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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 of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. [ 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 ...
On 6 March 2024, the Esplanade - Howrah Maidan section was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leaving only 2.9 km between the two functional stations to be joined. [69] [70] [71] As for a major latest update on 13 January 2025, the remaining 2.9 km between the two functional stations, Esplanade and Sealdah has been successfully ...
2024-March-6: The Esplanade-Howrah Maidan section of the Line 2 inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, (along with the truncated sections of Taratala-Majerhat under Line 3 and Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay under Line 6.) [85] [20] This leaves the Esplanade-Sealdah gap which is expected to be connected in October 2024 which will join ...
Howrah Maidan Metro Station is a station of the Kolkata Metro Line 2 in Howrah Maidan, Howrah, India. The underground station is located near the Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium and the Howrah Sarat Sadan. It is the terminus of Line 2 of the Kolkata Metro. [1] [2] [3] The station was completed and inaugurated on 6th March 2024.
It connects Line 2 at Esplanade and Line 6 at Kavi Subhash, and will eventually connect Line 3 at Esplanade and Park Street, Line 4 at Noapara and Line 5 at Baranagar. Public transport experts have suggested that the line be extended from Dakshineswar to Bally (where it can connect with Howrah Division of Kolkata Suburban Railway ) and ...
The master plan had already identified the East-West corridor back in 1971. [7] It was planned to connect Howrah Railway Station with the Salt Lake region. [8] As per the feasibility investigation for the corridor conducted by Pacific Consultant International Group in January 2004; their plan report proposed the route and tubular structures to be beneath the Hooghly River.
In 1984, the first underground metro railway (Kolkata Metro Line 1) in India, started from Tollygunge to Esplanade and in a similar way East-West metro (Kolkata Metro Line 2) was opened on a truncated section from Esplanade to Howrah Maidan. [8] Today, Esplanade is the busiest bus terminus and largest Metro interchange of West Bengal. Kolkata ...