Salt Lake Stadium metro station explained

Salt Lake Stadium
Native Name:সল্টলেক স্টেডিয়াম
Other Name:IFA Salt Lake Stadium[1]
Style:Kolkata Metro
Symbol:ewm
Symbol Location:kolkata
Address:Salt Lake Stadium, Kadapara, Kolkata, West Bengal 700054
Owned:Metro Railway, Kolkata
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operator:Kolkata Metro
Coordinates:22.5731°N 88.403°W
Platforms:Side platform
Platform-1 → Salt Lake Sector-V
Platform-2 → Howrah Maidan
Tracks:2
Structure:Elevated, Double track
Levels:2
Accessible:Yes
Status:Operational
Opened:[2]
Electrified:750 V DC Third Rail
Services Collapsible:yes
Map State:collapsed
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:rail
Mapframe-Zoom:14

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 Subhash Sarovar.

Layout

GStreet levelExit/Entrance
L1MezzanineFare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines
L2Side platform Doors will open on the left
Platform 1
Eastbound
Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Bengal Chemical
Platform 2
Westbound
Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is Phoolbagan
Side platform Doors will open on the left
L2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-10-08. Report: IFA take up branding rights of Salt Lake Stadium metro station, set to change name. 2020-10-08. Khel Now.
  2. News: অবশেষে চলার পথে, ১৩ ফেব্রুয়ারি থেকে শুরু ইস্ট-ওয়েস্ট মেট্রো . 3 February 2020 . eisamay.indiatimes.com . 3 February 2020 . Kolkata . Bengali.
  3. Web site: 8 Oct 2020. Metro station named after Indian Football Association in Kolkata. 8 Oct 2020. the-aiff.com.