Esplanade metro station
Esplanade is an underground interchange metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line and on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. This station, which is the biggest in kolkata, 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 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. The Line-2 complex, built below the Line-1 complex (requiring modification to Line-1 station) was completed and inaugurated on 6 March 2024. The Line-2 complex is designed with world class amenities and murals that depict the culture, tradition, sports, monuments, important structures, etc in them.
Esplanade এসপ্লানেড | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kolkata Metro station (interchange and terminus) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gate no. 5 of the Line 1 station (top) and main building of line 2 station (below) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Esplanade, Kolkata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 22.564942°N 88.351699°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Kolkata Metro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground, Double track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depth | 28 m (92 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Operational | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Station code | KESP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1984 and 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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