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Central সেন্ট্রাল
Kolkata Metro station
Central Metro Station
General information
Location	Bepin Behari Ganguly Street, Bowbazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700012  India
Coordinates	22°34′21″N 88°21′32″E / 22.572470°N 88.358788°E / 22.572470; 88.358788
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Dakshineshwar Platform-2 → Kavi Subhash
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double-track
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KCEN
Fare zone	North-South
History
Opened	February 19, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-02-19)
Services
Preceding station [REDACTED] Kolkata Metro Following station Mahatma Gandhi Roadtowards Dakshineswar Blue Line Chandni Chowktowards Kavi Subhash
Location CentralLocation within Kolkata MetroShow map of Kolkata MetroCentralCentral (Kolkata)Show map of Kolkata

Central is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metrowhich is located on the crossing of Bepin Behari Ganguly Street and Central Avenue in Bowbazar, Central in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Structure

The station has a central island platform and two side platforms. Between each side platform and the island platform is a track, serving up and down trains. The station was built in this layout as it was anticipated that the Kolkata Metro Line 2 will interchange with Kolkata Metro Line 1 at this station and the layout will effectively handle all the traffic. However, that did not happen and the side platforms are not used. Instead of opening doors on both sides, trains open doors on the right side, that is towards the island platform.

Station layout

Central track layout
Legend
to Mahatma Gandhi Road P1P2 to Chandni Chowk
Station with two tracks and one Island platform

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Chandni Chowk
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Mahatma Gandhi Road

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 3B, 12C/2, 13, 30C, 43, 47B, 78, 214, 214A, 222, 237, 242, S119 (Mini), S122 (Mini), S139 (Mini), S151 (Mini), S152 (Mini), S158 (Mini), S159 (Mini), S160 (Mini), S161 (Mini), S163 (Mini), S164 (Mini), S165 (Mini), S171 (Mini), S173 (Mini), S175 (Mini), S181 (Mini), S184 (Mini), C24, E25, MIDI1, S3A, S3B, S9A, S10, S11, S15G, S17A, S57, AC20, AC39, VS1 etc. serve the station.

Entry/Exit

See also

• Kolkata
• List of Kolkata Metro stations
• Transport in Kolkata
• Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
• Kolkata Suburban Railway
• Kolkata Monorail
• Trams in Kolkata
• Bhowanipore
• Chowringhee Road
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of metro systems

References

1. "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
2. "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
3. "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
4. "Bus route | the Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
5. "Bus Services".

External links

• Kolkata/Esplanade 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.
• "Central station" (Map). Google Maps.

v t e Kolkata Metro
Blue line (Line 1)	Stations ■Kavi Subhash Shahid Khudiram Kavi Nazrul Gitanjali Masterda Surya Sen Netaji Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Rabindra Sarobar Kalighat Jatin Das Park Netaji Bhavan Rabindra Sadan Maidan ■Park Street ■■Esplanade Chandni Chowk Central Mahatma Gandhi Road Girish Park Shobhabazar Sutanuti Shyambazar Belgachia Dum Dum ■Noapara ■Baranagar Dakshineswar Depots Noapara depot Tollygunge depot New Garia depot Rakes ICF MCF CRRC Dalian
Green line (Line 2)	Stations Teghoria Raghunathpur Baguiati Dum Dum Park Kestopur Salt Lake Sector-V Karunamoyee Central Park City Center Bengal Chemical Salt Lake Stadium Phoolbagan Sealdah ■■Esplanade Mahakaran Howrah Howrah Maidan Depots Central Park depot Rakes BEML
Purple Line (Line 3)	Stations Diamond Park IIM Calcutta Joka Thakurpukur Sakher Bazar Behala Chowrasta Behala Bazar Taratala Majerhat Mominpur Khidirpur Victoria ■Park Street ■■Esplanade Depots Joka depot
Yellow Line (Line 4)	Stations ■Noapara Dum Dum Cantonment Jessore Road ■Jai Hind Birati Michael Nagar New Barrackpur Madhyamgram Hridaypur Barasat Depots Noapara depot Airport yard Rakes ICF MCF CRRC Dalian
Pink Line (Line 5)	Stations ■Baranagar Krishna Kali Acharya Prafulla Chandra Gandhi Ashram Sarat Chandra Subhas Nagar Rishi Bankim Dr. Rajendra Prasad Shah Nawaz Khan Anukul Thakur Mangal Pandey Depots Noapara depot
Orange Line (Line 6)	Stations ■Kavi Subhash Satyajit Ray Jyotirindra Nandi Kavi Sukanta Hemanta Mukhopadhyay VIP Bazar Ritwik Ghatak Barun Sengupta Beleghata Gour Kishore Ghosh Nalban IT Centre Nabadiganta Nazrul Tirtha Swapnabhor Biswa Bangla Convention Centre Shiksha Tirtha Mother's Wax Museum Eco Park Mangaldeep City Centre-2 Chinar Park VIP Road ■Jai Hind Depots Airport yard New Town Depot New Garia depot
See also	List of Kolkata Metro stations Proposed & under-construction List of Kolkata Metro depots and yards Kolkata Metro rolling stock East West Metro Tunnel
Management Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Indian Railways

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