Esplanade metro station

Esplanade is an underground interchange metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line and on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[1][2][3] The station is located in the Esplanade neighbourhood of Kolkata, at the northern end of Chowringhee Road/Jawaharlal Nehru Road near New Market and the Oberoi Grand hotel. It opened in 1984 as part of what is now Kolkata Metro Line 1. The station is being re-designed to be the largest station of the metro and will function as the interchange station between Line 1, Line 2 and Line 3.

Not to be confused with Esplanade MRT station in Singapore.


Esplanade
এসপ্লানেড
Kolkata Metro station
Esplanade Metro station
General information
LocationEsplanade, Kolkata
Coordinates22.564942°N 88.351699°E / 22.564942; 88.351699
Owned byMetro Railway, Kolkata
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated byKolkata Metro
Line(s)Blue Line Green Line Purple Line
Platforms4 island platforms & 2 side platforms
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeUnderground, Double track
AccessibleYes Disabled access
Other information
StatusOperational
Station codeKESP
History
Opened1984[1][2][3]
Electrified750 V DC Third Rail
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station
Chandni Chowk
towards Dakshineswar
 Blue Line Park Street
towards Kavi Subhash
Sealdah
towards Salt Lake Sector-V
 Green Line Mahakaran
towards Howrah Maidan
Future service
Park Street
towards Joka
 Purple Line Terminus
Location

Station layout

 Line 1 

Esplanade track layout
to Chandni Chowk
P1
P2
to Park Street Purple Line
Station with two tracks and one Island platform
G Street Level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P Platform 2
Southbound		 Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Park Street Change at the next station for Purple Line
Island platform | Doors will open on the right Disabled access
Platform 1
Northbound		 Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Chandni Chowk

 Line 2 

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P Side platform, doors open on the left Disabled access
Eastbound Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Sealdah
Island platform, doors open on the right Disabled access
Westbound Towards → Howrah Maidan next station is New Mahakaran
Side platform, doors open on the left Disabled access

 Line 3 

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P Side platform, doors open on the left Disabled access
Northbound Terminus
Island platform, doors open on the right Disabled access
Southbound → toward Joka (Park Street)
Side platform, doors open on the left Disabled access

See also

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References
  1. "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
  2. "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  3. "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
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