Eco Park metro station (Kolkata)
Eco Park is a metro station of Orange Line of the Kolkata Metro.[2] It is situated beside Eco Park and will serve the Nawabpur area of New Town.[3]
Location
This station is located beside Eco Park in the Nawabpur area of New Town. The main elevated structure of the station stands in the middle of Biswa Bangla Sarani, with foot-over-bridges on either side of the road.[3]
History
This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years.[4] The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore.[5] It will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of Kolkata to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. When IL&FS, which had been awarded the contract, abandoned the project in 2018, work for Convention Centre (Eco Park) had stopped. However, the construction resumed in 2020 under ITD-Cementation.[6] In 2021, nine metro stations were renamed by the Government of West Bengal, including Convention Centre, which became Eco Park.[6]
Station
Structure
Eco Park Metro Station is an elevated metro station. Once completed, there will be two 180-metre-long platforms at Eco Park station along with ticket counters, Automatic Smart Card Recharge Machines (ASCRM) for a self-ticketing facility.
Along with staircases, lifts and escalators will also be provided at this station. Apart from these, separate toilets for ladies, gents, and divyangjan will be available for the convenience of passengers.
Public Address System, digital display boards, emergency lighting facility for the convenience of the passengers, tactile floor indicators for the blind will be some other added amenities here.[3][7]
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 | |
| Southbound | Towards →Kavi Subhash→ next station is Mother's Wax Museum→ | |
| Northbound | →Towards ←Jai Hind← next station is Mangaldeep ← | |
| Side platform doors will open on the left | ||
| L2 | ||
Power and signal systems
Like other stations and lines of Kolkata Metro, this station has 750 volt DC powered third rail. The electricity system will be used to operate the train.[8]
Train movement at this station will be managed by communication based train control signaling system. With this signal system, trains can be operated at intervals of 90 seconds.[9]
Services
Services have not started from this station. Currently the station is under construction.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Patil, Samreen (11 July 2024). "Kolkata Metro: Orange & Purple Line Work Reviewed, To Be Fully Operational By 2026". News18. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ Jha, Nikita (29 April 2025). "Kolkata Metro: Train Operations To Begin Soon On THIS Stretch Of Orange Line-See Route, Stations & More". Times Now. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ a b c Mitra, Kausik (5 November 2023). "CONSTRUCTION WORK OF ECO PARK STATION (ORANGE LINE) GOING on IN FULL SWING". Metro Railway Kolkata. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ "Rail set to take over East-West". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 8 February 2011. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011.
- ^ ""Seven projects meant to change the face of Calcutta are entangled in a web of land politics and pandering. Metro explores the tunnel vision"". Telegraph India. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ a b Chakraborty, Ajanta (5 August 2020). "New Garia-Airport Metro: Work for 7 stations to begin next month". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ a b Das, Ayan (5 November 2023). "Eco Park Metro Station: ইকোপার্ক মেট্রো স্টেশনও প্রায় 'রেডি', রইল ভিতরের 'ফার্স্ট লুক', চোখ ধাঁধিয়ে যাবে". Hindustan Times (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2025.