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Netaji Bhavan is one of the stations of Kolkata Metro in Bhawanipore.[1] [2]

Netaji Bhavan নেতাজি ভবন
Kolkata Metro station
Netaji Bhavan metro station
General information
Location	Ashutosh Mukherjee Road, Bhawanipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700025
Coordinates	22.532977°N 88.345712°E / 22.532977; 88.345712
Owned by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	NB
History
Opened	24 October 1984; 38 years ago (1984-10-24)
Electrified	750 V DC Third Rail
Previous names	Bhawanipore
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Rabindra Sadan towards Dakshineswar Line 1 Jatin Das Park 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
Netaji Bhavan Location within Kolkata

This name is from Netaji Bhawan, the nearby memorial hall and museum of Subhas Chandra Bose ("Netaji"). Scenes of the Netaji's life are painted inside the station.

History

In 1984, when the Metro opened in Kolkata (then Calcutta), it was the southern most station. The station at that time was "Bhawanipore". Later the name was changed to Netaji Bhawan.

Construction

This is an underground station with 2 tracks. The platform is of island type.

The station

Structure

Netaji Bhavan is underground metro station, situated on the Kolkata Metro Line 1 of Kolkata Metro.

Station layout

Netaji Bhavan track layout
Legend
to Rabindra Sadan to Jatin Das Park
Station with two tracks and one Island platform

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Jatin Das Park
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Rabindra Sadan

See also

References

External links

• Kolkata/South 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. "Netaji Bhavan station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.

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