Central metro station (Kolkata)

Central সেন্ট্রাল
Kolkata Metro station
Central Metro Station
General information
Location	Bepin Behari Ganguly Street, Bowbazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700012  India
Coordinates	22.572470°N 88.358788°E / 22.572470; 88.358788
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Dakshineshwar Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double-track
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KCEN
Fare zone	North-South
History
Opened	February 19, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-02-19)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Mahatma Gandhi Road towards Dakshineswar Blue Line Chandni Chowk towards Kavi Subhash
Location Central Location within Kolkata Metro Show map of Kolkata Metro Central Central (Kolkata) Show map of Kolkata

Central is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metrowhich is located on the crossing of Bepin Behari Ganguly Street and Central Avenue in Bowbazar, Central in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[1][2] [3]

Structure

The station has a central island platform and two side platforms. Between each side platform and the island platform is a track, serving up and down trains. The station was built in this layout as it was anticipated that the Kolkata Metro Line 2 will interchange with Kolkata Metro Line 1 at this station and the layout will effectively handle all the traffic. However, that did not happen and the side platforms are not used. Instead of opening doors on both sides, trains open doors on the right side, that is towards the island platform.

Station layout

Central track layout
to Mahatma Gandhi Road P1 P2 to Chandni Chowk
Station with two tracks and one Island platform

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Chandni Chowk
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Mahatma Gandhi Road

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 3B, 12C/2, 13, 30C, 43, 47B, 78, 214, 214A, 222, 237, 242, S119 (Mini), S122 (Mini), S139 (Mini), S151 (Mini), S152 (Mini), S158 (Mini), S159 (Mini), S160 (Mini), S161 (Mini), S163 (Mini), S164 (Mini), S165 (Mini), S171 (Mini), S173 (Mini), S175 (Mini), S181 (Mini), S184 (Mini), C24, E25, MIDI1, S3A, S3B, S9A, S10, S11, S15G, S17A, S57, AC20, AC39, VS1 etc. serve the station.[4][5]

Entry/Exit

Central metro station exits
Gate No-1	Gate No-2	Gate No-3	Gate No-4	Gate No-5	Gate No-6
Indian Airlines	Lal Bazar	RITES Building	Yogayog Bhavan	Poddar Court	Medical College

See also

• Kolkata
• List of Kolkata Metro stations
• Transport in Kolkata
• Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
• Kolkata Suburban Railway
• Kolkata Monorail
• Trams in Kolkata
• Bhowanipore
• Chowringhee Road
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of metro systems

References

1. "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
2. "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
3. "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
4. "Bus route | the Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
5. "Bus Services".

External links

• Kolkata/Esplanade 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.
• "Central station" (Map). Google Maps.