Phoolbagan metro station

{{short description|Kolkata Metro's Green Line metro station}}

{{Use dmy dates|date = June 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Phoolbagan

| type = {{Kolkata Metro Infobox station line

| line = Green

}}

| native_name = ফুলবাগান

| other_name = LIC Phoolbagan metro station

| style = Kolkata Metro

| symbol = ewm

| symbol_location = kolkata

| image = Phoolbagan-Metro-Station.jpg

| image_caption = The metro station entrance, during its inauguration in January 2021.

| address = 111, Narkeldanga Main Road, Phoolbagan, Kankurgachi, Kolkata, West Bengal 700054

| country = {{flag|India}}

| coordinates = {{Coord|22.572131|N|88.389441|E|}}

| line = {{rcb|Kolkata Metro|Green|croute}}

| other = {{rint|kolkata|s}} {{stnlnk|Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt}}

| structure = Underground, Double track

| platform = Island platform
Platform-1 → Salt Lake Sector-V
Platform-2 → Howrah Maidan

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| tracks = 2

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| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|4 October 2020}}

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| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}

| status = Operational

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| owned = Metro Railway, Kolkata
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation

| operator = Kolkata Metro

| zone = East-West

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| services = {{adjacent stations|system=Kolkata Metro|line=Green|left=IFA Salt Lake Stadium|right=Sealdah}}

| map_type = India Kolkata Metro

| route_map = {{Kolkata Metro Green Line}}

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Phoolbagan (also known as LIC Phoolbagan for sponsorship reasons{{Cite web |date=2022-04-06 |title=Kolkata Metro aims to double non-fare revenue to Rs 40 cr in FY 22 |url=https://theprint.in/economy/kolkata-metro-aims-to-double-non-fare-revenue-to-rs-40-cr-in-fy-22/905277/ |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}) is an underground metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Phoolbagan, a north neighbourhood of Kolkata, India. The underground station is at the Phoolbagan crossing on the Narkeldanga Main Road. It is near to the Gurudas College and Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Institution.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kmrc.in/|title=Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.|website=www.kmrc.in|access-date=2019-06-29}} The station opened on 4 October 2020 and commercial services started the next day.{{Cite web|title=Phoolbagan Metro station starts Monday|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/calcutta/phoolbagan-metro-station-starts-from-monday/cid/1793586|access-date=2020-10-04|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}

History

= Construction =

{{Empty section|date=October 2020}}

The Station

= Structure =

This is the first underground station in this line and has island platforms.

= Layout =

{{stack|{{Routemap

| title = Phoolbagan track layout

| title color = white

| title-bg = #{{rcr|Kolkata Metro|Green}}

| legend = track

| collapsible = no

| map = HSTg\HSTf

PSTR(L)\PSTR(R) ~~ ~~ ~~ to Sealdah

  • P2\PSTR(L)\PSTR(R)\*P1

PSTR(L)\PSTR(R) ~~ ~~ ~~ to Salt Lake Stadium

HSTg\HSTf

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Station with two tracks and one Island platform

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| width="50" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |G

| width="100" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Street level

| width="390" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Exit/Entrance

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| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Mezzanine

| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=100|Platform 1
Eastbound

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=510|Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Salt Lake Stadium

style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform | Doors will open on the right {{access icon}}
style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Platform 2
Westbound

| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="510" |Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is Sealdah

Connections

= Rail =

{{stnlnk|Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt}} {{Rail-interchange|kolkata|s}} is 500m away from the metro station.

= Air =

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is {{cvt|10.6|km}} via VIP Road & C.I.T Road.

See also

References

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Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2020

Category:Kolkata Metro stations

Category:Railway stations in Kolkata

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