Salt Lake Sector-V/IT Centre metro station
Salt Lake Sector-V সল্ট লেক সেক্টর-V/আইটি-সেন্টার   | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kolkata Metro station (interchange and terminus) | ||||||||||||||||
 Salt Lake Sector V, Green Line metro station complex | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sector – V, Salt Lake Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700091 India | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°34′53″N 88°25′47″E / 22.581318°N 88.429822°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Kolkata Metro | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Green Line Orange Line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Green Line: Side platform Platform-1 → Train Terminates Here Platform-2 → Howrah Maidan Orange line: Side platform Platform-1 → Nalban Platform-2 → Nabadiganta | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 for Green Line 2 for Orange line | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated, Double track | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 13 February 2020[1] | |||||||||||||||
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Salt Lake Sector-V/IT Centre (also known as Bandhan Bank Salt Lake Sector-V or IT Centre) is the elevated interchange and terminal metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line and Airport-New Garia corridor of the Orange Line of Kolkata Metro close to Nabadiganta Industrial Township, Salt Lake City, Kolkata. This green line complex known as Salt Lake Sector-V was completed and inaugurated in February 2020, while the orange line complex called IT Centre is still under construction as of November 2024.[2]
This metro station is located diagonally opposite Wipro Infotech Ltd, Salt Lake and right opposite Salt Lake RTO office. Prominent buildings in proximity to Sector- V Metro Station is TCS Gitobitan, RS Software, PS Srijan Techpark, Merlin Infinite, Merlin Matrix, Rang De Basanti Dhaba, Bandhan Bank, RS Software. Prominent educational institutes near Sector-V metro station are IIHM, EIILM, IEM UEM, Red Apple Learning, Techno India University.
Salt Lake Sector-V complex of green line and IT Centre complex of the upcoming Orange Line are located beside each other, allowing for interchange between the two lines.[3] The two complexes are connected by means of an over-bridge.[4]
Structure
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Salt Lake Sector-V track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| L2 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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| Platform 1 Eastbound |
Towards → Train Terminates Here | |
| Platform 2 Westbound |
Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is Karunamoyee | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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| L2 | ||
IT Centre track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| L2 | Side platform doors will open on the left
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| Southbound | Towards →Kavi Subhash→ next station is Nalban→ | |
| Northbound | →Towards ←Jai Hind← next station is Nabadiganta← | |
| Side platform doors will open on the left
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| L2 | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "অবশেষে চলার পথে, ১৩ ফেব্রুয়ারি থেকে শুরু ইস্ট-ওয়েস্ট মেট্রো" (in Bengali). Kolkata: eisamay.indiatimes.com. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Trial runs for new East-West Metro rakes to start in May". The Times of India.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Tech hub to mass-transit interface". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018.
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