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{{Short description|Metro station in Kolkata, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Eco Park
| symbol = m
| symbol_location = kolkata
| type = {{Kolkata Metro Infobox station line
| line = Orange
}}
| style = Kolkata Metro
| image =
| image_caption = Kolkata Metro (Orange Line) Route
| address = Action Area IIE, Reckjoani, [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]], [[West Bengal]] 700135
(Beside of [[Eco Park, New Town|Eco Park]])
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.6111919|N|88.4672315|E|}}
| line = {{rcb|Kolkata Metro|Orange|croute}}
| other =
| structure = Elevated
| platform = 2 [[side platforms]]
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 2
| parking =
| bicycle =
| baggage_check =
| opened = 2026 (expected)<ref>{{Cite web
|last=Patil
|first=Samreen
|title=Kolkata Metro: Orange & Purple Line Work Reviewed, To Be Fully Operational By 2026 |url=https://www.news18.com/auto/kolkata-metro-orange-purple-line-work-reviewed-to-be-fully-operational-by-2026-8961968.html|website=News18|date=2024-07-11|access-date=2025-09-09}}</ref>
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 750 [[Volt|V]] [[direct current|DC]] [[third rail]]
| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}
| code =
| owned = [[Metro Railway, Kolkata]]
| zone =
| smartcardname =
| smartcardstatus =
| former = Convention Centre
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| mpassengers =
| services = {{adjacent stations|system=Kolkata Metro |line=Orange |left=Mother's Wax Museum|right=Mangaldeep}}
| route_map = {{Kolkata Metro Orange Line}}
| map_state = collapsed
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=14|type=point|marker=rail|coord={{Coord|22.6111919|N|88.4672315|E|}}}}
}}
'''Eco Park''' is a metro station of [[Orange Line (Kolkata Metro)|Orange Line]] of the [[Kolkata Metro]].<ref>{{Cite web
|last=Jha
|first=Nikita
|title=Kolkata Metro: Train Operations To Begin Soon On THIS Stretch Of Orange Line-See Route, Stations & More
|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/kolkata/kolkata-metro-train-operations-to-begin-soon-on-hemanta-mukhopadhyay-and-beleghata-stretch-of-orange-line-check-route-stations-and-more-article-151531143
|website=Times Now
|date=2025-04-29
|access-date=2025-09-09
}}</ref> It is situated beside [[Eco Park, New Town|Eco Park]] and will serve the Nawabpur area of [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mitra |first=Kausik |date=2023-11-05 |title=CONSTRUCTION WORK OF ECO PARK STATION (ORANGE LINE) GOING on IN FULL SWING |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=3602&id=0,4,268 |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=Metro Railway Kolkata}}</ref>

==Location ==
This station is located beside [[Eco Park, New Town|Eco Park]] in the Nawabpur area of [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]]. The main [[elevated railway|elevated]] structure of the station stands in the middle of [[Biswa Bangla Sarani]], with foot-over-bridges on either side of the road.<ref name=":0" />

==History ==
This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by [[Mamata Banerjee]] with a project deadline of six years.<ref name="airport_link_station_names">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110208/jsp/calcutta/story_13549408.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213055942/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110208/jsp/calcutta/story_13549408.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 February 2011|title=Rail set to take over East-West|date=8 February 2011|work=The Telegraph|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Seven projects meant to change the face of Calcutta are entangled in a web of land politics and pandering. Metro explores the tunnel vision" |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/stuck/cid/1287657 |website=Telegraph India|access-date=2025-09-09}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1" /> In 2021, nine metro stations were renamed by the [[Government of West Bengal]], including Convention Centre, which became Eco Park.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Chakraborty |first=Ajanta |date=2020-08-05 |title=New Garia-Airport Metro: Work for 7 stations to begin next month |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/new-garia-airport-metro-work-for-7-stations-to-begin-next-month/articleshow/77360632.cms |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==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, [[Elevator|lifts]] and [[escalator]]s 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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web
|last=Das
|first=Ayan
|title=Eco Park Metro Station: ইকোপার্ক মেট্রো স্টেশনও প্রায় 'রেডি', রইল ভিতরের 'ফার্স্ট লুক', চোখ ধাঁধিয়ে যাবে
|url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/pictures/eco-park-metro-station-work-almost-completed-of-new-garia-to-airport-corridor-check-first-looks-31699184557750.html
|website=Hindustan Times
|date=2023-11-05
|access-date=2025-09-09|language=bn
}}{{dead link|date=February 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===layout===
{{stack|{{Routemap
| title = Eco Park track layout
| title color = white
| title-bg = #{{rcr|Kolkata Metro|Orange}}
| legend = track
| collapsible = no
| map = vCONTgfa
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Mangaldeep metro station|Mangaldeep]]
*'''P2'''\cPLT\vSTR\cPLT\*'''P1'''
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Mother's Wax Museum metro station|Mother's Wax Museum]]
vCONTgfe
| bottom = <div style="width:23.5em;text-align:center">Station with two tracks and two side platforms</div>
}}}}
{| border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
|+ '''Layout'''
| width="50" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" |'''G'''
| width="100" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Street Level
| width="500" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Exit/Entrance
|-
| valign="top" |'''L1'''
| valign="top" |Mezzanine
| valign="top" |Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover<br />
|-
| rowspan="4" width="50" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''L2'''
| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |<small>[[Side platform]] doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
|-
| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''Southbound'''
| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Towards →[[Kavi Subhash metro station|Kavi Subhash]]→ next station is [[Mother's Wax Museum metro station|Mother's Wax Museum]]→
|-
|'''Northbound'''
|<span style="color:white">→</span>Towards ←[[Jai Hind metro station|Jai Hind]]← <small>next station is [[Mangaldeep metro station|Mangaldeep]] </small>←
|-
| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" |<small>[[Side platform]] doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
|-
| rowspan="2" width="50" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''L2'''
| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |
| width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |
|-
|}

==Power and signal systems ==
Like other stations and lines of [[Kolkata Metro]], this station has 750 volt [[Direct current|DC]] [[DC motor|powered]] [[third rail]]. The [[electricity system]] will be used to operate the train.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=3822&did=1705999999593CFC2163E0CC36FDC7712299FBF8432D4|date=2024-01-20 |access-date=2025-09-11 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref>

Train movement at this station will be managed by [[CBTC|communication based train control signaling]] system. With this signal system, trains can be operated at intervals of 90 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=3960&did=1711434226034173F1A0F14BC36381633091FEA2E7CD6 |date=2024-03-23 |access-date=2025-09-11 |website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref>

==Services ==
Services have not started from this station. Currently the station is under construction.<ref name=":2" />

==See also==
*[[List of Kolkata Metro stations]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Kolkata Metro stations]]

Eco Park metro station Kolkata - Revision history

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