Noapara | |||||
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 A Blue Line CRRC Dalian rake at the interchange platform of Noapara metro station | |||||
| Location | A.K Mukherjee Road, Noapara, Baranagar North 24 Parganas, West Bengal 700090 India | ||||
| Coordinates | 22°38′23″N 88°23′38″E / 22.639673°N 88.393978°E | ||||
| Operated by | Metro Railway, Kolkata | ||||
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| Platforms | 4 (2 side platforms; 1 island platform) | ||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||
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| Status | Operational | ||||
| Station code | KNAP | ||||
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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, West Bengal, India.[1] It opened on 10 July 2013.[2] The station is an interchange where it hosts Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro till Jai Hind via Dum Dum Cantonment.[3][4]
Station[edit | edit source]
This interchange station includes two side and an island platform with lengths of 182 meters, unlike other Kolkata Metro stations.[5] 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.[6] The Metro Railway, Kolkata owns a 147 acres (59 ha) depot for maintenance and storage of rakes immediate east of the station.[7] This elevated metro station for the serves both Blue Line and Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro, the latter being opened on 22 August 2025 as a part of Noapara–Jai Hind extension.[8][9]
Layout[edit | edit source]
| style="color:red;background:#Template:Rail color;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr, #Template:Rcr, #Template:Rcr, #Template:Rcr);;text-align:center;padding:5px"| Noapara track layout | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks, one island and one side platforms
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| L2 | Side platform, Doors will open on the left 
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| Platform 4 | Train towards Template:Ltl (Template:Stl) → | |
| Platform 3 | ← Alighting only | |
| Island platform, Doors will open on the left
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| cross-platform interchange | ||
| Platform 2 | Train towards Template:Ltl (Template:Stl) → | |
| Platform 1 | ← Train towards Template:Ltl (Template:Stl) | |
| Side platform, Doors will open on the left
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| L1 | Concourse | Fare control, station agent, metro card vending machines, crossover |
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
Depot[edit | edit source]
This is the oldest and biggest metro depot in India. It serves the Blue Line and Yellow Line. 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 | edit source]
It was opened in 1984. Before that, it was a Railway yard and a track extended till Texmaco Rail & Engineering manufacturing unit.
Connections[edit | edit source]
Bus[edit | edit source]
Bus route number 34C serves the station.[10]
Auto[edit | edit source]
Autos are available towards Dunlop via Bon-Hooghly, Tobin Road, Mathkal via Promodnagar Bazar.
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Next week, PM to launch 3 Metro stations; Noapara to get direct airport link". The Indian Express. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ↑ "Kolkata's Yellow Line Opens Doors To Culture, History, And Connectivity". outlooktraveller. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ 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.
- ↑ "'Efforts on to open 3 new metro lines next week'". The Times of India. 12 August 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "3 new stretches of Kolkata metro likely to open by August end". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "Bus Services".
External links[edit | edit source]
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- Old official Website for Blue Line[usurped]
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- Google. "Noapara metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
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