Esplanade metro station
Kolkata Metro station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gate no. 5 of the Line 1 station (top) and main building of line 2 station (below) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Esplanade, Kolkata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°33′54″N 88°21′06″E / 22.564942°N 88.351699°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Kolkata Metro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms |
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Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Underground, Double track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depth | 28 m (92 ft)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Operational | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Station code | KESP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1984[2][3][4] and 2024[5][6][7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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] This station, which is the biggest in the city, 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 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.[8] The Line-2 complex, built below the Line-1 complex (requiring modification to Line-1 station) was completed and inaugurated on 6 March 2024.[9][10][11][12][13] The Line-2 complex is designed with world class amenities and murals that depict the culture, tradition, sports, monuments, important structures, etc in them.[14][15][16]
Station layout
[edit]Esplanade track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform
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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 ![]() | ||
Platform 1 Northbound |
Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Chandni Chowk |
G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
UM | Upper Mezzanine | Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops, Crossovers |
P | Side platform | Doors will open on the left ![]() | |
Platform 1 Eastbound |
Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Sealdah | |
Island platform | Doors will open on the right ![]() | ||
Platform 2 Westbound |
Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is New Mahakaran | |
Side platform | Doors will open on the left ![]() | ||
P |
G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
M | Mezzanine | Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops |
P | Side platform | Doors will open on the left ![]() | |
Platform # Northbound |
Towards → Train Terminates Here | |
Island platform | Doors will open on the right ![]() | ||
Platform # Southbound |
Towards ← Joka next station is Park Street | |
Side platform | Doors will open on the left ![]() | ||
P |
Gallery
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Metro rake flagged off from Esplanade metro station
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Interior of Metro Rack at Esplanade metro station
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Esplanade metro station platform
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Esplanade metro signage
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Esplanade metro construction gate
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Esplanade metro station
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Weighing Machine at Esplanade
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Concourse Area
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Platform level
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Esplanade metro station blue-green line interchange from Blue line Complex
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Artists Conception of East west metro at Esplanade
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Train enters Esplanade
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Esplanade metro station blue-green line interchange from Green line Complex
See also
[edit]Other Wikimedia projects
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Kolkata/Esplanade travel guide from Wikivoyage
Kolkata/Maidan travel guide from Wikivoyage
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- ^ a b "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ a b "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "India's deepest Metro station at Howrah also to be the largest". The Times of India. 1 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "A look at the newly inaugurated Esplanade-Howrah metro corridor". The Times of India. 7 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "E-W's 28m-deep Esplanade stn gets ready for Dec launch". The Times of India. 13 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Freedom struggle to transport icons, new EW stns to showcase Kolkata's heritage". The Times of India. 29 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "E-W Esplanade Metro stn gets finishing touches". The Times of India. 29 January 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- kolmetro
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- Google. "Esplanade station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.