Dum Dum Cantonment metro station

Dum Dum Cantonment is an elevated metro station of Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro in Subhas Nagar, South Dum Dum, West Bengal, India. The metro station adjoins the platforms of the Dum Dum Cantonment railway station where connections can be made with Indian Railways services. It was a part of the integration of old line of Circular Railway from Dum Dum Cantonment to Biman Bandar. The station was inaugurated on 22 August 2025.

Dum Dum Cantonment
General information
Location	Dum Dum Cant Metro Stn Ln, Subhas Nagar, South Dumdum, West Bengal 700065 India
Coordinates	22°38′17″N 88°24′44″E / 22.6380°N 88.4123°E / 22.6380; 88.4123
System	Kolkata Metro station
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Operated by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line	Yellow Line
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Dum Dum Cantonment 30D Bus Stand
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	KDCM
History
Opened	22 August 2025; 3 months ago (2025-08-22)
Services Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Noapara Terminus Yellow Line Jessore Road towards Barasat
Route map Legend Blue Line to Dakshineswar Noapara Depot Noapara Blue Line to Kavi Subhash Kestopur Canal Eastern Line to Sealdah Dum Dum Cantonment Jessore Road Jessore Road Orange Line to Kavi Subhash Jai Hind Airport Yard Birati Michael Nagar New Barrackpur Noai Canal Madhyamgram Hridaypur Barasat Eastern Line to Hasnabad Eastern Line to Bongaon
Location

Station complex

Structure

This is an elevated station having 2 levels.

Complex

Layout

Dum Dum Cantonment track layout
Legend
to Jessore Road P1 P2 to Noapara Blue Line
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 → Noapara next station is Noapara Change at the next station for Blue Line
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Jai Hind next station is Jessore Road
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Entry/Exits

Gate No. 1	Gate No. 2	Gate No. 3	Gate No. 4
Subhas Nagar	Subhas Nagar	Health More	Foot Over Bridge

4 Entry/Exit gates are there in this station. Gate 1 and 2 at South end will serve Subhas Nagar. Gate 3 at North end will serve Health more and adjacent Dum Dum Cantonment areas. Gate 4 will connect existing Foot Over Bridge (FOB) of Dum Dum Cantonment railway station and allow people to go directly Mezzanine floor.

Connections

Auto

8 Auto services are available from this station. Autos are available towards Nagerbazar More, Promod Nagar Bazar, Mathkal, Shibtala, Matish Roy Setu, 1 no. Airport Gate, Sukur Ali More and Dudhpukur.

Bus

Bus route number 30D serves the station which runs from Dum Dum Cantonment to Babughat.

Rail

Dum Dum Cantonment railway station is just beside the metro station.

Air

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is just 3.9 km away from the station which will be connected via this metro line. The Jai Hind metro station which will serve the airport.

See also

• Dum Dum metro station
• Metro Railway, Kolkata
• List of Kolkata Metro stations
• Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
• Kolkata Suburban Railway
• South Dum Dum
• Dum Dum