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Balkum Naka metro station

बाळकुम नाका मेट्रो स्थानक

Station 2 of 18 on Mumbai Metro Line 5, which will run from Thane through Bhiwandi to Kalyan, with a spur to Ulhasnagar. Elevated. Part of Phase 1, Kapurbawdi to Dhamankar Naka.

Drone view of Balkum Naka station with its orange roof and yellow stair towers, trees on one side and a road junction below
The station, its stair towers and the junctionDrone still from InfraUnfiltered's video (watch from 11:26), published
Where

19.22085, 72.98859 (MMRDA's alignment file, Mar 2025)

See it on the mapOpenStreetMapThe drone flight past it, from 11:18

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Along the line
Drawn from MMRDA's alignment file of March 2025 and the tentative key plan of March 2026, turned so Kapurbawdi is on the left.

2.3 km from the start of the line at Kapurbawdi

Next stations
Interchange

None announced

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Planned: Thane Integral Ring Metro (Maha-Metro).

The Thane Integral Ring Metro is Maha-Metro's 29 km ring line round west Thane, 22 stations, approved by the Union Cabinet on 16 Aug 2024 and due by 2029. It has its own Balkum Naka station; its official route map puts it about 1 km east of Line 5's (see Around the station), and does not call the two an interchange. The Cabinet release names no interchange; The Metro Rail Guy reports interchanges with Lines 4 and 5 without naming stations; housing.com, citing Maha-Metro's site, names Balkum Naka.

Reportedhousing.com

Around the station
  • The Thane Integral Ring Metro's own Balkum Naka station is about 1 km east, on Balkum Pipeline Road near Balkum Road, on that project's official route map; the same map puts this station within 18 m of MMRDA's pointVerifiedThane Ring Metro (official)
Construction

Built. Overhead wires energised from 7 Sep 2026, ahead of trial runs.

MMRDA's Line 5 page shows every civil activity 100% complete as of 31 Aug 2026 (verified) but does not name stations. The energisation covers Kapurbawdi to Dhamankar Naka.

ReportedFree Press Journal

When it opens

No date has been announced for this station on its own. For Phase 1, Kapurbawdi to Dhamankar Naka, the target is Dec 2026.

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Line 5 status and opening date, answered

Name

Balkum Naka

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In Marathi: बाळकुम नाका

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More from the air

Facts checked . All 18 stationsThe full Line 5 tracker