Phoolbagan metro station
Phoolbagan (also known as LIC Phoolbagan for sponsorship reasons[1]) is an underground metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Phoolbagan, a north neighbourhood of Kolkata, India. The underground station is at the Phoolbagan crossing on the Narkeldanga Main Road. It is near to the Gurudas College and Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Institution.[2] The station opened on 4 October 2020 and commercial services started the next day.[3]
| Kolkata Metro station | |||||||||||||
The metro station entrance, during its inauguration in January 2021. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Other names | LIC Phoolbagan metro station | ||||||||||||
| Location | 111, Narkeldanga Main Road, Phoolbagan, Kankurgachi, Kolkata – 700054 India | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22.572131°N 88.389441°E | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | Kolkata Metro | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Green Line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform Platform-1 → Salt Lake Sector-V Platform-2 → Howrah Maidan | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground, Double track | ||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||
| Status | Operational | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | East-West | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 4 October 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | 750 V DC Third Rail | ||||||||||||
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History
Construction
The Station
Structure
This is the first underground station in this line and has island platforms.
Layout
Phoolbagan track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| P | Platform 1 Eastbound |
Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Salt Lake Stadium |
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 2 Westbound |
Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is Sealdah | |
Connections
Rail
Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt is 500m away from the metro station.
Air
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is 10.6 km (6.6 mi) via VIP Road & C.I.T Road.
See also
References
- "Kolkata Metro aims to double non-fare revenue to Rs 40 cr in FY 22". ThePrint. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- "Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd". www.kmrc.in. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- "Phoolbagan Metro station starts Monday". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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