Kalighat metro station

Kalighat

কালীঘাট
Shrine of Mother Kali at the station
General information
LocationRashbehari Avenue, Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal 700029
India
Coordinates22°31′00″N 88°20′46″E / 22.516652°N 88.346003°E / 22.516652; 88.346003
System
Kolkata Metro station
Owned byMetro Railway, Kolkata
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated byKolkata Metro
LineBlue Line
PlatformsIsland platform
Platform-1 → Dakshineshwar
Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground, Double track
Platform levels2
Other information
Station codeKKHG
History
Opened29 April 1986 (1986-04-29)
Electrified750 V DC Third Rail
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station
Jatin Das Park
towards Dakshineswar
Blue Line Rabindra Sarobar
Location

Kalighat is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro at Rashbehari Avenue in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[1][2][3]

Construction

Station layout

Kalighat track layout
P1
P2
Station with two tracks and one Island platform
G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P Platform 2
Southbound
Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Rabindra Sarobar
Island platform | Doors will open on the right
Platform 1
Northbound
Towards ← Dakshineswar next station is Jatin Das Park

Connections

Tram

Tram route number 24/29 serves the station.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  3. ^ "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  • Kolkata/South 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.
  • "Kalighat station" (Map). Google Maps.