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, West Bengal 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 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||||||||
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| Status | Operational | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | East-West | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 4 October 2020 | ||||||||||
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History
editConstruction
editThis section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (October 2020) |
The Station
editStructure
editThis is the first underground station in this line and has island platforms.
Layout
editPhoolbagan 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
editRail
editSir Gurudas Banerjee Halt is 500m away from the metro station.
Air
editNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is 10.6 km (6.6 mi) via VIP Road & C.I.T Road.
See also
editReferences
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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