Esplanade metro station

Not to be confused with Esplanade MRT station in Singapore.

Esplanade এসপ্ল্যানেড
Main building of Blue Line station (top) and Gate no. 5 of the Green Line station (below)
General information
Location	Esplanade, Kolkata, West Bengal   India
Coordinates	22°33′54″N88°21′06″E / 22.564942°N 88.351699°E / 22.564942; 88.351699
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line Green Line Future: Purple Line
Platforms	6   Blue Line  : 1 island platform   Green Line  : 1 island & 2 side platforms
Tracks	2 for Blue Line 2 for Green Line 1 for Purple Line 1 for Purple Line to Rake Reversal
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Depth	28 m (92 ft) [1]
Platform levels	3
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	KESP
History
Opened	1984;41 years ago (1984) (Blue line) [2] [3] [4] 15 March 2024;10 months ago (2024-03-15) (Green line) [5] [6] [7]
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Chandni Chowk towards Dakshineswar Blue Line Park Street towards Kavi Subhash Sealdah towards Salt Lake Sector-V Green Line Mahakaran towards Howrah Maidan Future service Park Street towards Joka Purple Line 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 → 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 Show Blue Line route map Legend Orange Line Teghoria Orange Line Raghunathpur Baguiati Dum Dum Park Kestopur Salt Lake Sector-V Orange Line Orange Line Karunamoyee Central Park Central Park depot City Center Bengal Chemical Salt Lake Stadium Circular Line Phoolbagan Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Circular Line Circular Canal Sealdah crossover Eastern Line & Chord link Line Sealdah Sealdah South Blue Line Esplanade Blue Line Purple Line Purple Line Mahakaran Hooghly River Howrah Howrah Maidan Eastern Line & Howrah–Barddhaman chord line South Eastern Line Show Green Line route map Legend Esplanade Blue Line Green Line Park Street Blue Line Blue Line Victoria Tolly Canal Khidirpur Mominpur Majerhat Majerhat Taratala Behala Bazar Behala Chowrasta Sakher Bazar Thakurpukur Joka Joka depot IIM Calcutta Diamond Park Show Purple Line route map
Location Esplanade Location within Kolkata Metro

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. It opened in 1984 as part of what is now the Blue Line. The station is re-designed to be the largest station of the metro system and will function as the interchange station between Blue, Green and Purple Lines. ^[8] The Line-2 complex, built below the Line-1 complex (requiring modification to Line-1 station) was completed and inaugurated on 6 March 2024. ^{[5] [8] [9] [10] [7]} The Line-2 complex is designed with world class amenities and murals that depict the culture, tradition, sports, monuments, important structures, etc. in them. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Station layout

  Blue Line

Esplanade track layout
Legend
to Chandni Chowk P1 P2 to Park Street Purple Line
Station with two tracks and one Island platform

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Park Street Change at the next station for Purple Line
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Chandni Chowk

Esplanade track layout
Legend
to Sealdah P1 P2 to Mahakaran
Station with two tracks and one island and two side platforms

Green Line

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
UM	Upper Mezzanine	Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops, Crossovers
P	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Eastbound	Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Sealdah
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is New Mahakaran
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
P

Purple Line

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform # Northbound	Towards → Train Terminates Here
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform # Southbound	Towards ← Joka next station is Park Street
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
P

Gallery

• 
  Metro rake flagged off from Esplanade metro station
• 
  Interior of Metro Rake at Esplanade metro station
• 
  Esplanade metro station platform
• 
  Esplanade metro signage
• 
  Esplanade metro construction gate
• 
  Esplanade metro station
• 
  Weighing Machine at Esplanade
• 
  Concourse Area
• 
  Platform level
• 
  Esplanade metro station blue-green line interchange from Blue line Complex
• 
  Artists Conception of East west metro at Esplanade
• 
  Train enters Esplanade
• 
  Esplanade metro station blue-green line interchange from Green line Complex

See also

• Transport in Kolkata

Other Wikimedia projects

• Kolkata/Esplanade travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Kolkata/Maidan travel guide from Wikivoyage

References

1. Chakraborty, Ajanta (23 November 2020). "East-West Metro ready with structure of country's second deepest Metro station at Esplanade". The Times of India . Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 12 December 2023. East-West Metro's 28m-deep Esplanade station is now structurally complete.
2. "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
3. "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
4. "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
5. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
6. "India's deepest Metro station at Howrah also to be the largest". The Times of India. 1 March 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 8 March 2024.
7. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
8. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
9. "A look at the newly inaugurated Esplanade-Howrah metro corridor". The Times of India. 7 March 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 8 March 2024.
10. "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
11. "E-W's 28m-deep Esplanade stn gets ready for Dec launch". The Times of India. 13 July 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 8 March 2024.
12. "Freedom struggle to transport icons, new EW stns to showcase Kolkata's heritage". The Times of India. 29 February 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 8 March 2024.
13. "E-W Esplanade Metro stn gets finishing touches". The Times of India. 29 January 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 8 March 2024.

External links

• kolmetro ^[usurped]
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• "Esplanade station" (Map). Google Maps .