| Esplanade | |
| Native Name: | এসপ্ল্যানেড |
| Native Name Lang: | be |
| Style: | Kolkata Metro |
| Symbol: | m |
| Symbol2: | ewm |
| Symbol Location: | kolkata |
| Symbol Location2: | kolkata |
| Address: | Esplanade, Kolkata |
| Line: | |
| Structure: | Underground, Double track |
| Platform: |
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| Depth: | [1] |
| Levels: | 3 |
| Tracks: | 6 |
| Opened: | 1984[2] [3] [4] and 2024[5] [6] [7] |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Status: | Operational |
| Code: | KESP |
| Owned: | Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation |
| Operator: | Kolkata Metro |
| Map State: | collapsed |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Marker: | rail |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
Esplanade is an underground interchange metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line and on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. This station, which is the biggest in the city, is located in the Esplanade neighbourhood of Kolkata, at the northern end of Chowringhee Road/Jawaharlal Nehru Road near New Market and the Oberoi Grand hotel. It opened in 1984 as part of what is now Kolkata Metro Line 1. The station is re-designed to be the largest station of the metro and will function as the interchange station between Line 1, Line 2 and Line 3.[8] The Line-2 complex, built below the Line-1 complex (requiring modification to Line-1 station) was completed and inaugurated on 6 March 2024.[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] The Line-2 complex is designed with world class amenities and murals that depict the culture, tradition, sports, monuments, important structures, etc in them.[14] [15] [16]
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops |
| P | Platform 2 Southbound | Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Park Street Change at the next station for |
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right | |
| Platform 1 Northbound | Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Chandni Chowk |
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance | |||
| valign=top | UM | valign=top | Upper Mezzanine | valign=top | Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops, Crossovers |
| P | Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |||
| Platform 1 Eastbound | Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Sealdah | ||||
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right | ||||
| Platform 2 Westbound | Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is New Mahakaran | ||||
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||||
| P | |||||
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance | |||
| valign=top | M | valign=top | Mezzanine | valign=top | Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops |
| P | Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |||
| Platform # Northbound | Towards → Train Terminates Here | ||||
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right | ||||
| Platform # Southbound | Towards ← Joka next station is Park Street | ||||
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||||
| P | |||||