Central metro station (Kolkata)
Kolkata Metro's Blue Line metro station From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Central is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metrowhich is located on the crossing of Bepin Behari Ganguly Street and Central Avenue in Bowbazar, Central in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[1][2] [3]
Central সেন্ট্রাল  | |||||||||||
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| Kolkata Metro station | |||||||||||
 Central Metro Station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Bepin Behari Ganguly Street, Bowbazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700012 India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22.572470°N 88.358788°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Kolkata Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Blue Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform Platform-1 → Dakshineshwar Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground, Double-track | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | KCEN | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | North-South | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | February 19, 1995 | ||||||||||
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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 Kolkata Metro Line 2 will interchange with Kolkata Metro Line 1 at this station and the layout will effectively handle all the traffic. However, that did not happen and the side platforms are not used. Instead of opening doors on both sides, trains open doors on the right side, that is towards the island platform.
Central track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| P | Platform 2 Southbound |
Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Chandni Chowk |
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 1 Northbound |
Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Mahatma Gandhi Road | |
Bus
Bus route number 3B, 12C/2, 13, 30C, 43, 47B, 78, 214, 214A, 222, 237, 242, S119 (Mini), S122 (Mini), S139 (Mini), S151 (Mini), S152 (Mini), S158 (Mini), S159 (Mini), S160 (Mini), S161 (Mini), S163 (Mini), S164 (Mini), S165 (Mini), S171 (Mini), S173 (Mini), S175 (Mini), S181 (Mini), S184 (Mini), C24, E25, MIDI1, S3A, S3B, S9A, S10, S11, S15G, S17A, S57, AC20, AC39, VS1 etc. serve the station.[4][5]
| Central metro station exits | |||||
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| Gate No-1 | Gate No-2 | Gate No-3 | Gate No-4 | Gate No-5 | Gate No-6 |
| Indian Airlines | Lal Bazar | RITES Building | Yogayog Bhavan | Poddar Court | Medical College |
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