Phoolbagan metro station

22°34′20″N 88°23′22″E / 22.572131°N 88.389441°E / 22.572131; 88.389441Owned byMetro Railway, Kolkata
Kolkata Metro Rail CorporationOperated byKolkata MetroLine(s)Green LinePlatformsIsland platform
Platform-1 → Salt Lake Sector-V
Platform-2 → Howrah MaidanTracks2Connections Sir Gurudas Banerjee HaltConstructionStructure typeUnderground, Double trackPlatform levels2AccessibleYes Other informationStatusOperationalFare zoneEast-WestHistoryOpened4 October 2020; 3 years ago (4 October 2020)Electrified750 V DC Third Rail

Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station IFA Salt Lake Stadium towards Salt Lake Sector-V Green Line Sealdah towards Howrah Maidan

Route map

Legend Orange Line (Line 6) Teghoria Orange Line Raghunathpur Baguiati Dum Dum Park Kestopur Salt Lake Sector-V Orange Line Orange Line (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 Blue Line (Line 1) Esplanade Blue Line Purple Line Purple Line (Line 3) Mahakaran Hooghly River Howrah Howrah Maidan Eastern Line & Howrah–Bardhaman chord South Eastern Line

Location

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]

History

Construction

The Station

Structure

This is the first underground station in this line and has island platforms.

Layout

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
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is Sealdah

Connections

Rail

Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt is 500m away from the metro station.

Air

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is 10.6 km (6.6 mi) via VIP Road & C.I.T Road.

See also

• List of Kolkata Metro stations

References