Phoolbagan metro station
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Location181, Narkeldanga Main Road
Phoolbagan, Kankurgachi
Kolkata, West Bengal 700054
India
Phoolbagan, Kankurgachi
Kolkata, West Bengal 700054
India
SystemKolkata Metro
Operated byMetro Railway, Kolkata
The metro station entrance, during its inauguration in January 2021. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 181, Narkeldanga Main Road Phoolbagan, Kankurgachi Kolkata, West Bengal 700054 India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°34′20″N 88°23′25″E / 22.57212°N 88.39024°E | ||||||||||
| System | Kolkata Metro | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Railway, Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Line | Green Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects with SGI[1] | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Operational | ||||||||||
| Station code | PBGB | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 4 October 2020 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Phoolbagan (also known as LIC Phoolbagan for sponsorship reasons[2]) is an underground metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Phoolbagan, a north neighbourhood of Kolkata, India. The underground station is at the Phoolbagan crossing on the Narkeldanga Main Road. It is near to the Gurudas College and Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Institution.[3] The station opened on 4 October 2020 and commercial services started the next day.[4]
Construction
The Station
Structure
This is the first underground station on the line and features an island platform.
Layout
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Concourse | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| L2 | Platform 1 | Towards Salt Lake Sector-V (Salt Lake Stadium) → |
| Island platform, Doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 2 | ← Towards Howrah Maidan (Sealdah) | |
