Baranagar metro station is a metro railway station off

Barrackpore Trunk Road Barrackpore Trunk Road, commonly known as BT Road, is a four- and six-lane trunk road in Kolkata metropolitan area, West Bengal, India. It connects Kolkata with its suburb Barrackpore. Built in 1775, it is the oldest metalled road and one o ...

at Dunlop of

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in Kolkata. Presently, this metro station is the tallest metro station of Kolkata (approximately 55 feet). The metro station adjoins the platforms of the

Baranagar Road railway station Baranagar Road Railway Station is the railway station situated on Sealdah-Dankuni line in the city of Baranagar. It serves the local areas of Baranagar in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India. History Sealdah–Dankuni line was opened ...

where connections can be made with

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services. This station is also known as "Swami Vivekananda metro station". The station was inaugurated on 22 February 2021.

History

Then in February 2019, the metro line to the Dakshineswar station was projected to be operational by February 2020. A slightly delayed March 2020 projected operation date was announced in late 2019. And a July 2020 projected operation date was mentioned in February 2020. By June 2019, over 95 percent of the

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had been completed for the between Noapara and Dakshineswar and that work had begun on the signalling system and laying of the tracks.

The station

Structure

Baranagar is an elevated metro station & is situated on the

Kolkata Metro Line 1 The Line 1, Blue Line, also known as North–South Metro of the Kolkata Metro, is a rapid transit system serving South 24 Parganas, Kolkata and North 24 Parganas in Indian state of West Bengal. It consists of 26 operational stations from Dakshi ...

and the

Kolkata Metro Line 5 The Baranagar to Barrackpore, 12.50 km metro corridor (Line 5) in North 24 Parganas, is another line of Kolkata Metro, was sanctioned in 2009, at a cost of Rs.2070 crore, to enable a quicker commute from the northern suburbs to Kolkata, via Nor ...

Station layout

Connections

Train

It is connected with

of Chord link line of

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Bus

This station is connected with B.T. Road and

Belghoria Expressway Belghoria Expressway is a four-lane (including Dakshineswar to Rajchandrapur extension) long grade separated tolled expressway in the North Suburban fringes of Kolkata, West Bengal. It is a key arterial road, linking the terminal junction ...

. Bus route numbers 26, 26C, 32A, 34B, 56, 78, 78/1, 79, 81/1, 201, 214, 214A, 222, 230, 234, 234/1, 285, DN2, DN2/1, DN9/1, DN43, DN44, DN46, K4, S159 (Mini), S180 (Mini), S185 (Mini), C28, E32, S11, S15G, S23A, S32, S32A, S57, AC2B, AC20, AC23A, AC50, AC50A, AC54, EB1A etc. serve the station.

Auto

Several auto services are available on B. T. Road towards

Sodepur Sodepur or Sodpur is a locality in Panihati, Panihati Municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropo ...

Dakshineswar Dakshineswar is a locality in the North 24 Parganas under the jurisdiction of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority and is very close to Kolkata. This place is historically famous for Dakshineswar Kali Temple, locally known as Maa Bhabata ...

Sinthee Sinthee or Sinthi is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. History The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settleme ...

References

External links

Official website for Kolkata Metro Line 1

''UrbanRail.Net''
– descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations. * {{Authority control Baranagar Kolkata Metro stations Railway stations in North 24 Parganas district Railway stations in India opened in 2021