Phoolbagan metro station

Phoolbagan ফুলবাগান
The metro station entrance, during its inauguration in January 2021.
General information
Other names	LIC Phoolbagan metro station
Location	111, Narkeldanga Main Road, Phoolbagan, Kankurgachi, Kolkata, West Bengal 700054 India
Coordinates	22°34′20″N88°23′22″E / 22.572131°N 88.389441°E / 22.572131; 88.389441
System	Kolkata Metro station
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line	Green Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Salt Lake Sector-V Platform-2 → Howrah Maidan
Tracks	2
Connections	Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	PBGB
Fare zone	East-West
History
Opened	4 October 2020;5 years ago (4 October 2020)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station IFA Salt Lake Stadium towards Salt Lake Sector-V Green Line Sealdah towards Howrah Maidan
Route map Legend Orange Line to Jai Hind Teghoria Raghunathpur Baguiati Kestopur Krishnapur Salt Lake Sector-V Orange Line to Kavi Subhash Karunamoyee Central Park Central Park depot City Center Bengal Chemical Salt Lake Stadium Phoolbagan Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Eastern Line to Dum Dum Circular Canal Sealdah South to Ballygunge Sealdah Blue Line Esplanade Purple Line Purple Line Mahakaran B.B.D. Bag on Circular Line Hooghly River Howrah Eastern Line & Howrah– Barddhaman chord line Howrah Maidan South Eastern Line to Kharagpur
Location Phoolbagan Location within Kolkata Show map of Kolkata Phoolbagan Phoolbagan (Kolkata Metro) Show map of Kolkata Metro

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]

The Station

Structure

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

Layout

Phoolbagan track layout
Legend
to Sealdah P2 P1 to Salt Lake Stadium
Station with two tracks and one Island platform

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Platform 1 Eastbound	Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Salt Lake Stadium
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is Sealdah

Connections

Rail

Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt 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

• List of Kolkata Metro stations

References

1. "Kolkata Metro aims to double non-fare revenue to Rs 40 cr in FY 22". ThePrint. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
2. "Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd". www.kmrc.in. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
3. "Phoolbagan Metro station starts Monday". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.