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Location | DF Block, Sector - I, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064![]() | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°35′25″N88°24′56″E / 22.590358°N 88.415596°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation | ||||||||||
Operated by | Kolkata Metro | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Green Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | Side platform Platform-1 → Salt Lake Sector-V Platform-2 → Howrah Maidan 1 Island Platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated, Double track | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes ![]() | ||||||||||
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Status | Operational | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opening | 13 February 2020[1] | ||||||||||
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Central Park is an elevated metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro, which is an eastern neighbourhood of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The elevated structure is located above the 3rd Avenue between Central Park and Bikash Bhawan. [2] This station serves the Central Park and other government offices situated in Sector I, Salt Lake.
Central Park track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms |
G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
L1 | Mezzanine and Platform level | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines |
Side platform | Doors will open on the left ![]() | ||
Platform 1 Eastbound | Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Karunamoyee | |
Platform 2 Westbound | Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is City Center | |
Island platform | P2 Doors will open on the left | P-2A Doors will open on the right ![]() | ||
Platform 2A Depot | Towards ← Central Park depot | |
L2 | Footover Bridge | Footover Bridge |
Bus route number 44A, 206, 211B, 215A/1, 239, 260, KB16, KB22, K1, S171 (Mini), S16, S30A etc. serve the station. [3]
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