Esplanade metro station

Esplanade is an underground interchange metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line and on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. This station, which is the biggest in kolkata, is located in the Esplanade neighbourhood of Kolkata, at the northern end of Chowringhee Road/Jawaharlal Nehru Road near New Market and the Oberoi Grand hotel. It opened in 1984 as part of what is now Kolkata Metro Line 1. The station is re-designed to be the largest station of the metro and will function as the interchange station between Line 1, Line 2 and Line 3. The Line-2 complex, built below the Line-1 complex (requiring modification to Line-1 station) was completed and inaugurated on 6 March 2024. The Line-2 complex is designed with world class amenities and murals that depict the culture, tradition, sports, monuments, important structures, etc in them.

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 PM flags off various metro railway services during the inauguration and laying the foundation stone of multiple connectivity projects at Esplanade Metro Rail Station of Kolkata, in West Bengal on March 06, 2024.jpg|Metro rake flagged off from Esplanade metro station File:PM intracting with the metro staff & school students as he travels with them in India’s first underwater metro train during the inauguration (2).jpg| Interior of Metro Rack at Esplanade metro station Esplanade metro station as seen in Narendra Modi's video.jpg|Esplanade metro station platform Esplanade metro station pics 16.jpg|Esplanade metro signage Esplanade metro station green complex 01.jpg|Esplanade metro construction gate Esplanade metro station pics 15.jpg|Esplanade metro station Weighing Machine at Esplanade Metro Station in Kolkata, India.jpg|Weighing Machine at Esplanade H20240306155707.JPG|Concourse Area Esplanade metro station green line 10.jpg|Platform level Esplanade metro station pics 2.jpg|Esplanade metro station blue-green line interchange from Blue line Complex H20240306155705.JPG|Artists Conception of East west metro at Esplanade Esplanade metro station as seen in Narendra Modi's video a.jpg|Train enters Esplanade Esplanade metro station pics 10.jpg|Esplanade metro station blue-green line interchange from Green line Complex