Shyambazar metro station

Shyambazar শ্যামবাজার
Kolkata Metro station
Shyambazar Metro Station Entrance
General information
Location	Bhupendra Bose Ave, Shyambazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700004  India
Coordinates	22.601313°N 88.372586°E / 22.601313; 88.372586
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Dakshineswar Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double-track
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KSHY
History
Opened	February 15, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-02-15)
Electrified	750 V DC Third Rail
Services Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Belgachia towards Dakshineswar Blue Line Sovabazar Sutanuti towards Kavi Subhash
Route map Chord link Line to Dankuni Dakshineswar Pink Line to Barrackpore Baranagar Eastern Line to Ranaghat Noapara depot Noapara Keshtopur Canal Yellow Line to Barasat Eastern Line to Bongaon Dum Dum Belgachia Circular Line & Sealdah South Circular Canal Shyambazar Sovabazar Sutanuti Girish Park Mahatma Gandhi Road Central Chandni Chowk Green Line ← to Howrah Maidan to Teghoria → Esplanade Park Street Purple Line to Diamond Park Maidan Rabindra Sadan Netaji Bhavan Jatin Das Park Kalighat Tollygunge Rabindra Sarobar Circular Line & Sealdah South Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Tollygunge depot Netaji Masterda Surya Sen Gitanjali Kavi Nazrul Shahid Khudiram Orange Line to Jai Hind Sealdah South to Sealdah Kavi Subhash New Garia depot Sealdah South to Namkhana
Location

Shyambazar is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro which is located in the Shyambazar area in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[1][2][3]

History

Station layout

Shyambazaar track layout
to Theism Belgachhia P1 P2 to Shobhabazaar Sutanuti
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 Shobhabazaar Sutanuti
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Belgachhia

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 3B, 3C/1, 3C/2, 3D, 3D/1, 30B, 30B/1, 30C, 30D, 32A, 34B, 34C, 47B, 78, 78/1, 79B, 91, 91A, 91C, 93, 201, 202, 211A, 214, 214A, 215/1, 219, 219/1, 222, 227, 230, 234, 234/1, 240, DN18, KB16, KB22, K1, K4, JM2, 007, 7 (Mini), S158 (Mini), S159 (Mini), S160 (Mini), S161 (Mini), S163 (Mini), S164 (Mini), S168 (Mini), S176 (Mini), S180 (Mini), S181 (Mini), S185 (Mini), S189 (Mini), C11, C28, E32, S9A, S10, S11, S15G, S21, S32, S57, T8, AC20, AC40, AC54, EB1A etc. serve the station.[4][5]

Train

Kolkata railway station and Tala railway station are the nearest rail stations. Bidhannagar Road railway station is also located nearby.

Tram

Tram route number 5 serves the station.

Entry/Exit

Shyambazar metro station exits
Gate No-1	Gate No-2	Gate No-3	Gate No-4
Main Gate Shyambazar Five Point	RGKMCH Gate	MMC College Gate	Bhupen Bose Avenue Gate

Gallery

• 
  Gate No. 1 of the metro station
• 
  Shyambazar Belgachia bound platform

See also

• Kolkata
• List of Kolkata Metro stations
• Transport in Kolkata
• Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
• Kolkata Suburban Railway
• Kolkata Monorail
• Trams in Kolkata
• Shyambazar
• 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 29 June 2011.
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 | Calcutta Tram". calcuttatramways.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015.
5. "Bus Services".

External links

• Kolkata/North Kolkata 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.
• "Shyambazar station" (Map). Google Maps.