Baranagar metro station

Baranagar বরাহ নগর
Kolkata Metro station (interchange and terminus)
Main entrance of station
General information
Location	Dunlop, Baranagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700108 India
Coordinates	22°39′13″N88°22′44″E / 22.6535°N 88.3788°E / 22.6535; 88.3788
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks	2
Connections	Baranagar Road Barrackpore Trunk Rd Belghoria Expressway
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	KBAR
History
Opened	22 February 2021;4 years ago (2021-02-22)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Dakshineswar Terminus Blue Line Noapara towards Kavi Subhash Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Terminus Pink Line (planned) Mangal Pandey Terminus
Route map Legend Chord link Line to Dankuni Dakshineswar Pink Line to Barrackpore Baranagar Eastern Line to Ranaghat Noapara depot Noapara Keshtopur Canal Yellow Line to Barasat Eastern Line to Bongaon Dum Dum Belgachia Circular Line & Sealdah South Circular Canal Shyambazar Sovabazar Sutanuti Girish Park Mahatma Gandhi Road Central Chandni Chowk Green Line ← to Howrah Maidan to Teghoria → Purple Line to Eden Gardens Esplanade Park Street Purple Line to Diamond Park Maidan Rabindra Sadan Netaji Bhavan Jatin Das Park Kalighat Tollygunge Rabindra Sarobar Circular Line & Sealdah South Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Tollygunge depot Netaji Masterda Surya Sen Gitanjali Kavi Nazrul Shahid Khudiram Orange Line to Jai Hind Sealdah South to Sealdah Kavi Subhash New Garia depot Sealdah South to Namkhana
Location Baranagar Location within Kolkata Metro Show map of Kolkata Metro Baranagar Baranagar (Kolkata) Show map of Kolkata

Baranagar (also known as JSW Baranagar for sponsorship reasons) is an elevated metro station on the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro which is off Barrackpore Trunk Road at Dunlop in Baranagar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The metro station adjoins the platforms of the Baranagar Road railway station where connections can be made with Indian Railways services. ^{[1] [2]} The station was inaugurated on 22 February 2021. ^[3] The station will be a future interchange when it hosts Pink Line of Kolkata Metro till Barrackpore. ^{[4] [5]}

History

Then in February 2019, the metro line to the Dakshineswar station was projected to be operational by February 2020. ^{[6] [7]} A slightly delayed March 2020 projected operation date was announced in late 2019. ^[8] And a July 2020 projected operation date was mentioned in February 2020. ^{[9] [10]} By June 2019, over 95 percent of the viaduct had been completed for the between Noapara and Dakshineswar and that work had begun on the signalling system and laying of the tracks. ^[11]

Station layout

Blue Line

L1 Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2	→      Blue Line toward Kavi Subhash (Noapara)Change at the next station for       Yellow Line →
Platform 1	←       Blue Line toward Dakshineswar (terminus)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
G	Street level	Exit/Entrance

Pink Line

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards → Mangal Pandey next station is Krishna Kali
	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards ← Train Terminates Here
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Connections

Train

It is connected with Baranagar Road railway station of Chord link line of Kolkata Suburban Railway .

Bus

This station is connected with B.T. Road and Belghoria Expressway. Bus route numbers 26, 26C, 32A, 34B, 43, 56, 78, 78/1, 79, 81/1, 201, 214, 214A, 222, 230, 234, 234/1, 285, K4, DN2, DN2/1, DN9/1, DN43, DN44, DN46, S164 (Mini), S180 (Mini), S185 (Mini), E32, S11, S9A, S32, S32A, S57, C23, C28, AC20, S23A, AC23A, AC50A, AC54, AC54B etc. serve the station. ^{[12] [13]}

Auto

Several auto services are available on B. T. Road towards Sodepur, Dakshineswar, Sinthee, Barrackpore.

See also

Baranagar metro station during construction

• List of Kolkata Metro stations

References

1. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
2. "New System Map of Kolkata Metro".
3. "PM Modi Inaugurates Kolkata Metro's Dakshineswar Extension". 22 February 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
4. "Mamata paves way for Metro's northern journey". The Times of India . Retrieved 12 October 2019.
5. "Meeting on Metro Pink Line impasse: KMC, Metro Railway officials to chalk out road map". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
6. Gupta, Jayanta (13 December 2017). "It's final. Take a Metro ride to Dakshineswar by May 2019". The Times of India . Retrieved 18 September 2019.
7. Shah, Narendra (21 February 2019). "Noapara-Dakshineswar Metro Rail Project To Be Operational By Feb 2020". Metro Rail News. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
8. Mandal, Sanjay (13 October 2019). "March date for Noapara-Dakshineswar Metro line". The Telegraph . Retrieved 30 November 2019.
9. Gupta, Jayanta (6 February 2020). "West Bengal: Dakshineswar Metro line to hike rider count by 50,000". The Times of India . Retrieved 11 February 2020.
10. Mandal, Sanjay (2 February 2020). "July, revised date for Baranagar Metro". The Telegraph . Retrieved 11 February 2020.
11. Mandal, Sanjay (10 June 2019). "Expense boost for Calcutta Metro funds flow". The Telegraph . Retrieved 18 September 2019.
12. "Bus route | the Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
13. "Bus Services".

External links

• Old official website for Kolkata Metro Blue Line ^{[ usurped ]}
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• "Baranagar metro station" (Map). Google Maps .