Sealdah metro station

Sealdah Metro

শিয়ালদহ মেট্রো
Main exterior of the Sealdah metro station
General information
LocationAcharya Prafulla Chandra Rd, Sealdah, Rajabazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700009
Coordinates22°34′02″N 88°22′17″E / 22.567207°N 88.371497°E / 22.567207; 88.371497
SystemKolkata Metro
Owned byMetro Railway, Kolkata
Operated byKolkata Metro Rail Corporation
LineGreen Line
Platforms2 side platforms; 1 island platform (Spanish solution)
Tracks3
Connections Sealdah
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth16 m
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesNo
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational
Station codeSDHM
History
Opened2022 July 11 (11-07-2022)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station
Esplanade Green Line Phoolbagan
Location
Sealdah Metro
Location within Kolkata
Sealdah Metro
Sealdah Metro (Kolkata Metro)

Sealdah (also known as DTDC Sealdah Metro for sponsorship reasons) is an important underground metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro, located in Sealdah, Kolkata. The underground station adjoins with Sealdah railway station of the Indian Railways on its eastern side. The Sealdah Court is on the west side of the station, the Sealdah Flyover (Vidyapati Setu) is on the northern side of the station. There is a pedestrian subway linking the metro station with the railway station.

Inauguration

In March 2022, the Commissioner of Railway Safety gave his approval for the commencement of commercial operations at this station and the station was likely to be inaugurated on the occasion of Poila Baisakh on 15 April 2022.[1][2] However, the inauguration on the Poila Baisakh could not happen as some issues pointed out by the Commissioner of Railway Safety, were yet to be fixed. After missing a few deadlines, the Station was ultimately inaugurated by the Union Minister Smriti Irani on 11 July 2022,[3] with the commercial run beginning on 14 July 2022.[4] The station was connected to Esplanade on 22 August 2025.[5]

Layout

G Ground level Exit/Entrance
UG1 Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
UG2
Platforms
Side platform
Platform 1/1A towards Salt Lake Sector-V (Phoolbagan)
Island platform
Platform 2/2A ← towards Howrah Maidan (Esplanade)
Side platform

Connections

Rail

It is directly connected to the Sealdah railway station.

More photos on commons:Category:Sealdah_metro_station

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kolkata Metro: East-West Sealdah link gets CRS nod, Poila Baisakh start likely". Times of India. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Sealdah Metro Station : নববর্ষে শহর পাচ্ছে না মেট্রোর নতুন স্টেশন". ETV Bharat News. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  3. ^ Nag, Jayatri. "Sealdah station of Kolkata metro inaugurated". The Economic Times. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  4. ^ Bhowal, Tiasa. "Kolkata is super excited as services from Sealdah metro station begins. See pics". India Today. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  5. ^ "'Efforts on to open 3 new metro lines next week'". The Times of India. 12 August 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 August 2025.