The station is to play a crucial role after the final commissioning of the upcoming Noapara-Barasat via Biman Bandar Metro Project. It is to become one of the interchanging points of Metro Railway and Eastern Railway.
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In good news to the people in the northern fringes of the city, Dumdum Cantonment station is being considered for a revamp. The station is expected to handle a footfall of about 66,000 commuters daily by 2035.
The station is to play a crucial role after the final commissioning of the upcoming Noapara-Barasat via Biman Bandar Metro Project. It is to become one of the interchanging points of Metro Railway and Eastern Railway.
As Dumdum Cantonment station of Eastern Railway is adjacent to the newly built Dumdum Cantonment Metro station, commuters arriving from Sealdah North Section including places like Barasat, Basirhat, Taki, Hasnabad and Bongaon are expected to prefer using this station to enter Kolkata in much less time.
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Also the commuters hailing from Howrah, Hooghly and Barrackpore would be able to reach Dumdum Cantonment station smoothly from Noapara to board the trains of Eastern Railway.
As such, the station is anticipated to witness a mammoth passenger count of about 66,000 commuters daily, by the year 2035, according to the city metro railway office.
To cater to the enormous footfall of commuters, the Dumdum Cantonment station is being considered for an upliftment. As informed by sources in the city metro, the newly built station is to have state-of-the-art passenger amenities including six escalators, three lifts, and seven staircases.
To ensure smooth entraining or detraining of passengers, Dumdum Cantonment station will have two platforms with modern fire-fighting arrangement. Apart from this, 16 AFC gates are also to be installed at the station to ensure hassle-free movement of passengers. The station would also be provided with an adequate number of ticket counters, benches, first aid room, toilets for men, women and specially-abled, public address system and digital display boards.
According to the Kolkata Metro Railway, once commissioned, Dumdum Cantonment station is expected to be one of the busiest Metro stations of the city
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