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Central is a station of the Kolkata Metro located on the crossing of Bepin Behari Ganguly Street and Central Avenue in Bowbazar, Central Kolkata.[1][2] [3]

সেন্ট্রাল Central
Kolkata Metro station
Central Metro Station
General information
Location	Bepin Behari Ganguly Street, Bowbazar, Kolkata
Coordinates	22.572470°N 88.358788°E / 22.572470; 88.358788
Owned by	Kolkata Metro
Operated by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double-track
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	KCEN
Fare zone	North-South
History
Opened	February 19, 1995; 27 years ago (1995-02-19)
Electrified	750 V DC Third Rail
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Mahatma Gandhi Road towards Dakshineswar Line 1 Chandni Chowk 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
Central Location within Kolkata

History

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Construction

The station

Structure

Central is underground metro station, situated on the Kolkata Metro Line 1 of Kolkata Metro. The station has a central island platform and two side platforms. Between each side platform and the island platform is a track, serving up and down trains. The station was built in this layout as it was anticipated that the Kolkata Metro Line 2 will interchange with Kolkata Metro Line 1 at this station and the layout will effectively handle all the traffic. However, that did not happen and the side platforms are not used. Instead of opening doors on both sides, trains open doors on the right side, that is towards the island platform.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Chandni Chowk
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Mahatma Gandhi Road

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 3B, 12C/2, 13, 30C, 43, 47B, 78, 214, 214A, 222, 237, 242, S119 (Mini), S122 (Mini), S139 (Mini), S151 (Mini), S152 (Mini), S158 (Mini), S159 (Mini), S160 (Mini), S161 (Mini), S163 (Mini), S164 (Mini), S165 (Mini), S171 (Mini), S173 (Mini), S175 (Mini), S181 (Mini), S184 (Mini), C24, E25, MIDI1, S3A, S3B, S9A, S10, S11, S15G, S17A, S57, AC20, AC39, VS1 etc. serve the station.[4][5]

Entry/Exit

Central metro station exits
Gate No-1	Gate No-2	Gate No-3	Gate No-4	Gate No-5	Gate No-6
Indian Airlines	Lal Bazar	RITES Building	Yogayog Bhavan	Poddar Court	Medical College

See also

References

External links

• Kolkata/Esplanade travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Official Website for line 1
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• Google. "Central station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.

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