Salt Lake Sector-V metro station

Salt Lake Sector- V (also known as Bandhan Bank Salt Lake Sector-V) is the elevated eastern metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro close to Nabadiganta Industrial Township, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, India. This metro station will be an interchange station for the upcoming Orange Line of Kolkata Metro. The construction of station for the Line 2 is complete and it has been inaugurated in February 2020 while that of Line 6 is in progress.[2] The stations of Line 2 and Line 6 will be connected by over-bridge.[3] This metro station is located diagonally opposite Wipro Infotech Ltd, Salt Lake and right opposite Salt Lake RTO office. Prominent buildings in proximity to Sector- V Metro Station is TCS Gitobitan, RS Software, PS Srijan Techpark, Merlin Infinite, Merlin Matrix, Rang De Basanti Dhaba, Bandhan Bank, RS Software. Prominent educational institutes near Sector- V Metro Station are IIHM, EIILM, IEM UEM, Red Apple Learning, Techno India University & Brainware University.


Salt Lake Sector V
সল্টলেক সেক্টর ফাইভ
Kolkata Metro station
Sector V, Metro Station
General information
Other namesBandhan Bank Salt Lake Sector V
LocationSector – V, Salt Lake Bidhannagar, Kolkata – 700091
Coordinates22°34′53″N 88°25′47″E
Owned byMetro Railway, Kolkata
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated byKolkata Metro
Line(s)Green Line  Orange Line 
PlatformsSide platform
Platform-1 → Train Terminates Here
Platform-2 → Howrah Maidan
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeElevated, Double track
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes Disabled access
History
Opened13 February 2020 (13 February 2020) (line 2)[1]
2023 (line 6)
Electrified750 V DC Third Rail
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station
Kestopur
towards Salt Lake Sector-V
 Green Line Karunamoyee
towards Howrah Maidan
Nicco Park
towards Kavi Subhash
 Orange Line
(under construction)
 Nabadiganta
towards Biman Bandar
Location

Structure
Salt Lake Sector-V track layout
to Karunamoyee
P2
P1
to Train Terminates Here
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

 Line 2 

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 Disabled access
Platform 1
Eastbound		 Towards → Train Terminates Here
Platform 2
Westbound		 Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is Karunamoyee
Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2
Island Platform
Two tracks and
one island platform

 Line 6 

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 Disabled access
Northbound Towards →→Technopolis→
Southbound Towards ←Nicco Park ← ←
Side platform doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2

See also

References
  1. "অবশেষে চলার পথে, ১৩ ফেব্রুয়ারি থেকে শুরু ইস্ট-ওয়েস্ট মেট্রো" (in Bengali). Kolkata: eisamay.indiatimes.com. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. "Trial runs for new East-West Metro rakes to start in May". The Times of India.
  3. "Tech hub to mass-transit interface". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018.


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