Central metro station (Kolkata)
Central is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro on the crossing of Bepin Behari Ganguly Street and Central Avenue in Bowbazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[1][2] [3]
Structure
The station has a central island platform and two side platforms. Between each side platform and the island platform is a track, serving up and down trains. The station was built in this layout as it was anticipated that the Green Line will interchange with Blue Line at this station and the layout will effectively handle all the traffic. However, that did not happen and the side platforms, thus will never be used. Instead of opening doors on both sides, trains open doors on the right side, that is towards the island platform.
Station layout
The station employs a Spanish solution with a combination of island and side platforms to facilitate efficient passenger movement.
| G | Ground level | Exit/Entrance |
| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| L2 Platforms |
Side platform (Not in service) | |
| Platform 1 | towards Shahid Khudiram (Chandni Chowk) → | |
| Island platform | ||
| Platform 2 | ← towards Dakshineswar (Mahatma Gandhi Road) | |
| Side platform (Not in service) | ||
Connections
Bus
Bus route number 3B, 12C/2, 13, 30C, 43, 47B, 78, 214, 214A, 222, 237, 242, S119 (Mini), S122 (Mini), S139 (Mini), S151 (Mini), S152 (Mini), S158 (Mini), S159 (Mini), S160 (Mini), S161 (Mini), S163 (Mini), S164 (Mini), S165 (Mini), S171 (Mini), S173 (Mini), S175 (Mini), S181 (Mini), S184 (Mini), C24, E25, MIDI1, S3A, S3B, S9A, S10, S11, S15G, S17A, S57, AC20, AC39, VS1 etc. serve the station.[4][5]
Entry/Exit
- 1 – Indian Airlines
- 2 – Lal Bazar
- 3 – RITES Building
- 4 – Yogayog Bhavan
- 5 – Poddar Court
- 6 – Medical College
See also
References
- ^ "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- ^ "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ^ "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ "Bus route | the Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Bus Services".
External links
- Kolkata/Esplanade travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Old official Website for Blue Line
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- "Central station" (Map). Google Maps.