Central Park metro station
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Bidhannagar, North 24 Parganas district
West Bengal 700064
India
Central Park সেন্ট্রাল পার্ক  | |||||||||||
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 Station exterior | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | DF Block, 3rd Avenue, Sector - I Bidhannagar, North 24 Parganas district West Bengal 700064 India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°35′25″N 88°24′56″E / 22.59035°N 88.41559°E | ||||||||||
| System | Kolkata Metro | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Railway, Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Line | Green Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island platform;1 side platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||||||||
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| Status | Operational | ||||||||||
| Station code | CPSA | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opening | 13 February 2020[1] | ||||||||||
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Central Park is an elevated metro station on the East–West corridor of the Green Line of the Kolkata Metro, serving the eastern neighbourhood of Bidhannagar in West Bengal, India. The station is situated above 3rd Avenue, between Central Park and Bikash Bhawan,[2] in Sector I of Salt Lake. It provides access to Central Park, surrounding residential areas, and a cluster of nearby government offices, and is regularly used by commuters, local residents, and visitors travelling within the planned township and to other parts of the Kolkata metropolitan area.
The station layout at Central Park is unusual compared to a typical metro design. Instead of having a separate mezzanine level between street and platforms, the platform and fare control functions are essentially on the same 1st-floor level, so passengers go from ground (G) straight up one level and reach the platforms and ticketing area together. There is no need to pass through an intermediate concourse. For changing sides or crossing the tracks, passengers use the dedicated foot-over-bridge (FOB) that serves as the crossover, rather than an internal mezzanine concourse.
| fob | Footover Bridge | Crossover |
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| L1 | Platform level | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines |
| Side platform, Doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 1 | Train towards Salt Lake Sector-V (Karunamoyee) → | |
| Platform 2 | ← Train towards Howrah Maidan (City Center) | |
| Side platform, Doors will open on the left | ||
| ← Pocket track towards Central Park depot | ||
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
Connections
Auto
Bus
Bus route number 44A, 206, 211B, 215A/1, 239, 260, KB16, KB22, K1, S171 (Mini), S16, S30A etc. serve the station.[3]
Air
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is 11.4 km (7.1 mi) via VIP Road.
