Salt Lake Stadium (also known as IFA Salt Lake Stadium[3]) is an elevated metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It serves the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan and Kadapara area. The station is situated over EM Bypass, 800 m away from the Bengal Chemical metro station.
Salt Lake Stadium সল্টলেক স্টেডিয়াম  | |||||||||||
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| Kolkata Metro station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Other names | IFA Salt Lake Stadium[1] | ||||||||||
| Location | Salt Lake Stadium, Kadapara, Kolkata, West Bengal 700054 India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°34′23″N 88°24′11″E / 22.573082°N 88.403024°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Kolkata Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Green Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform Platform-1 → Salt Lake Sector-V Platform-2 → Howrah Maidan | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated, Double track | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||||||||
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| Status | Operational | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 13 February 2020[2] | ||||||||||
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The station
editThis is the last elevated station on this Line. After this, the line bends almost 90° and enters into the tunnel beside Subhash Sarovar.
Layout
editSalt Lake Stadium track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines |
| L2 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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| Platform 1 Eastbound |
Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Bengal Chemical | |
| Platform 2 Westbound |
Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is Phoolbagan | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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References
edit- ^ "Report: IFA take up branding rights of Salt Lake Stadium metro station, set to change name". Khel Now. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "অবশেষে চলার পথে, ১৩ ফেব্রুয়ারি থেকে শুরু ইস্ট-ওয়েস্ট মেট্রো" (in Bengali). Kolkata: eisamay.indiatimes.com. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Metro station named after Indian Football Association in Kolkata". the-aiff.com. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.