Phoolbagan metro station

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Phoolbagan
ফুলবাগান
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Logo.svg
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The metro station entrance, during its inauguration in January 2021.
General information
Other namesLIC Phoolbagan metro station
Location111, Narkeldanga Main Road, Phoolbagan, Kankurgachi, Kolkata – 700054
India
Coordinates 22°34′20″N88°23′22″E / 22.572131°N 88.389441°E / 22.572131; 88.389441
Owned by Metro Railway, Kolkata
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by Kolkata Metro
Line(s) Green Line
Platforms Island platform
Platform-1 → Salt Lake Sector-V
Platform-2 → Howrah Maidan
Tracks2
Connections Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt
Construction
Structure typeUnderground, Double track
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes Wheelchair symbol.svg
Other information
StatusOperational
Fare zoneEast-West
History
Opened4 October 2020;3 years ago (4 October 2020)
Electrified750 V DC Third Rail
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Logo.svg Kolkata Metro Following station
IFA Salt Lake Stadium Green Line Sealdah
towards Howrah Maidan
Location
Phoolbagan metro station

Phoolbagan (also known as LIC Phoolbagan for sponsorship reasons [1] ) is an underground metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Phoolbagan, a north neighbourhood of Kolkata, India. The underground station is at the Phoolbagan crossing on the Narkeldanga Main Road. It is near to the Gurudas College and Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Institution. [2] The station opened on 4 October 2020 and commercial services started the next day. [3]

Contents

History

Construction

The Station

Structure

This is the first underground station in this line and has island platforms.

Layout

Phoolbagan track layout
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P2
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P1
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform
GStreet levelExit/Entrance
MMezzanineFare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
PPlatform 1
Eastbound
Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Salt Lake Stadium
Island platform | Doors will open on the right Wheelchair symbol.svg
Platform 2
Westbound
Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is Sealdah

Connections

Rail

Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg is 500m away from the metro station.

Air

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is 10.6 km (6.6 mi) via VIP Road & C.I.T Road.

See also

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