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Esplanade

এসপ্লানেড
; Esplanade; এসপ্লানেড
Kolkata Metro station (interchange and terminus)
	Gate no. 5 of the Line 1 station (top) and main building of line 2 station (below)
General information
Location	Esplanade, Kolkata
Coordinates	22°33′54″N 88°21′06″E / 22.564942°N 88.351699°E / 22.564942; 88.351699
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata; Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line; Green Line; Purple Line;
Platforms	6; Blue Line : 1 island platform; Green Line : 1 island & 2 side platforms;
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Depth	28 m (92 ft)
Platform levels	3
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	KESP
History
Opened	1984 and 2024
Services
Future service
Location

Esplanade is an underground interchange metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line and on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.^[2]^[3]^[4] This station, which is the biggest in kolkata, is located in the Esplanade neighbourhood of Kolkata, at the northern end of Chowringhee Road/Jawaharlal Nehru Road near New Market and the Oberoi Grand hotel. It opened in 1984 as part of what is now Kolkata Metro Line 1. The station is re-designed to be the largest station of the metro and will function as the interchange station between Line 1, Line 2 and Line 3.^[8] The Line-2 complex, built below the Line-1 complex (requiring modification to Line-1 station) was completed and inaugurated on 6 March 2024.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13] The Line-2 complex is designed with world class amenities and murals that depict the culture, tradition, sports, monuments, important structures, etc in them.^[14]^[15]^[16]

Blue Line

Esplanade track layout

Legend

Station with two tracks and one Island platform

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Park Street Change at the next station for Purple Line
	Island platform \| Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Chandni Chowk

Esplanade track layout

Legend

Station with two tracks and one island and two side platforms

Green Line

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

Purple Line

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
	Platform # Northbound	Towards → Train Terminates Here
	Island platform \| Doors will open on the right
	Platform # Southbound	Towards ← Joka next station is Park Street
	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
P

Views Of Esplanade Green Line Metro Station

Metro rake flagged off from Esplanade metro station
Interior of Metro Rack at Esplanade metro station
Esplanade metro station platform
Esplanade metro signage
Esplanade metro construction gate
Esplanade metro station
Weighing Match at Esplanade
Concourse Area
Artists Conception of East west metro at Esplanade
Train enters Esplanade

Kolkata/Esplanade travel guide from Wikivoyage
Kolkata/Maidan travel guide from Wikivoyage

^ Chakraborty, Ajanta (23 November 2020). "East-West Metro ready with structure of country's second deepest Metro station at Esplanade". The Times of India. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 12 December 2023. East-West Metro's 28m-deep Esplanade station is now structurally complete.
^ a b "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
^ a b "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
^ a b "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "India's deepest Metro station at Howrah also to be the largest". The Times of India. 1 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "A look at the newly inaugurated Esplanade-Howrah metro corridor". The Times of India. 7 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "E-W's 28m-deep Esplanade stn gets ready for Dec launch". The Times of India. 13 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "Freedom struggle to transport icons, new EW stns to showcase Kolkata's heritage". The Times of India. 29 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "E-W Esplanade Metro stn gets finishing touches". The Times of India. 29 January 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

to Chandni Chowk

to Park Street Purple Line

kolmetro
UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
Google. "Esplanade station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.

[1] Chakraborty, Ajanta (23 November 2020). "East-West Metro ready with structure of country's second deepest Metro station at Esplanade". The Times of India. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 12 December 2023. East-West Metro's 28m-deep Esplanade station is now structurally complete.

[kolmetro-archive-2] "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.

[calweb-archive-3] "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-13.

[urbanrail-archive-4] "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-29.

[5] "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[6] "India's deepest Metro station at Howrah also to be the largest". The Times of India. 1 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[7] "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[8] "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[9] "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[10] "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[11] "A look at the newly inaugurated Esplanade-Howrah metro corridor". The Times of India. 7 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[12] "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[13] "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[14] "E-W's 28m-deep Esplanade stn gets ready for Dec launch". The Times of India. 13 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[15] "Freedom struggle to transport icons, new EW stns to showcase Kolkata's heritage". The Times of India. 29 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[16] "E-W Esplanade Metro stn gets finishing touches". The Times of India. 29 January 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.