Esplanade metro station


Esplanade
Kolkata Metro station
Esplanade Metro station
Location Esplanade, Kolkata
Coordinates 22°33′52″N 88°21′06″E / 22.56444°N 88.35167°E / 22.56444; 88.35167Coordinates: 22°33′52″N 88°21′06″E / 22.56444°N 88.35167°E / 22.56444; 88.35167
Owned by Kolkata Metro
Line(s) Line 1, Line 2, and Line 3
Platforms 4 Island platforms & 2 Side platforms
Tracks 6
Construction
Structure type Underground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code KESP
History
Opened 1984 and other part under construction[1][2][3]
Electrified 750 V DC Third Rail
Services
Preceding station   Kolkata Metro   Following station
toward Dakshineswar
Line 1
toward Kavi Subhash
Line 2
toward Joka
Line 3Terminus
Location
Esplanade metro station
Location in Kolkata

Esplanade is a station of the Kolkata Metro.[1][2][3] The station is located at Esplanade, at the northern end of Chowringhee Road/Jawaharlal Nehru Road in Kolkata, near New Market and the Oberoi Grand. Originally opened in 1984 as part of what is now Kolkata Metro Line 1, the station is being re-designed to be the largest station of the metro, as the interchange station between Line 1, Line 2, and Line 3.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  3. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  • Official Website for line 1
  • UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
  • Google. "Esplanade station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
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