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Noapara Metro Station is the largest station of the Kolkata Metro Line 1 situated in Noapara, Baranagar.[1] It opened on 10 July 2013.[2] These include four platforms with lengths of 182 meters, unlike other Kolkata Metro stations.[3] It serves the localities of Noapara, Tobin Road and Bonhooghly. The station has 2 stories, with 6 escalators and 4 elevators. There are also 31 CCTV cameras for increased security.[4] The Kolkata Metro owns a 147-acre depot for maintenance and storage of rakes immediate east of the station.[5]

Noapara
Kolkata Metro station and depot
Inside Noapara metro station.
General information
Location	Akshay Kumar Mukherjee Road, Noapara, Baranagar
Coordinates	22.639673°N 88.393978°E / 22.639673; 88.393978
Owned by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line   Line 4
Platforms	4 (2 side and 1 island)
Tracks	4 (2 more tracks lead to the depot)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed, Operational
Station code	KNAP
Fare zone	KOAA
History
Opened	10 July 2013; 9 years ago (2013-07-10)
Electrified	750 V DC Third Rail
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Baranagar towards Dakshineswar Line 1 Dum Dum towards Kavi Subhash Terminus Line 4 (under construction) Dum Dum Cantonment towards Barasat
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
Noapara Location within Kolkata

Station

Structure

Noapara elevated metro station is situated on the Kolkata Metro Line 1 and the Kolkata Metro Line 4 of Kolkata Metro.

Layout

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

 Line 1   Line 4 

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
L1	Side platform doors will open on the left
	Northbound	Line 4 Toward →Dum Dum Cantt.→→
	Southbound	Line 4 Terminus
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Dum Dum
	Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Baranagar
	Side platform doors will open on the left

Depot

This is the oldest and biggest metro depot in India. It serves the Kolkata Metro Line 1 and will also serve Kolkata Metro Line 4 in future. This depot can hold maximum 40 rakes at a time. Newly received rakes are also tested here, and the old ones are kept here. The depot is connected to the Kolkata Chord line, so that newly manufactured rakes can directly be brought via train.

History

It was opened in 1984. Before that, it was a Railway yard and a track extended till Texmaco Rail & Engineering manufacturing unit.

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 34C serves the station.[6]

Auto

Noapara Metro to Bonhoogly. Pramod Nagar to Tobin Road

See also

References

External links

• Kolkata/Baranagar 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. "Noapara metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.

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