Belgachia metro station (or Theism Belgachia metro station for sponsorship reasons) is a station of the
Kolkata Metro. It is located at
Belgachia
Belgachia is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their ...
.
History
Belgachia Station was commissioned by the
Kolkata Metro as part of the first transit line of the metro system, commonly known as the North-South corridor. The station was the penultimate stop before Dum Dum, which, until the opening of the Noapara stop, was the terminal station on the railway system. The station became the first underground station on the northern side and continues to be one of the shallowest, lying at a depth of only 5 metres below Belgachia Road.
As part of the drive to increase non-fare revenue of the
Kolkata Metro, the station was leased for branding and semi-naming rights to Kolkata-based conglomerate,
Theism Group
Theism is broadly defined as the belief in the existence of a Creator deity, supreme being or deities. In common parlance, or when contrasted with ''deism'', the term often describes the classical conception of God that is found in monotheism (a ...
, rebranding it as Theism Belgachia officially. It was redecorated and rebranded by the corporate organization to become India's first health station.
The station
Structure
Belgachia is underground metro station, situated on the
Kolkata Metro Line 1 of
Kolkata Metro.
Station layout
Connections
Auto
Autos ply on Belgachia-Lake Town and Belgachia-Bangur Avenue routes.
Bus
Bus route number 3B (Paikpara), 3C/1, 3C/2, 3D (Paikpara), 3D/1 (Paikpara), 30C, 30D, 47B, 79B, 91, 91A, 93, 211A, 215/1, 219 (Paikpara), 219/1 (Paikpara), 227, DN18, KB16, S160 (Mini), C11, T8, AC40 etc. serve the station.
Train
Kolkata railway station,
Patipukur railway station and
Tala railway station
Tala railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in Shyambazar, Kolkata. It serves the local areas of Shyambazar and Belgachia in the Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Only a few local trains halt here. The station has two platforms, and is ...
are located nearby.
Gallery
File:Belgachia Metro Station Gate 3.jpg, Belgachia Metro Station Gate 3
File:BELGACHIA_WEST_PLATFORM.jpg, Belgachia Dum Dum bound platform
File:Belgachia East Platform.jpg, Shyambazar bound tracks at Belgachia
File:Platform naming board.jpg, A view of the platform naming board at Belgachia
File:Theism Diagnostics Kiosk.jpg, Theism Diagnostics Kiosk at Belgachia
Entry/Exit
See also
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Kolkata
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List of Kolkata Metro stations
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Transport in Kolkata
The transport system of Kolkata, a city in India, is a mix of modern mass rapid transport and old transport modalities like rickshaws. Kolkata is connected to the rest of India by the National Highways, the extensive network of the Indian Rail ...
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Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
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Kolkata Suburban Railway
The Kolkata Suburban Railway is a suburban rail system serving the Kolkata metropolitan area and its surroundings in India. It is the largest suburban railway network in the country with the highest number of stations. It is also the 7th larg ...
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Kolkata Monorail
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Trams in Kolkata
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Belgachia
Belgachia is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their ...
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List of rapid transit systems
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* List of premetro systems
* List of metro systems
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List of metro systems
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References
External links
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Official Website for line 1''UrbanRail.Net''– descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
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Kolkata Metro stations
Railway stations in Kolkata
Railway stations opened in 1984
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