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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = [[File:Kolkata Metro Logo.svg|50px]]<br/><br/>সেন্ট্রাল<br />Central<br />
| type = '''[[Kolkata Metro]]''' '''[[List of Kolkata metro stations|station]]'''<br />
| style = Kolkata Metro<br />
| image = Central Metro Station Calcutta Metro 2.JPG<br />
| image_caption = Central Metro Station<br />
| address = [[Bepin Behari Ganguly Street]], [[Bowbazar]], Kolkata<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.572470|N|88.358788|E|region:IN-WB_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}<br />
| line = <!-- line information is detailed under "services" --><br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Underground, [[Double-track railway|Double-track]]<br />
| platform = [[Island platform]]<br />
| depth = <br />
| levels = 2<br />
| tracks = 2<br />
| parking = <br />
| bicycle = <br />
| baggage_check = <br />
| opened = {{start date and age|1995|February|19|mf=yes}}<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 750 V DC [[Third Rail]]<br />
| ADA = Yes {{access icon}}<br />
| code = KCEN<br />
| owned = [[Kolkata Metro]]<br />
| operator = Metro Railway, Kolkata<br />
| zone = North-South<br />
| smartcardname = <br />
| smartcardstatus = <br />
| former = <br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_rank = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| mpassengers = <br />
| services = {{S-rail|title=Kolkata Metro}}<br />
{{S-line|system=Kolkata Metro|line=1|previous=Mahatma Gandhi Road|next=Chandni Chowk}}<br />
| map_type = India Kolkata<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| map_dot_label = Central<br />
| route_map = {{Kolkata Metro line 1}}<br />
| map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
'''Central''' is a station of the [[Kolkata Metro]] located on the crossing of [[Bepin Behari Ganguly Street]] and [[Chittaranjan Avenue|Central Avenue]] in [[Bowbazar]], Central [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kolmetro.com/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820234733/http://www.kolmetro.com/ |archivedate=20 August 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calcuttaweb.com/metro.shtml |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-05-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121093024/http://calcuttaweb.com/metro.shtml |archivedate=21 November 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.urbanrail.net/as/kolk/kolkata.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-06-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132602/http://urbanrail.net/as/kolk/kolkata.htm |archivedate=29 June 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
{{Empty section|date=January 2018}}<br />
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===Construction===<br />
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==The station==<br />
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===Structure===<br />
Central is underground metro station, situated on the [[Kolkata Metro Line 1]] of [[Kolkata Metro]].<br />
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===Layout===<br />
{{Routemap<br />
| title = Island platform<br />
| legend = track<br />
| collapsible = no<br />
| map =<br />
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| bottom = <div style="width:10em;text-align:center">Two tracks and one island platform</div><br />
}}<br />
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===Station layout===<br />
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3<br />
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''<br />
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street Level<br />
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390 valign=top|Exit/ Entrance<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''M'''<br />
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Mezzanine<br />
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=3 valign=top|'''P'''<br />
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=100|'''Southbound'''<br />
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=390| Toward →[[Kavi Subhash metro station|Kavi Subhash]]<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Island platform]], doors will open on the right</small> {{access icon}}<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Northbound'''<br />
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="390" |Toward ← [[Noapara metro station|Noapara]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Connections==<br />
===Bus===<br />
Bus route number 3B, 12C/2, 13, 30C, 43, 47B, 78, 214, 214A, 222, 237, 242, S119 (Mini), S122 (Mini), S139 (Mini), S151 (Mini), S152 (Mini), S158 (Mini), S159 (Mini), S160 (Mini), S161 (Mini), S163 (Mini), S164 (Mini), S165 (Mini), S171 (Mini), S173 (Mini), S175 (Mini), S181 (Mini), S184 (Mini), C24, E25, MIDI1, S3A, S3B, S9A, S10, S11, S15G, S17A, S57, AC20, AC39, VS1 etc. serve the station.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818063620/http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |archive-date=18 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/</ref><br />
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==Entry/Exit==<br />
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="65%"<br />
|- <br />
! align="center" colspan="6" style="background:;"| <span style="color:Black;">'''Central metro station exits '''</span> <br />
|-<br />
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-1<br />
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-2<br />
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-3<br />
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-4<br />
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-5<br />
! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-6<br />
|-<br />
|Indian Airlines ||Lal Bazar ||RITES Building ||Yogayog Bhavan ||Poddar Court ||Medical College<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Kolkata]]<br />
*[[List of Kolkata Metro stations]]<br />
*[[Transport in Kolkata]]<br />
*[[Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation]]<br />
*[[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]<br />
*[[Kolkata Monorail]]<br />
*[[Trams in Kolkata]]<br />
*[[Bhowanipore]]<br />
*[[Chowringhee Road]]<br />
*[[List of rapid transit systems]]<br />
*[[List of metro systems]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/Esplanade}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070820234733/http://www.kolmetro.com/ Official Website for line 1]<br />
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.<br />
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Central/@22.5724604,88.3588217,360m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x3a0277ac0161c411:0xa1c2fcf3868f35f3!8m2!3d22.5724699!4d88.3587885?dcr=0|title=Central station}}<br />
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{{Kolkata Metro}}<br />
{{Rapid transit in India}}<br />
{{Rapid transit in Asia}}<br />
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[[Category:Kolkata Metro stations]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1995]]<br />
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