Esplanade metro station

The Esplanade metro station is a station of the Kolkata Metro.[1][2][3] The station is located in the Esplanade neighbourhood of Kolkata, at the northern end of Chowringhee Road/Jawaharlal Nehru Road near New Market and the Oberoi Grand hotel. It opened in 1984 as part of what is now Kolkata Metro Line 1. The station is being re-designed to be the largest station of the metro and will function as the interchange station between Line 1, Line 2 and Line 3.


Esplanade
Kolkata Metro station
Esplanade Metro station
LocationEsplanade, Kolkata
Coordinates22°33′52″N 88°21′06″E
Owned byKolkata Metro
Line(s) Line 1   Line 2   Line 3 
Platforms4 island platforms & 2 side platforms
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeKESP
History
Opened1984 [1][2][3]
Electrified750 V DC Third Rail
Services
Preceding station   Kolkata Metro   Following station
toward Dakshineswar
Line 1
toward Kavi Subhash
toward Salt Lake Sector V
Line 2
toward Joka
Line 3Terminus
Location
Esplanade metro station
Location in Kolkata

The station

Structure

Esplanade is underground interchange metro station for the Line 1, Line 2 and Line 3 of Kolkata Metro.

Layout

 Line 1 

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P Southbound → toward Kavi Subhash (Park Street)
Island platform, doors open on the right
Northbound ← toward Dakshineswar (Chandni Chowk)

 Line 2   Line 3 

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P (L2) Side platform, doors open on the left
Eastbound → toward Salt Lake Sector V (Sealdah)
Island platform, doors open on the right
Westbound ← toward Howrah Maidan (New Mahakaran)
Side platform, doors open on the left
P (L3) Side platform, doors open on the left
Northbound Terminus
Island platform, doors open on the right
Southbound → toward Joka (Park Street)
Side platform, doors open on the left

Exits
Esplanade metro station exits
Gate 1Gate 2Gate 3Gate 4Gate 5Gate 6Gate 7
Moti Sil RoadS N Banerjee RoadPeerlessGrand HotelVolvo and Sbstc Bus stand

Connections

Bus

Bus route number C, 3B, 3C/1, 3C/2, 3D, 3D/1, 12, 12/1, 12A, 12B, 12AD, 12C, 12C/1, 12C/1A, 12C/1B, 13, 13A, 17, 17B, 18A, 18A/1, 18D, 24A, 24A/1, 30B, 30C, 30C/1, 30D, 34B, 34C, 37, 37A, 39, 40A, 40B, 41, 41B, 43, 46, 46B, 47/1, 47B, 52, 54, 55, 55A, 57, 59, 73, 75 (Esplanade To Kadamtala), 75 (Babughat To Raypur), 77A, 78, 78/1, 80A, 80B, 83, 205, 205A, 206, 208, 210, 212, 213, 214, 214A, 217, 217A, 217B, 218, 222, 227, 228, 230, 234/1, 235, 237, 237/1, 239, 241, 242, 253, 259, 260, DN17, SD9, SD18, SD19, SD22/1, SD24, SD26, KB20, K6, 1 (Mini), 1A (Mini), 2 (Mini), 3 (Mini), 3A (Mini), 6 (Mini), 6A (Mini), 8 (Mini), 10 (Mini), 11 (Mini), 11A (Mini),18 (Mini), 21 (Mini), 26 (Mini), 27 (Mini), 30 (Mini), 31 (Mini), 32 (Mini), 38 (Mini), 39 (Mini), S101 (Mini), S101/1 (Mini), S102 (Mini), S103 (Mini), S104 (Mini), S105 (Mini), S106 (Mini), S107 (Mini), S107/1 (Mini), S108 (Mini), S108/1 (Mini), S109 (Mini), S110 (Mini), S111 (Mini), S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), S116 (Mini), S117 (Mini), S118 (Mini), S119 (Mini), S119/1 (Mini), S120 (Mini), S121 (Mini), S122 (Mini), S123 (Mini), S124 (Mini), S125 (Mini), S126 (Mini), S129 (Mini), S135 (Mini), S137 (Mini), S139 (Mini), S158 (Mini), S160 (Mini), S161 (Mini), S166 (Mini), S167 (Mini), S181 (Mini), M14 (Mini), C7, C11, C37, C38, E1, E6, E7, E7/1, E12, E13, E13/1, E15, E25, M7B, M7C, M7E, S2, S3A, S3B, S4C, S5, S6A, S7, S9A, S10, S10A, S11, S12, S12D, S15G, S17A, S24, S45, S57, T2, T8, T12, AC1, AC4, AC5, AC6, AC12, AC12D, AC20, AC24, AC24A, AC39, AC49A, AC52, VS1, VS6, VS14A etc. serve the station.[4]

Train

Eden Gardens railway station is located nearby.

Tram

Tram routes 5, 25 and 36 serve the station.

See also

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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/
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