Noapara metro station and depot
Kolkata Metro station | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
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 (2 side platforms) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated, Double track | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||
Status | Staffed, Operational | |||||||||||||||
Station code | KNAP | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 10 July 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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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]
Station
[edit]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
[edit]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 Yellow Line Station Layout & Platform Numbers - (TBC) | |
Platform # Northbound |
Towards → Barasat next station is Dum Dum Cantonment → | |
Platform # Southbound |
Towards ← Train Terminates Here | |
Island platform | P# & P2 doors will open on the left | ||
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 | ||
L2 |
Depot
[edit]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
[edit]It was opened in 1984. Before that, it was a Railway yard and a track extended till Texmaco Rail & Engineering manufacturing unit.
Connections
[edit]Bus
[edit]Bus route number 34C serves the station.[7]
Auto
[edit]Noapara Metro to Bonhoogly and Pramod Nagar to Tobin Road.
See also
[edit]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
[edit]- 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.
organisations
- Central Organisation for Modernisation of Workshops (COFMOW)
- Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE)
- Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS)
- Commission of Railway Safety (CRS)
- Container Corporation of India (CCI)
- Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL)
- High Speed Rail Corporation of India Limited (HSRI)
- Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)
- Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC)
- Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC)
- Ircon International (IRCON)
- Konkan Railway Corporation (KRC)
- Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC)
- National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL)
- Passenger Amenities Committee (PAC)
- Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES)
- Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA)
- Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL)
- RailTel
- Railway Protection Force (RPF)
- Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRCB)
- Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB)
- Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO)
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units
- Banaras Locomotive Works
- BEML Limited
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
- Bharat Wagon and Engineering
- Braithwaite & Co.
- Burn Standard Company
- Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
- Diesel Locomotive Factory
- Electric Locomotive Factory
- Integral Coach Factory
- Marathwada Rail Coach Factory
- Modern Coach Factory
- Patiala Locomotive Works
- Rail Coach Factory (Kapurthala)
- Rail Coach Factory (Sonipat)
- Rail Wheel Factory
- Rail Wheel Plant
- Titagarh Wagons
depots
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trains
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institutes
- Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering (IRICEN)
- Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering (IRICEE)
- Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IRIMEE)
- Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications (IRISET)
- Indian Railways Track Machine Training Centre (IRTMTC)
- National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR)
- National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI)
- Jagjivan Ram Railway Protection Force Academy (JRRPFA)