Mahatma Gandhi Road metro station (Kolkata)

This article is about the Kolkata Metro station. For other metro stations with the same name, see Mahatma Gandhi Road metro station.

Mahatma Gandhi Road মহাত্মা গান্ধী রোড
MG Road Girish Park bound platform
General information
Location	Chittaranjan Avenue, Jorasanko, Kolkata, West Bengal 700007   India
Coordinates	22°34′51″N88°21′41″E / 22.580858°N 88.361401°E / 22.580858; 88.361401
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Dakshineswar Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double-track
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KMHR
History
Opened	September 27, 1995;29 years ago (1995-09-27)
Electrified	750 V DC Third Rail
Services Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Girish Park towards Dakshineswar Blue Line Central towards Kavi Subhash
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

Mahatma Gandhi Road is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The station is located on Chittaranjan Avenue, close to Burrabazar.

Station layout

Mahatma Gandhi Road track layout
Legend
to Girish Park P1 P2 to Central
Station with two tracks and one Island platform

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Central
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Girish Park

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 3B, 24, 24B, 28, 30B/1, 30C, 39A/2, 43, 44, 44A, 47B, 71, 72, 78, 214, 214A, 215, 215/1, 215A/1, 219, 219/1, 222, 237, L238, 242, 25 (Mini), 27A (Mini), S139 (Mini), S151 (Mini), S152 (Mini), S159 (Mini), S160 (Mini), S161 (Mini), S163 (Mini), S164 (Mini), S172 (Mini), S175 (Mini), S181 (Mini), S184 (Mini), S186 (Mini), C28, E25, E32, M24, MIDI1, S9A, S10, S11, S15G, S17A, S32, S32A, S57, AC2, AC10, AC15, AC20, AC39, AC40, AC54, VS1, VS2 etc. serve the station. ^{[4] [5]}

Train

Sealdah railway station is located nearby.

Tram

Tram route number 18 serves the station.

Entry/Exit

Mahatma Gandhi Road metro station exits
Gate No-1	Gate No-2
Main Gate	Netaji Park

Gallery

• 
  Gate No. 1 of the metro station

See also

• Kolkata
• List of Kolkata Metro stations
• Transport in Kolkata
• Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
• Kolkata Suburban Railway
• Kolkata Monorail
• Trams in Kolkata
• Bhowanipore
• Chowringhee Road
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of metro systems

References

1. "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
2. "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
3. "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
4. "Bus route | the Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd". Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
5. "Bus Services".

External links

• Kolkata/Esplanade travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Old official website for Blue Line ^[usurped] (archived 20 August 2007)
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• "Mahatma Gandhi Road station" (Map). Google Maps .