Esplanade metro station explained

Esplanade
Native Name:এসপ্ল্যানেড
Native Name Lang:be
Style:Kolkata Metro
Symbol:m
Symbol2:ewm
Symbol Location:kolkata
Symbol Location2:kolkata
Address:Esplanade, Kolkata, West Bengal
Country: India
Line:
    Structure:Underground, Double track
    Platform:
    • 6
    Depth:[1]
    Levels:3
    Tracks:2 for Blue Line
    2 for Green Line
    1 for Purple Line
    1 for Purple Line to Rake Reversal
    Opened: (Blue line)[2] [3] [4]
    (Green line)[5] [6] [7]
    Accessible:Yes
    Code:KESP
    Owned:Metro Railway, Kolkata
    Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
    Operator:Kolkata Metro
    Map Type:India Kolkata Metro

    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]

    Station layout

    GStreet LevelExit/Entrance
    MMezzanineFare control, tickets, station agent, shops
    PPlatform 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
    GStreet levelExit/Entrance
    valign=topUMvalign=topUpper Mezzaninevalign=topFare control, tickets, station agent, shops, Crossovers
    PSide 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
    GStreet levelExit/Entrance
    valign=topMvalign=topMezzaninevalign=topFare control, tickets, station agent, shops
    PSide 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

    Gallery

    PM flags off various metro railway services during the inauguration and laying the foundation stone of multiple connectivity projects at Esplanade Metro Rail Station of Kolkata, in West Bengal on March 06, 2024.jpg|Metro rake flagged off from Esplanade metro station File:PM intracting with the metro staff & school students as he travels with them in India’s first underwater metro train during the inauguration (2).jpg| Interior of Metro Rack at Esplanade metro station Esplanade metro station as seen in Narendra Modi's video.jpg|Esplanade metro station platform Esplanade metro station pics 16.jpg|Esplanade metro signageEsplanade metro station green complex 01.jpg|Esplanade metro construction gateEsplanade metro station pics 15.jpg|Esplanade metro station Weighing Machine at Esplanade Metro Station in Kolkata, India.jpg|Weighing Machine at Esplanade H20240306155707.JPG|Concourse Area Esplanade metro station green line 10.jpg|Platform levelEsplanade metro station pics 2.jpg|Esplanade metro station blue-green line interchange from Blue line ComplexPM Modi sees the exhibition showcased on the India’s first under-river metro tunnel in Kolkata, West Bengal.jpg|Artists Conception of East west metro at Esplanade Esplanade metro station as seen in Narendra Modi's video a.jpg|Train enters Esplanade Esplanade metro station pics 10.jpg|Esplanade metro station blue-green line interchange from Green line Complex

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    Notes and References

    1. News: Chakraborty. Ajanta. East-West Metro ready with structure of country’s second deepest Metro station at Esplanade.. East-West Metro’s 28m-deep Esplanade station is now structurally complete.. The Times of India. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 12 December 2023. 23 November 2020.
    2. Web site: Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata . 2007-09-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070820234733/http://www.kolmetro.com/ . 20 August 2007 . dmy .
    3. Web site: Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system . 2011-05-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101121093024/http://calcuttaweb.com/metro.shtml . 21 November 2010 . dmy .
    4. Web site: UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro . 2011-06-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132602/http://urbanrail.net/as/kolk/kolkata.htm . 29 June 2011 . dmy .
    5. Web site: Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal . 2024-03-08 . mtp.indianrailways.gov.in.
    6. News: 2024-03-01 . India's deepest Metro station at Howrah also to be the largest . 2024-03-08 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
    7. Web site: Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal . 2024-03-08 . mtp.indianrailways.gov.in.
    8. Web site: Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal . 2024-03-08 . mtp.indianrailways.gov.in.
    9. Web site: Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal . 2024-03-08 . mtp.indianrailways.gov.in.
    10. Web site: Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal . 2024-03-08 . mtp.indianrailways.gov.in.
    11. News: 2024-03-07 . A look at the newly inaugurated Esplanade-Howrah metro corridor . 2024-03-08 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
    12. Web site: Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal . 2024-03-08 . mtp.indianrailways.gov.in.
    13. Web site: Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal . 2024-03-08 . mtp.indianrailways.gov.in.
    14. News: 2023-07-13 . E-W's 28m-deep Esplanade stn gets ready for Dec launch . 2024-03-08 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
    15. News: 2024-02-29 . Freedom struggle to transport icons, new EW stns to showcase Kolkata’s heritage . 2024-03-08 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
    16. News: 2024-01-29 . E-W Esplanade Metro stn gets finishing touches . 2024-03-08 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.

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