Shyambazar metro station

Shyambazar is a station of the Kolkata Metro located in the Shyambazar area.[1][2][3] It is the sixth metro station of Line 1 of Kolkata Metro from the north.

Shyambazar
Kolkata Metro station
Shyambazar Metro Station Entrance
Location	Shyambazar, Kolkata
Coordinates	22.601313°N 88.372586°E
Owned by	Kolkata Metro
Platforms	Island Platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double-track
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	KSHY
History
Opened	February 15, 1995
Electrified	750 V DC Third Rail
Services
Preceding station   Kolkata Metro   Following station Belgachia toward Dakshineswar Line 1 Shobhabazar Sutanuti toward Kavi Subhash
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
Location
Shyambazar Location within Kolkata

History

The station

Structure

Shyambazar is underground metro station, situated on the Kolkata Metro Line 1 of Kolkata Metro.

Layout

Island platform
Two tracks and one island platform

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Southbound	Toward →Kavi Subhash
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	Toward ← Noapara

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/
5. http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/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.
• Google. "Shyambazar station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.