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This is the list of the stations of Kolkata Metro, a Mass Rapid transit Urban Railway network serving the city of Kolkata, India.It was the first underground railway to be built in India, with the first operations commencing in October 1984 and the full stretch that was initially planned being operational by February, 1995. [1]
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 (Kolkata Metro). [2] [3] [4] 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.
Esplanade is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, located at the heart of city with being the city's Central business district and major transport junction. This is a conventional esplanade because the Ganga river (), also known as Hooghly river, flows nearby and it is adjacent to the large fields of Maidan extending up to Fort William.
Green Line, also known as East–West Metro, is a rapid transit metro line of the Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It currently consists of two distinctly operational sections from Salt Lake Sector-V to Sealdah , and Esplanade to Howrah Maidan by going underneath the Hooghly River .
Blue Line, also known as North–South Metro, is a rapid transit metro line of the Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It consists of 26 operational stations from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash , out of which 9 of the stations are elevated, 2 are at-grade and the remaining 15 are underground.
Eden Gardens railway station on Kolkata Circular Railway line is the nearest railway station. Sealdah Station, one of the five major railway-terminals of Kolkata Metropolitan Area, is also nearby. The Esplanade metro station of Kolkata Metro opened on October 24, 1984, with the opening of the Esplanade–Bhawanipur section of Blue Line.
Purple Line is a rapid transit metro line of the Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. A 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) stretch from Joka to Taratala of this line was inaugurated on 30 December 2022 [3] [4] and after extended to Majerhat on 6 March 2024. [5] This line will span 16.67 kilometres (10.36 mi) from Joka in the south to Esplanade in ...
[1] [2] The urban green space of Maidan, which compromises an area of around 400 acres, [3] is the largest urban park and urban green space in Kolkata city and second largest in the Kolkata metropolitan area as well as in India. Prior to 2013, before the creation of Eco Park it was the largest urban park in India. [4]