.494452°N 88.345154°E
Owned by	Kolkata Metro
Platforms	1 Side platform and 2 island platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Tollygunge Bus Terminal, Tollygunge Tram Depot
Construction
Structure type	At Grade
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	KMUK
History
Opened	April 29, 1986
Electrified	750 V DC Third Rail
Previous names	Tollygunge
Services
Preceding station   Kolkata Metro   Following station Rabindra Sarobar toward Dakshineswar Line 1 Netaji toward Kavi Subhash
Route map Chord link line to Dankuni Dakshineswar  Line 5  to Barrackpore Baranagar Eastern line to Ranaghat Noapara Depot Noapara Keshtopur Canal  Line 4  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  Line 2  ← to Howrah Maidan to Teghoria → Esplanade Park Street  Line 3  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  Line 6  to Biman Bandar Sealdah South lines to Sealdah Kavi Subhash New Garia depot Sealdah South lines to Namkhana
Location
Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Location within Kolkata

The Tollygunge Golf Club is on the west side of the station, the Royal Calcutta Golf Club lies less than a kilometre to the east and ITC Sangeet Research Academy is a short distance south along Deshapran Sashmal Road at Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Road.

Station Layout

It is an at-grade station of the Kolkata Metro Line 1.  Line 1 

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
P	Side platform doors will open on the left
	Southbound Platform 2	Netaji
	Northbound Platform 1B	Towards ←Rabindra Sarobar← ←
	Northbound Platform 1A	Towards ←Rabindra Sarobar← ←
Side platform doors will open on the left

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 12C/1B, 40A, 40B, 41, 41B, 47/1, 80A, 205, 205A, 208, 228, SD5, S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), S114 (Mini), S117 (Mini), S188 (Mini), C8, C14/1, M7B, M16, M16A, M18, S2, S4C, S6A, S7, S17A, S31, AC4B, AC6, AC16, AC31, AC47, V1, V9, ST6 etc. serve the station.[5][6]

Tram

Tram route number 24/29 serves the station.

See also

• Kolkata
• List of Kolkata Metro stations
• Transport in Kolkata
• Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
• Kolkata Suburban Railway
• Kolkata Monorail
• Trams in Kolkata
• Garia
• Tollygunge
• E.M. Bypass
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of metro systems

References

1. "Kolkata metro expands". Railway Gazette. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/

External links

• Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Kolkata/Southern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Official Website for line 1
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• Google. "Mahanayak Uttam Kumar metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.