Central (Kolkata Metro)

Central
Central Metro Station
General information
Location	Bepin Behari Ganguly Street, Bowbazar Kolkata, West Bengal 700012 India
Coordinates	22°34′21″N 88°21′32″E / 22.572470°N 88.358788°E / 22.572470; 88.358788
System	Kolkata Metro
Operated by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line	Blue Line
Platforms	Spanish solution (2 side platforms; 1 island platform)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	No
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	KCEN
History
Opened	19 February 1995 (1995-02-19)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Mahatma Gandhi Road towards Dakshineswar Blue Line Chandni Chowk towards Shahid Khudiram
Route map 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 → Purple Line to Eden Gardens 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
Location

Central is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro on the crossing of Bepin Behari Ganguly Street and Central Avenue in Bowbazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.^{[1][2] [3]}

Structure

The station has a central island platform and two side platforms. Between each side platform and the island platform is a track, serving up and down trains. The station was built in this layout as it was anticipated that the Green Line will interchange with Blue Line at this station and the layout will effectively handle all the traffic. However, that did not happen and the side platforms, thus will never be used. Instead of opening doors on both sides, trains open doors on the right side, that is towards the island platform.

Station layout

The station employs a Spanish solution with a combination of island and side platforms to facilitate efficient passenger movement.

Connections

Entry/Exit

• 1 – Indian Airlines
• 2 – Lal Bazar
• 3 – RITES Building
• 4 – Yogayog Bhavan
• 5 – Poddar Court
• 6 – Medical College

See also

References

External links

• Kolkata/Esplanade travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Old official Website for Blue Line
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• "Central station" (Map). Google Maps.