Sealdah metro station
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Rajabazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700009
India
Sealdah শিয়ালদহ  | |||||||||||
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 Main exterior of the Sealdah metro station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Sealdah Station Rd, Sealdah Rajabazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700009 India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°33′59″N 88°22′12″E / 22.56641°N 88.37002°E | ||||||||||
| System | Kolkata Metro | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Railway, Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Line | Green Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Spanish solution (2 side platforms; 1 island platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Depth | 16 m | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||||||||
| Architect | Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects with SGI[1] | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Operational | ||||||||||
| Station code | SDHM | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 11 July 2022 | ||||||||||
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Sealdah (also known as DTDC Sealdah for sponsorship reasons) is an important underground metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro, located in Sealdah, Kolkata. The underground station adjoins with Sealdah railway station of the Indian Railways on its eastern side. The Sealdah Court is on the west side of the station, the Sealdah Flyover (Vidyapati Setu) is on the northern side of the station. There is a pedestrian subway linking the metro station with the railway station.
In March 2022, the Commissioner of Railway Safety gave his approval for the commencement of commercial operations at this station and the station was likely to be inaugurated on the occasion of Poila Baisakh on 15 April 2022.[2][3] However, the inauguration on the Poila Baisakh could not happen as some issues pointed out by the Commissioner of Railway Safety, were yet to be fixed. After missing a few deadlines, the Station was ultimately inaugurated by the Union Minister Smriti Irani on 11 July 2022,[4] with the commercial run beginning on 14 July 2022.[5] The station was connected to Esplanade on 22 August 2025.[6]
Layout
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
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| L1 | Concourse | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| L2 | Side platform | |
| Platform 1 | Train towards Salt Lake Sector-V (Phoolbagan) → | |
| Island platform | ||
| Platform 2 | ← Train towards Howrah Maidan (Esplanade) | |
| Side platform | ||
Connections
Rail
It is directly connected to the Sealdah railway station.
