Rabindra Sarobar is a station of the Kolkata Metro.[1][2][3] It is situated on Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road at Charu Chandra Avenue in Charu Market, Tollygunge. The station is named after Rabindra Sarobar, an artificial lake and the surrounding area of South Kolkata. It is followed by the station Mahanayak Uttam Kumar towards Kavi Subhash and is preceded by Kalighat station towards Noapara and Dum Dum.
Rabindra Sarobar Metro Station is considered as a notorious suicide site and there have been numerous haunting experiences at night during the last train timings.
The station[edit | edit source]
Structure[edit | edit source]
Rabindra Sarobar is underground metro station, situated on the Kolkata Metro Line 1 of Kolkata Metro.
Station layout[edit | edit source]
| G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| P | Southbound | Toward →Kavi Subhash |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Northbound | Toward ← Noapara | |
Connections[edit | edit source]
Bus[edit | edit source]
Bus route number 1A, 1B, 12C/1B, 21, 21/1, 40A, 40B, 41, 41B, 45B, 47/1, 47B, 80A, 205, 205A, 208, 228, 234/1, SD4, S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), S114 (Mini), S117 (Mini), S135 (Mini), S188 (Mini), C2A, C8, C14/1, M7B, S2, S4, S4C, S6A, S7, S17A, S22, AC1, AC4B, AC6, AC47, V1, V9 etc. serve the station.[4][5]
Train[edit | edit source]
Tollygunge railway station is adjacent to the station.
Tram[edit | edit source]
Tram route number 24/29 serves the station.
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Indian Railways. "Metro Railway, Kolkata".
- ↑ "Travel - Transport: Metro Rail". CalcuttaWeb.com. 2001. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Schwandl, Robert (2007). "Kolkata". UrbanRail.net. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
- ↑ http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/
- ↑ http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/
External links[edit | edit source]
- Official Website for line 1
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- Google. "Rabindra Sarobar metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
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