Esplanade metro station

The Esplanade metro station is a station of the Kolkata Metro.[1][2][3] The station 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 being 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.

Esplanade
Kolkata Metro station
Esplanade Metro station
Location	Esplanade, Kolkata
Coordinates	22.564942°N 88.351699°E
Owned by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Line 1   Line 2   Line 3
Platforms	4 island platforms & 2 side platforms
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	KESP
History
Opened	1984 [1][2][3]
Electrified	750 V DC Third Rail
Services
Preceding station   Kolkata Metro   Following station Chandni Chowk toward Dakshineswar Line 1 Park Street toward Kavi Subhash Sealdah toward Salt Lake Sector V Line 2 Mahakaran toward Howrah Maidan Park Street toward Joka Line 3 Terminus
Route map Chord link line to Dankuni Dakshineswar  Line 5  to Barrackpore Baranagar Eastern line to Ranaghat Noapara Depot Noapara Keshtopur Canal  Line 4  to Barasat Eastern line to Bongaon Dum Dum Belgachia Circular line & Sealdah South lines Circular Canal Shyambazar Shobhabazar Sutanuti Girish Park Mahatma Gandhi Road Central Chandni Chowk  Line 2  ← to Howrah Maidan to Teghoria → Esplanade Park Street  Line 3  to Diamond Park Maidan Rabindra Sadan Netaji Bhavan Jatin Das Park Kalighat Tollygunge Rabindra Sarobar Circular line & Sealdah South lines Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Tollygunge depot Netaji Masterda Surya Sen Gitanjali Kavi Nazrul Shahid Khudiram  Line 6  to Biman Bandar Sealdah South lines to Sealdah Kavi Subhash New Garia depot Sealdah South lines to Namkhana Line 6 Teghoria (Haldiram)  Line 6  Raghunathpur Baguiati Dum Dum Park Kestopur Salt Lake Sector-V  Line 6  Line 6 Karunamoyee Central Park Central Park depot City Center Bengal Chemical Salt Lake Stadium Circular Line Phoolbagan Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Circular Line Circular Canal Sealdah crossover Eastern line & Chord link line Sealdah Sealdah South lines Line 1 Esplanade Line 1 Line 3 Line 3 Mahakaran Hooghly River Howrah Howrah Maidan Eastern line & Howrah–Bardhaman chord South Eastern line
Location
Esplanade Location within Kolkata

The station

Structure

Esplanade is underground interchange metro station for the Line 1, Line 2 and Line 3 of Kolkata Metro.

Layout

 Line 1 

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P	Southbound	→ toward Kavi Subhash (Park Street)
	Island platform, doors open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Dakshineswar (Chandni Chowk)

 Line 2   Line 3 

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P (L2)	Side platform, doors open on the left
	Eastbound	→ toward Salt Lake Sector V (Sealdah)
	Island platform, doors open on the right
	Westbound	← toward Howrah Maidan (New Mahakaran)
	Side platform, doors open on the left
P (L3)	Side platform, doors open on the left
	Northbound	Terminus
	Island platform, doors open on the right
	Southbound	→ toward Joka (Park Street)
	Side platform, doors open on the left

Exits

Esplanade metro station exits
Gate 1	Gate 2	Gate 3	Gate 4	Gate 5	Gate 6	Gate 7
Moti Sil Road			S N Banerjee Road	Peerless	Grand Hotel	Volvo and Sbstc Bus stand

See also

• Transport in Kolkata

Other Wikimedia projects

• Kolkata/Esplanade travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Kolkata/Maidan travel guide from Wikivoyage

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• kolmetro
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• Google. "Esplanade station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.