Kolkata Metro station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Esplanade, Kolkata, West Bengal India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°33′54″N 88°21′06″E / 22.564942°N 88.351699°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Kolkata Metro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tracks | 2 for Blue Line 2 for Green Line 1 for Purple Line 1 for Purple Line to Rake Reversal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground, Double track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depth | 28 m (92 ft)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Operational | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Station code | KESP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1984[2][3][4] 15 March 2024 (Green line)[5][6][7] | (Blue line)|||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
East-West Metro's 28m-deep Esplanade station is now structurally complete.