Esplanade

এসপ্লানেড

Kolkata Metro station
Gate no. 5 of the station
General information
LocationEsplanade, Kolkata
Coordinates22°33′54″N 88°21′06″E / 22.564942°N 88.351699°E / 22.564942; 88.351699
Owned byMetro Railway, Kolkata
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated byKolkata Metro
Line(s)
Platforms
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeUnderground, Double track
Depth28 m (92 ft)[1]
Platform levels3
AccessibleYes Disabled access
Other information
StatusOperational
Station codeKESP
History
Opened1984[2][3][4]
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Kolkata Metro. 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

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.[2][3][4] 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.

Station layout

Blue Line

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

Green Line

G Street level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
Platform #
Eastbound		 Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Sealdah
Island platform | Doors will open on the right Disabled access
Platform 1
Westbound		 Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is New Mahakaran
Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
P

Purple Line

G Street level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
Platform #
Northbound		 Towards → Train Terminates Here
Island platform | Doors will open on the right Disabled access
Platform #
Southbound		 Towards ← Joka next station is Park Street
Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
P

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Chakraborty, Ajanta (23 November 2020). "East-West Metro ready with structure of country's second deepest Metro station at Esplanade". The Times of India. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 12 December 2023. East-West Metro's 28m-deep Esplanade station is now structurally complete.
  2. 1 2 "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
  3. 1 2 "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  4. 1 2 "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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