Netaji Bhavan metro station

Netaji Bhavan is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Bhawanipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. ^{[1] [2]}

Netaji Bhavan নেতাজি ভবন
Netaji Bhavan metro station
General information
Location	Ashutosh Mukherjee Road, Bhawanipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700025  India
Coordinates	22.532977°N 88.345712°E / 22.532977; 88.345712
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Dakshineswar Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	NB
History
Opened	24 October 1984; 40 years ago (1984-10-24)
Previous names	Bhawanipore
Services Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Rabindra Sadan towards Dakshineswar Blue Line Jatin Das Park 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

This name is from Netaji Bhawan, the nearby memorial hall and museum of Subhas Chandra Bose ("Netaji"). Scenes of the Netaji's life are painted inside the station.

History

In 1984, when the Metro opened in Kolkata (then Calcutta), it was the southern most station. The station at that time was "Bhawanipore". Later the name was changed to Netaji Bhawan.

Station layout

Netaji Bhavan track layout
Legend
to Rabindra Sadan P1 P2 to Jatin Das Park
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 Jatin Das Park
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Rabindra Sadan

See also

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

References

1. "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
2. "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

External links

• Kolkata/South 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.
• "Netaji Bhavan station" (Map). Google Maps.