Noapara is the largest elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Noapara, Baranagar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[1] It opened on 10 July 2013.[2]
Noapara নোয়াপাড়া  | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kolkata Metro station (interchange and terminus) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | A.K Mukherjee Road, Noapara, Baranagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700090 India | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°38′23″N 88°23′38″E / 22.639673°N 88.393978°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Kolkata Metro | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Blue Line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms, 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated, Double track | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed, Operational | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | KNAP | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 July 2013 | |||||||||||||||
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Station
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This interchange station includes two side and an island platform 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] This elevated metro station for the serves both Blue Line and Yellow Line under Kolkata Metro, the latter being sought to be opened in 2024.[6]
Layout
editNoapara track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks, one island and one side platforms
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| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| L1 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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| Platform 4 Northbound |
Towards → Barasat next station is Dum Dum Cantonment → | |
| Platform 3 Southbound |
Towards ← Train Terminates Here | |
| Island platform | P3 & P2 doors will open on the left
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| Platform 2 Southbound |
Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Dum Dum | |
| Platform 1 Northbound |
Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Baranagar | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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| L2 | ||
Depot
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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
editIt was opened in 1984. Before that, it was a Railway yard and a track extended till Texmaco Rail & Engineering manufacturing unit.
Connections
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editBus route number 34C serves the station.[7]
Auto
editNoapara Metro to Bonhoogly and Pramod Nagar to Tobin Road.
See also
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References
edit- ^ Gupta, Jayanta (21 November 2012). "March 2013 date for Noapara Metro". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ "Milestone". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Gupta, Jayanta (25 May 2013). "Noapara metro opening expected by month's end". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ Banerjee, Tamaghna (11 March 2013). "Noapara Metro from April". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ Chakroborty, Ajanta (25 December 2012). "From April, fly to Naoapara from Garia in 54 mins flat". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ "Poila Baisakh date for service start on Noapara-Cantonment stretch". The Times of India. 27 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Bus Services".
External links
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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.
- "Noapara metro station" (Map). Google Maps.
