Baranagar metro station
{{Short description|Kolkata Metro's Blue Line metro station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Baranagar
| native_name = বরাহ নগর
| native_name_lang = be
| type = {{Kolkata Metro Infobox station line| line = Blue}}
| style = Kolkata Metro
| symbol = m
| symbol_location = kolkata
| image = BaranagarMetro.jpg
| image_caption = Main entrance of station
| address = Dunlop, Baranagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700108
| country = {{flag|India}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.6535|N|88.3788|E|region:IN-WB_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| line = {{rcb|Kolkata Metro|Blue|croute}}
| connections = {{rint|kolkata|s}} Baranagar Road
| structure = Elevated, Double track
| platform = 2 (2 side platform)
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 2
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = No
| baggage_check =
| opened = {{start date and age|2021|02|22|df=yes}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}
| status = Operational
| owned = Metro Railway, Kolkata
| operator = Kolkata Metro
| smartcardname =
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| passengers =
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| services = {{adjacent stations|system=Kolkata Metro|line1=Blue|left1=Dakshineswar|right1=Noapara}}
| map_type = India Kolkata Metro#India Kolkata
| route_map = {{Kolkata Metro Blue Line}}
}}
Baranagar, also known as JSW Baranagar is an elevated metro station on the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro which is off Barrackpore Trunk Road at Dunlop of Baranagar in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,375,379|title=Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal|website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in|access-date=2019-10-12}}{{cite web |title=New System Map of Kolkata Metro |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,285}}{{cite web|author=Express News Service |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/mamata-lays-foundation-for-dum-dumdakshineswar-metro/562722/ |title=Mamata lays foundation for Dum Dum–Dakshineswar Metro |work=Express India |date=3 January 2010 |access-date=7 July 2012}} {{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Mamata-paves-way-for-Metros-northern-journey/articleshow/5406431.cms|title=Mamata paves way for Metro's northern journey|access-date=12 October 2019|work=The Times of India|author=TNN}} The station was inaugurated on 22 February 2021.{{Cite web|last=Team|first=BS Web|title=LIVE: Bengal has made up its mind for 'poriborton', says PM Modi in Hooghly|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/latest-news-today-live-updates-puducherry-floor-test-bengal-kerala-election-22-february-2021-121022200131_1.html|access-date=2021-02-22|website=www.business-standard.com|language=en}}
History
Then in February 2019, the metro line to the Dakshineswar station was projected to be operational by February 2020.{{cite news|last1=Gupta|first1=Jayanta|date=13 December 2017|title=It's final. Take a Metro ride to Dakshineswar by May 2019|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/its-final-take-a-metro-ride-to-dakshineswar-by-may-2019/articleshow/62045998.cms|access-date=18 September 2019}}{{cite news|last1=Shah|first1=Narendra|date=21 February 2019|title=Noapara-Dakshineswar Metro Rail Project To Be Operational By Feb 2020|work=Metro Rail News|url=https://www.metrorailnews.in/noapara-dakshineswar-metro-rail-project-to-be-operational-by-feb-2020/|access-date=18 September 2019}} A slightly delayed March 2020 projected operation date was announced in late 2019.{{cite news|last1=Mandal|first1=Sanjay|date=13 October 2019|title=March date for Noapara-Dakshineswar Metro line|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/march-date-for-noapara-dakshineswar-metro-line/cid/1711304|access-date=30 November 2019}} And a July 2020 projected operation date was mentioned in February 2020.{{cite news|last1=Gupta|first1=Jayanta|date=6 February 2020|title=West Bengal: Dakshineswar Metro line to hike rider count by 50,000|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/dakshineswar-metro-line-to-hike-rider-count-by-50k/articleshow/73969424.cms|access-date=11 February 2020}}{{cite news|last1=Mandal|first1=Sanjay|date=2 February 2020|title=July, revised date for Baranagar Metro|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/july-revised-date-for-baranagar-metro/cid/1742067|access-date=11 February 2020}} 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.{{cite news|last1=Mandal|first1=Sanjay|date=10 June 2019|title=Expense boost for Calcutta Metro funds flow|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/expense-boost-for-calcutta-metro-funds-flow/cid/1692111|access-date=18 September 2019}}
Station layout
| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;border-top:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=4;|L1 |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|Side platform, doors will open on the left}} |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=150|Platform 2
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390|{{0|→}} {{rcb|Kolkata Metro|blue|yes}} toward Kavi Subhash (Noapara) → |
| Platform 1
|← {{rcb|Kolkata Metro|blue|yes}} toward Dakshineswar (terminus) |
| style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|Side platform, doors will open on the left}} |
| style="vertical-align:top"|M
|style="vertical-align:top"|Mezzanine |style="vertical-align:top"|Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top" width=50 |G
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top" width=100 |Street level |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top" width=420 |Exit/Entrance |
Connections
=Train=
It is connected with Baranagar Road railway station of Chord link line of Kolkata Suburban Railway {{rint|kolkata|s}}.
=Bus=
This station is connected with B.T. Road and Belghoria Expressway.
{{Bus icon}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |title=Bus route | the Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd |access-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818063620/http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |archive-date=18 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/|title = Bus Services}}
=Auto=
Several auto services are available on B. T. Road towards Sodepur, Dakshineswar, Sinthee, Barrackpore.
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Baranagar metro station}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070820234733/http://www.kolmetro.com/ Old official website for Kolkata Metro Blue Line]}}
- [http://www.urbanrail.net UrbanRail.Net] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- {{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/?cid=3768274110275751012|title= Baranagar metro station}}
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