Esplanade metro station

Esplanade এসপ্ল্যানেড
Kolkata Metro station
Main building of green line station (top) and Gate no. 5 of the blue line station (below)
General information
Location	Esplanade, Kolkata, West Bengal  India
Coordinates	22°33′54″N 88°21′06″E / 22.564942°N 88.351699°E / 22.564942; 88.351699
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line Green Line Future: Purple Line
Platforms	6   Blue Line : 1 island platform   Green Line : 1 island & 2 side platforms
Tracks	2 for Blue Line 2 for Green Line 1 for Purple Line 1 for Purple Line to Rake Reversal
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Depth	28 m (92 ft)[1]
Platform levels	3
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	KESP
History
Opened	1984; 40 years ago (1984) (Blue line)[2][3][4] 15 March 2024; 8 months ago (2024-03-15) (Green line)[5][6][7]
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Chandni Chowk towards Dakshineswar Blue Line Park Street towards Kavi Subhash Sealdah towards Salt Lake Sector-V Green Line Mahakaran towards Howrah Maidan Future service Park Street towards Joka Purple Line Terminus
Route map Legend 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 Show blue line 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 Show green line route map Legend Esplanade Blue Line Green Line Park Street Blue Line Blue Line (Line 1) Victoria Tolly Canal Khidirpur Mominpur Majerhat Majerhat Taratala Behala Bazar Behala Chowrasta Sakher Bazar Thakurpukur Joka Joka depot IIM Calcutta Diamond Park Show purple line route map
Location Esplanade Location within Kolkata Metro

Esplanade is an underground interchange metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line and on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.^[2][3][4] This station, which is the biggest in the city, 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 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.^[8] The Line-2 complex, built below the Line-1 complex (requiring modification to Line-1 station) was completed and inaugurated on 6 March 2024.^{[9][10][11][12][13]} The Line-2 complex is designed with world class amenities and murals that depict the culture, tradition, sports, monuments, important structures, etc in them.^[14][15][16]