Rabindra Sarobar metro station
Rabindra Sarobar is a station of the Kolkata Metro.[1][2][3] It is situated on Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road at Charu Chandra Avenue in Charu Market, Tollygunge. The station is named after Rabindra Sarobar, an artificial lake and the surrounding area of South Kolkata. It is followed by the station Mahanayak Uttam Kumar towards Kavi Subhash and is preceded by Kalighat station towards Noapara and Dum Dum.
Rabindra Sarobar | |||||||||||
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Kolkata Metro station | |||||||||||
Location | Deshapran Sasmal Road, Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal 700033 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°30′26″N 88°20′44″E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Kolkata Metro | ||||||||||
Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Trams | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Station code | RSB | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | April 29, 1986 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 750 V DC Third Rail | ||||||||||
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Rabindra Sarobar metro station |
Rabindra Sarobar Metro Station is considered as a notorious suicide site and there have been numerous haunting experiences at night during the last train timings.
The station
Structure
Rabindra Sarobar is underground metro station, situated on the Kolkata Metro Line 1 of Kolkata Metro.
Station layout
G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
P | Southbound | Toward →Kavi Subhash |
Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Northbound | Toward ← Noapara |
Connections
Bus
Bus route number 1A, 1B, 12C/1B, 21, 21/1, 40A, 40B, 41, 41B, 45B, 47/1, 47B, 80A, 205, 205A, 208, 228, 234/1, SD4, S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), S114 (Mini), S117 (Mini), S135 (Mini), S188 (Mini), C2A, C8, C14/1, M7B, S2, S4, S4C, S6A, S7, S17A, S22, AC1, AC4B, AC6, AC47, V1, V9 etc. serve the station.[4][5]
Train
Tollygunge railway station is adjacent to the station.
Tram
Tram route number 24/29 serves the station.
Gallery
See also
- Kolkata
- List of Kolkata Metro stations
- Transport in Kolkata
- Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
- Kolkata Suburban Railway
- Kolkata Monorail
- Trams in Kolkata
- Garia
- Tollygunge
- E.M. Bypass
- List of rapid transit systems
- List of metro systems
References
- Indian Railways. "Metro Railway, Kolkata".
- "Travel - Transport: Metro Rail". CalcuttaWeb.com. 2001. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010.
- Schwandl, Robert (2007). "Kolkata". UrbanRail.net. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
- http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/
- http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/
External links
Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage - Official Website for line 1
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- Google. "Rabindra Sarobar metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.