Baranagar metro station
Baranagar (also known as JSW Baranagar for sponsorship reasons) is an elevated metro station on the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro which is off Barrackpore Trunk Road at Dunlop in Baranagar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The metro station adjoins the platforms of the Baranagar Road railway station where connections can be made with Indian Railways services.[1][2] The station was inaugurated on 22 February 2021.[3] The station will be a future interchange when it hosts Pink Line of Kolkata Metro till Barrackpore.[4][5]
History
Then in February 2019, the metro line to the Dakshineswar station was projected to be operational by February 2020.[6][7] A slightly delayed March 2020 projected operation date was announced in late 2019.[8] And a July 2020 projected operation date was mentioned in February 2020.[9][10] By June 2019, over 95 percent of the viaduct had been completed for the between Noapara and Dakshineswar and that work had begun on the signalling system and laying of the tracks.[11]
Station layout
| L1 Platforms |
Side platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Platform 2 | Blue Line toward Kavi Subhash (Noapara) Change at the next station for Yellow Line → | |
| Platform 1 | ← Blue Line toward Dakshineswar (terminus) | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| 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 | |
| Platform 1 Northbound |
Towards → Mangal Pandey next station is Krishna Kali | |
| Platform 2 Southbound |
Towards ← Train Terminates Here | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
| L2 | ||
Connections
Train
It is connected with Baranagar Road railway station of Chord link line of Kolkata Suburban Railway .
Bus
This station is connected with B.T. Road and Belghoria Expressway. Bus route numbers 26, 26C, 32A, 34B, 43, 56, 78, 78/1, 79, 81/1, 201, 214, 214A, 222, 230, 234, 234/1, 285, K4, DN2, DN2/1, DN9/1, DN43, DN44, DN46, S164 (Mini), S180 (Mini), S185 (Mini), AC54, AC54B, E32, S9A, AC20, S23A, AC23A, C23, AC50A, S11, S32, S57, S58 etc. serve the station.[12][13]
Auto
Several auto services are available on B. T. Road towards Dakshineswar, Sinthee, Barrackpore and Sodepur.
See also
References
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "New System Map of Kolkata Metro".
- ^ "PM Modi Inaugurates Kolkata Metro's Dakshineswar Extension". 22 February 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ "Mamata paves way for Metro's northern journey". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Meeting on Metro Pink Line impasse: KMC, Metro Railway officials to chalk out road map". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ Gupta, Jayanta (13 December 2017). "It's final. Take a Metro ride to Dakshineswar by May 2019". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Shah, Narendra (21 February 2019). "Noapara-Dakshineswar Metro Rail Project To Be Operational By Feb 2020". Metro Rail News. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Mandal, Sanjay (13 October 2019). "March date for Noapara-Dakshineswar Metro line". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ Gupta, Jayanta (6 February 2020). "West Bengal: Dakshineswar Metro line to hike rider count by 50,000". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ Mandal, Sanjay (2 February 2020). "July, revised date for Baranagar Metro". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ Mandal, Sanjay (10 June 2019). "Expense boost for Calcutta Metro funds flow". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Bus route | the Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "Bus Services".
External links
- Old official website for Kolkata Metro Blue Line
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- "Baranagar metro station" (Map). Google Maps.