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]
 Phoolbagan ফুলবাগান | |||||||||||||
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| Kolkata Metro station | |||||||||||||
 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 – 700054 India | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°34′20″N 88°23′22″E / 22.572131°N 88.389441°E | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground, Double track | ||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||||||||||
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| Status | Operational | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | East-West | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 4 October 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | 750 V DC Third Rail | ||||||||||||
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History edit
Construction edit
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The Station edit
Structure edit
This is the first underground station in this line and has island platforms.
Layout edit
Phoolbagan track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform
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| 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
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| Platform 2 Westbound |
Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is Sealdah | |
Connections edit
Rail edit
Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt is 500m away from the metro station.
Air edit
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is 10.6 km (6.6 mi) via VIP Road & C.I.T Road.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Kolkata Metro aims to double non-fare revenue to Rs 40 cr in FY 22". ThePrint. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd". www.kmrc.in. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Phoolbagan Metro station starts Monday". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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