This interchange station includes two side and an island platform with lengths of 182 meters, unlike other Kolkata Metro stations.[3] 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.[4] The Kolkata Metro owns a 147-acre depot for maintenance and storage of rakes immediate east of the station.[5] This elevated metro station for the serves both Blue Line and Yellow Line under Kolkata Metro, the latter being sought to be opened on 14 April 2024.[6]
This is the oldest and biggest metro depot in India. It serves the Kolkata Metro Line 1 and will also serve Kolkata Metro Line 4 in future. 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.
Historyedit
It was opened in 1984. Before that, it was a Railway yard and a track extended till Texmaco Rail & Engineering manufacturing unit.
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For other uses see Noapara Noapara is the largest elevated metro station on the North South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Noapara Baranagar Kolkata West Bengal India 1 It opened on 10 July 2013 2 Noaparaন য প ড Kolkata Metro station interchange and terminus Inside Noapara interchange metro station General informationLocationAkshay Kumar Mukherjee Road Noapara BaranagarCoordinates22 38 23 N 88 23 38 E 22 639673 N 88 393978 E 22 639673 88 393978Owned byMetro Railway KolkataKolkata Metro Rail CorporationOperated byKolkata MetroLine s Blue Line Yellow LinePlatforms1 Island and 2 Side platformPlatform 1 DakshineswarPlatform 2 Kavi SubhashTracks4 2 more tracks lead to the depot ConstructionStructure typeElevated Double trackAccessibleYesOther informationStatusStaffed OperationalStation codeKNAPFare zoneKOAAHistoryOpened10 July 2013 10 years ago 2013 07 10 ServicesPreceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Baranagartowards Dakshineswar Blue Line Dum Dumtowards Kavi Subhash Terminus Yellow Line under construction Dum Dum Cantonmenttowards BarasatRoute mapLegend Chord link Lineto Dankuni Dakshineswar Pink Line to Barrackpore Baranagar Eastern Lineto Ranaghat Noapara depot Noapara Keshtopur Canal Yellow Line to Barasat Eastern Lineto Bongaon Dum Dum Belgachia Circular Line amp Sealdah South Circular Canal Shyambazar Sovabazar Sutanuti Girish Park Mahatma Gandhi Road Central Chandni Chowk Green Line to Howrah Maidanto VIP Road Esplanade Park Street Purple Line to Diamond Park Maidan Rabindra Sadan Netaji Bhavan Jatin Das Park Kalighat Tollygunge Rabindra Sarobar Circular Line amp Sealdah South Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Tollygunge depot Netaji Masterda Surya Sen Gitanjali Kavi Nazrul Shahid Khudiram Orange Line to Jai Hind Sealdah Southto Sealdah Kavi Subhash New Garia depot Sealdah Southto NamkhanaLocation Noapara metro station Contents 1 Station 1 1 Layout 2 Depot 2 1 History 3 Connections 3 1 Bus 3 2 Auto 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksStation editThis interchange station includes two side and an island platform with lengths of 182 meters unlike other Kolkata Metro stations 3 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 4 The Kolkata Metro owns a 147 acre depot for maintenance and storage of rakes immediate east of the station 5 This elevated metro station for the serves both Blue Line and Yellow Line under Kolkata Metro the latter being sought to be opened on 14 April 2024 6 Layout edit Line 1 Line 4 Noapara track layout Legend nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp to Baranagar P1 nbsp nbsp nbsp P2 nbsp nbsp nbsp to Dum Dum nbsp Station with two tracks and two side platforms G Street level Exit Entrance L1 Mezzanine Fare control station agent Metro Card vending machines crossover L1 Side platform Doors will open on the left nbsp Yellow Line Station Layout amp Platform Numbers TBC Platform Northbound Towards Barasat next station is Dum Dum Cantonment Platform Southbound Towards Train Terminates Here Island platform P amp P2 doors will open on the left nbsp Platform 2Southbound Towards Kavi Subhash next station is Dum Dum Platform 1Northbound Towards Dakshineshwar next station is Baranagar Side platform Doors will open on the left nbsp L2Depot edit nbsp Map of Noapara depot Kolkata This is the oldest and biggest metro depot in India It serves the Kolkata Metro Line 1 and will also serve Kolkata Metro Line 4 in future 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 It was opened in 1984 Before that it was a Railway yard and a track extended till Texmaco Rail amp Engineering manufacturing unit Connections editBus edit Bus route number 34C serves the station 7 Auto edit Noapara Metro to Bonhoogly and Pramod Nagar to Tobin Road See also editKolkata List of Kolkata Metro stations Transport in Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Kolkata Suburban Railway Kolkata Monorail Trams in Kolkata Noapara India List of rapid transit systems List of metro systems Portals nbsp Trains nbsp Transport nbsp EngineeringReferences edit 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 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 Archived from the original on 30 June 2013 Retrieved 30 May 2013 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 Poila Baisakh date for service start on Noapara Cantonment stretch The Times of India 27 March 2024 ISSN 0971 8257 Retrieved 27 March 2024 Bus Services External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Noapara metro station nbsp Kolkata Baranagar travel guide from Wikivoyage Official Website for line 1 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Noapara metro station and depot amp oldid 1216922401, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
