Park Street metro station (Kolkata)

For other uses, see Park Street station.

Park Street পার্ক স্ট্রীট
Park Street Metro Station
General information
Other names	IIHM Park Street [1] [2]
Location	Park Street, Kolkata, West Bengal 700071   India
Coordinates	22°33′16″N88°20′59″E / 22.554450°N 88.349850°E / 22.554450; 88.349850
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line Purple Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Dakshineshwar Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash Side platform Platform-3 → Joka Platform-4 → Esplanade
Tracks	2 for Blue Line 2 for Purple Line
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KPSK
History
Opened	1984 & other part under construction
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Esplanade towards Dakshineswar Blue Line Maidan towards Kavi Subhash Future service Victoria towards Joka Purple Line Esplanade 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 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 Park Street Location within Kolkata Metro Show map of Kolkata Metro Park Street Park Street (Kolkata) Show map of Kolkata

Park Street (otherwise known as IIHM Park Street for sponsorship reason) is an underground interchange metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line and on the Purple Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. ^{[3] [4] [5]} The station is located on the crossing of Jawaharlal Nehru Road and Park Street after which the station was named). It is one of the deepest underground metro stations of Kolkata Metro. It is the first underground station to have side platforms, which are mostly seen in elevated metro stations.

Station layout

  Blue Line    Purple Line  

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
P	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Maidan
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineswar next station is Esplanade Change at the next station for Green Line
	Island platform | P1 & P# doors will open on the left Purple Line Station Layout & Platform Numbers - (TBC)
	Platform # Northbound	Towards → Esplanade Change at the next station for Green Line
	Platform # Southbound	Towards ← Joka next station is Victoria
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
P

Gallery

• 
  This idol worshipped in Ahiritola Sarbajanin in 2016, now kept in Park Street Metro Station
• 
  Outside Park Street 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. "Park Street station to be called IIHM Park Street Metro". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
2. "IIHM Park Street Metro first in the world to promote United Nations Global Sustainability Goals". www.businessnewsthisweek.com/.
3. "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
4. "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
5. "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

External links

• Kolkata/Esplanade travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Kolkata/Maidan travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Old oficial website for Blue Line ^[usurped]
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• "Park Street station" (Map). Google Maps .