Baranagar metro station is a metro railway station off Barrackpore Trunk Road at Dunlop of Baranagar in Kolkata. Presently, this metro station is the tallest metro station of Kolkata (approximately 55 feet). The metro station adjoins the platforms of the Baranagar Road railway station where connections can be made with Indian Railways services.[2][3][4] This station is also known as "Swami Vivekananda metro station".[5] The station was inaugurated on 22 February 2021.[6]

Baranagar
Kolkata Metro station
Main entrance of station
General information
Location	Dunlop, Baranagar, Kolkata.
Coordinates	22.653529°N 88.378873°E / 22.653529; 88.378873
Owned by	Kolkata Metro
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Baranagar Road railway station Barrackpore Trunk Road Belghoria Expressway
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double-track
Platform levels	2
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Fare zone	North-south
History
Opened	February 22, 2021; 20 months ago (2021-02-22)
Electrified	750 V DC[1] using third rail
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Dakshineswar Terminus Line 1 Noapara 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 lines Circular Canal Shyambazar Shobhabazar 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 lines Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Tollygunge depot Netaji Masterda Surya Sen Gitanjali Kavi Nazrul Shahid Khudiram  Orange Line  to Biman Bandar Sealdah South lines to Sealdah Kavi Subhash New Garia depot Sealdah South lines to Namkhana
Location
Baranagar Location within Kolkata

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History

Then in February 2019, the metro line to the Dakshineswar station was projected to be operational by February 2020.[7][8] A slightly delayed March 2020 projected operation date was announced in late 2019.[9] And a July 2020 projected operation date was mentioned in February 2020.[10][11] By June 2019, over 95 percent of the viaduct had been completed for the between Noapara and Dakshineswar and that work had begun on the signalling system and laying of the tracks.[12]

The station

Structure

Baranagar is an elevated metro station & is situated on the Kolkata Metro Line 1 and the Kolkata Metro Line 5.

Station layout

Baranagar track layout
Legend
to Dakshineshwar to Noapara
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform doors will open on the left
	Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Noapara
	Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar
	Side platform doors will open on the left
L2

Connections

Train

It is connected with Baranagar Road railway station of Chord link line of Kolkata Suburban Railway .

Bus

This station is connected with B.T. Road and Belghoria Expressway. Bus route numbers 26, 26C, 32A, 34B, 56, 78, 78/1, 79, 81/1, 201, 214, 214A, 222, 230, 234, 234/1, 285, DN2, DN2/1, DN9/1, DN43, DN44, DN46, K4, S159 (Mini), S180 (Mini), S185 (Mini), C28, E32, S11, S15G, S23A, S32, S32A, S57, AC2B, AC20, AC23A, AC50, AC50A, AC54, EB1A etc. serve the station.[13][14]

Auto

Several auto services are available on B. T. Road towards Sodepur, Dakshineswar, Sinthee.

See also

• List of Kolkata Metro stations

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baranagar metro station.

• Official website for Kolkata Metro Line 1
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• Google. "Baranagar metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.