Park Street metro station (Kolkata)
Park Street পার্ক স্ট্রীট  | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kolkata Metro station | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Park Street Metro Station | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | IIHM Park Street[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Park Street, Kolkata, West Bengal 700071 India | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°33′16″N 88°20′59″E / 22.554450°N 88.349850°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Kolkata Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Blue Line Purple Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform Platform-1 → Dakshineshwar Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash Side platform Platform-3 → Joka Platform-4 → Esplanade | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 for Blue Line 2 for Purple Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground, Double track | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | KPSK | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1984 & other part under construction | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Park Street (otherwise known as IIHM Park Street for sponsorship reason) is an underground interchange metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line and on the Purple Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[3][4][5] The station is located on the crossing of Jawaharlal Nehru Road and Park Street after which the station was named). It is one of the deepest underground metro stations of Kolkata Metro. It is the only underground station to have side platforms, which are mostly seen in elevated metro stations.
History
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Station layout
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| P | Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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| Platform 2 Southbound |
Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Maidan | |
| Platform 1 Northbound |
Towards ← Dakshineswar next station is Esplanade Change at the next station for Green Line | |
| Island platform | P1 & P# doors will open on the left Purple Line Station Layout & Platform Numbers - (TBC) | ||
| Platform # Northbound |
Towards → Esplanade Change at the next station for Green Line | |
| Platform # Southbound |
Towards ← Joka next station is Victoria | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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| P | ||
Connections
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Gallery
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This idol worshipped in Ahiritola Sarbajanin in 2016, now kept in Park Street Metro Station -
Outside Park Street Metro Station
See also
References
- ^ "Park Street station to be called IIHM Park Street Metro". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "IIHM Park Street Metro first in the world to promote United Nations Global Sustainability Goals". www.businessnewsthisweek.com/.
- ^ "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ^ "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ^ "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kolkata Metro.
Kolkata/Esplanade travel guide from Wikivoyage- Kolkata/Maidan 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.
- "Park Street station" (Map). Google Maps.
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