Salt Lake Stadium metro station
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| Other names | IFA Salt Lake Stadium[1] | ||||||||||
| Location | Salt Lake Stadium, Kadapara, Kolkata, West Bengal 700054 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°34′23″N 88°24′11″E / 22.573082°N 88.403024°E | ||||||||||
| System | Kolkata Metro | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation | ||||||||||
| Line | Green Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side platforms) | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated, Double track | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Operational | ||||||||||
| Station code | SSSA | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 13 February 2020[2] | ||||||||||
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Salt Lake Stadium (also known as IFA Salt Lake Stadium[3]) is an elevated metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It serves the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan and Kadapara area. The station is situated over EM Bypass, 800 m away from the Bengal Chemical metro station.
The station
This is the last elevated station on this line. After this, the line bends almost 90° and enters into the tunnel beside Subhas Sarobar.
Layout
| 2nd Floor | Side platform | |
| Platform 1 | towards Salt Lake Sector-V (Bengal Chemical) → | |
| Platform 2 | ← towards Howrah Maidan (Phoolbagan) | |
| Side platform | ||
| 1st Floor | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro QR ticket vending machines, crossover |
| Ground | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
References
- ^ "Report: IFA take up branding rights of Salt Lake Stadium metro station, set to change name". Khel Now. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "অবশেষে চলার পথে, ১৩ ফেব্রুয়ারি থেকে শুরু ইস্ট-ওয়েস্ট মেট্রো" (in Bengali). Kolkata: eisamay.indiatimes.com. 3 February 2020. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Metro station named after Indian Football Association in Kolkata". the-aiff.com. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.