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Noapara

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Cross-platform interchange at Noapara station
General information
LocationA.K Mukherjee Road, Noapara, Baranagar, West Bengal 700090
Coordinates 22°38′23″N88°23′38″E / 22.639673°N 88.393978°E / 22.639673; 88.393978
System Kolkata Metro
Operated by Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line Blue Line Yellow Line
Platforms4 (2 side platforms; 1 island platform)
Tracks4
Construction
Structure type Elevated
AccessibleYes Wheelchair symbol.svg
Other information
StatusOperational
Station codeKNAP
History
Opened10 July 2013;12 years ago (2013-07-10)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Logo.svg Kolkata Metro Following station
Baranagar
towards Dakshineswar
Blue Line Dum Dum
Terminus Yellow Line Dum Dum Cantonment
towards Jai Hind
Location
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Noapara
Location within Kolkata
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Noapara
Noapara (Kolkata Metro)

Noapara is the largest elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Noapara, Baranagar, West Bengal, India. [1] It opened on 10 July 2013. [2] The station is an interchange where it hosts Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro till Jai Hind via Dum Dum Cantonment. [3] [4]

Contents

Station

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Noapara Metro station Gate no. 2

This interchange station includes two side and an island platform with lengths of 182 meters, unlike other Kolkata Metro stations. [5] 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. [6] The Kolkata Metro owns a 147-acre depot for maintenance and storage of rakes immediate east of the station. [7] This elevated metro station for the serves both Blue Line and Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro, the latter being opened on 22 August 2025 as a part of Noapara–Jai Hind extension. [8] [9]

Layout

Noapara track layout
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P3 to Train Terminates Here
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P2 to Dum Dum
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Station with two tracks, one island and one side platforms
L2 Side platform, Doors will open on the left Wheelchair symbol.svg
Platform 4 Towards Jai Hind (Dum Dum Cantonment)
Platform 3← Alighting only
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cross-platform interchange
Platform 2 Towards Shahid Khudiram (Dum Dum)
Platform 1← Towards Dakshineswar (Baranagar*)
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L1ConcourseFare control, station agent, metro card vending machines, crossover
GStreet levelExit/Entrance

Depot

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Metro depot at Noapara
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Map of Noapara depot, Kolkata

This is the oldest and biggest metro depot in India. It serves the Blue Line and Yellow Line. 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

It was opened in 1984. Before that, it was a Railway yard and a track extended till Texmaco Rail & Engineering manufacturing unit.

Connections

Bus

Bus route number 34C serves the station. [10]

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Noapara station concourse level

Auto

Autos are available towards Dunlop via Bon-Hooghly, Tobin Road, Mathkal via Promodnagar Bazar.

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Milestone". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. "Next week, PM to launch 3 Metro stations; Noapara to get direct airport link". The Indian Express. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  4. "Kolkata's Yellow Line Opens Doors To Culture, History, And Connectivity". outlooktraveller. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  5. 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.
  6. Banerjee, Tamaghna (11 March 2013). "Noapara Metro from April". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 May 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. 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.
  8. "'Efforts on to open 3 new metro lines next week'". The Times of India. 12 August 2025. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  9. "3 new stretches of Kolkata metro likely to open by August end". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  10. "Bus Services".
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