Noapara metro station and depot

For other uses, see Noapara.

Noapara is the largest elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Noapara, Baranagar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.^[1] It opened on 10 July 2013.^[2]

Noapara নোয়াপাড়া
Kolkata Metro station (interchange and terminus)
General information
Location	A.K Mukherjee Road, Noapara, Baranagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700090  India
Coordinates	22.639673°N 88.393978°E / 22.639673; 88.393978
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line Yellow Line
Platforms	2 side platforms, 1 island platform
Tracks	2 for Blue Line (operational) 2 for Yellow Line (under construction)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed, Operational
Station code	KNAP
History
Opened	10 July 2013; 11 years ago (2013-07-10)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Baranagar towards Dakshineswar Blue Line Dum Dum towards Kavi Subhash Terminus Yellow Line (under construction) Dum Dum Cantonment towards Barasat
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 → 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 Show Blue Line route map Legend Blue Line to Dakshineswar Noapara Depot Noapara Blue Line to Kavi Subhash Kestopur Canal Eastern Line to Sealdah Dum Dum Cantonment Jessore Road Jessore Road Orange Line to Kavi Subhash Jai Hind Airport Depot Birati Michael Nagar New Barrackpur Noai Canal Madhyamgram Hridaypur Barasat Eastern Line to Hasnabad Eastern Line to Bongaon Show Yellow Line route map
Location Noapara Location within Kolkata Metro Show map of Kolkata Metro Noapara Noapara (Kolkata) Show map of Kolkata

Station

Noapara Metro station Gate no. 2

This interchange station includes two side and an island platform with lengths of 182 meters, unlike other Kolkata Metro stations.^[3] It serves the localities of Noapara, Tobin Road and Bonhooghly. The station has 2 stories, with 6 escalators and 4 elevators. There are also 31 CCTV cameras for increased security.^[4] The Kolkata Metro owns a 147-acre depot for maintenance and storage of rakes immediate east of the station.^[5] This elevated metro station for the serves both Blue Line and Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro, the latter being sought to be opened in 2024.^[6]

Layout

Noapara track layout
Legend
P4 to Dum Dum Cantonment P3 to Train Terminates Here P2 to Dum Dum P1 to Baranagar
Station with two tracks, one island and one side platforms

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L1	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 4 Northbound	Towards → Barasat next station is Dum Dum Cantonment →
	Platform 3 Southbound	Towards ← Train Terminates Here
	Island platform | P3 & P2 doors will open on the left
	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Dum Dum
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineswar next station is Baranagar
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Depot

Map of Noapara depot, Kolkata

This is the oldest and biggest metro depot in India. It serves the Blue Line and will also serve Yellow Line in future. This depot can hold maximum 40 rakes at a time. Newly received rakes are also tested here, and the old ones are kept here. The depot is connected to the Kolkata Chord line, so that newly manufactured rakes can directly be brought via train.

History

It was opened in 1984. Before that, it was a Railway yard and a track extended till Texmaco Rail & Engineering manufacturing unit.

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 34C serves the station.^[7]

Auto

Noapara Metro to Bonhoogly and Pramod Nagar to Tobin Road.

See also

• Kolkata
• List of Kolkata Metro stations
• Transport in Kolkata
• Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
• Kolkata Suburban Railway
• Kolkata Monorail
• Trams in Kolkata
• Noapara, India
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of metro systems