Phoolbagan metro station

Phoolbagan (also known as LIC Phoolbagan for sponsorship reasons^[1]) is an underground metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Phoolbagan, a north neighbourhood of Kolkata, India. The underground station is at the Phoolbagan crossing on the Narkeldanga Main Road. It is near to the Gurudas College and Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Institution.^[2] The station opened on 4 October 2020 and commercial services started the next day.^[3]

Phoolbagan ফুলবাগান
Kolkata Metro station
The metro station entrance, during its inauguration in January 2021.
General information
Other names	LIC Phoolbagan metro station
Location	111, Narkeldanga Main Road, Phoolbagan, Kankurgachi, Kolkata, West Bengal 700054  India
Coordinates	22.572131°N 88.389441°E / 22.572131; 88.389441
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Green Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Salt Lake Sector-V Platform-2 → Howrah Maidan
Tracks	2
Connections	Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Fare zone	East-West
History
Opened	4 October 2020; 4 years ago (4 October 2020)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station IFA Salt Lake Stadium towards Salt Lake Sector-V Green Line Sealdah towards Howrah Maidan
Route map Legend Orange Line to Jai Hind Teghoria Raghunathpur Baguiati Dum Dum Park Kestopur Salt Lake Sector-V Orange Line to Kavi Subhash Karunamoyee Central Park Central Park depot City Center Bengal Chemical Salt Lake Stadium Circular Line to Dum Dum Phoolbagan Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Circular Line to Ballygunge Circular Canal Sealdah crossover Eastern Line to Dum Dum Sealdah Sealdah South to Ballygunge Blue Line Esplanade Purple Line Purple Line Mahakaran Hooghly River Howrah Howrah Maidan Eastern Line & Howrah– Barddhaman chord line South Eastern Line
Location Phoolbagan Location within Kolkata Metro

History

Construction

The Station

Structure

This is the first underground station in this line and has island platforms.

Layout

Phoolbagan track layout
Legend
to Sealdah P2 P1 to Salt Lake Stadium
Station with two tracks and one Island platform

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Platform 1 Eastbound	Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Salt Lake Stadium
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is Sealdah

Connections

Rail

Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt is 500m away from the metro station.

Air

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is 10.6 km (6.6 mi) via VIP Road & C.I.T Road.

See also

• List of Kolkata Metro stations