Rabindra Sarobar metro station

Rabindra Sarobar is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.^[1][2][3] It is situated on Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road at Charu Chandra Avenue in Charu Market, Tollygunge. The station is named after Rabindra Sarobar, an artificial lake and the surrounding area of South Kolkata. It is followed by the station Mahanayak Uttam Kumar towards Kavi Subhash and is preceded by Kalighat station towards Noapara and Dum Dum.

Rabindra Sarobar রবীন্দ্র সরোবর
Kolkata Metro station
General information
Location	Deshapran Sasmal Road, Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal 700033  India
Coordinates	22.505706°N 88.345211°E / 22.505706; 88.345211
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Dakshineswar Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash
Tracks	2
Connections	Tollygunge
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	RSB
History
Opened	29 April 1986; 38 years ago (1986-04-29)
Services Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Kalighat towards Dakshineswar Blue Line Mahanayak Uttam Kumar towards Kavi Subhash
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
Location

Station layout

Rabindra Sarobar track layout
Legend
to Kalighat P1 P2 to Mahanayak Uttam Kumar
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 Mahanayak Uttam Kumar
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Kalighat

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 1A, 1B, 12C/1B, 21, 21/1, 40A, 40B, 41, 41B, 45B, 47/1, 47B, 80A, 205, 205A, 208, 228, 234/1, SD4, S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), S114 (Mini), S117 (Mini), S135 (Mini), S188 (Mini), C2A, C8, C14/1, M7B, S2, S4, S4C, S6A, S7, S17A, S22, AC1, AC4B, AC6, AC47, V1, V9 etc. serve the station.^[4][5]

Train

Tollygunge railway station is adjacent to the station.

Tram

Tram route number 24/29 serves the station.

Entry/Exit

Gate 1: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Rd.

Gate 2: Tollygunge railway station.

Gate 3:

Gate 4:

Gate 5: Bhavani Cinema Hall, Charu Market Police Station, Tollygunge Circular Rd, Tollygunge Phari.

Gate 6: Swiss Park, Tipu Sultan Mosque, Prince Anwar Shah Rd, Deshapran Sashmal Rd.

See also

• Kolkata
• List of Kolkata Metro stations
• Transport in Kolkata
• Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
• Kolkata Suburban Railway
• Kolkata Monorail
• Trams in Kolkata
• Garia
• Tollygunge
• E.M. Bypass
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of metro systems

References

1. Indian Railways. "Metro Railway, Kolkata".
2. "Travel - Transport: Metro Rail". CalcuttaWeb.com. 2001. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010.
3. Schwandl, Robert (2007). "Kolkata". UrbanRail.net. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
4. "Bus route | Calcutta Tram". calcuttatramways.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015.
5. "Bus Services".

External links

• Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Official Website for line 1
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• "Rabindra Sarobar metro station" (Map). Google Maps.