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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}{{Distinguish|text=[[Esplanade MRT station]] in [[Singapore]]}}{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Kolkata Metro Logo.svg|50px]] [[File:Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Logo.svg|40px]] Esplanade
| type = '''[[Kolkata Metro]]''' '''[[List of Kolkata metro stations|station]]'''
| style = Kolkata Metro
| image = এসপ্ল্যানেড মেট্রো স্টেশন.JPG
| image_caption = Esplanade Metro station
| address = [[Esplanade, Kolkata]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.564942|N|88.351699|E|region:IN-WB_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| line = {{RouteBox|Line 1|Kolkata Metro Line 1|NAVY|WHITE|bold=yes}} {{RouteBox|Line 2|Kolkata Metro Line 2|green|WHITE|bold=yes}} {{RouteBox|Line 3|Kolkata Metro Line 3|#8A2BE2|White|bold=yes}}
| other =
| structure = Underground
| platform = 4 [[island platforms]] & 2 [[side platforms]]
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| tracks = 6
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| opened = 1984 <ref name="kolmetro-archive">{{cite web|url=http://www.kolmetro.com/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-09-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820234733/http://www.kolmetro.com/ |archive-date=20 August 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="calweb-archive">{{cite web|url=http://www.calcuttaweb.com/metro.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121093024/http://calcuttaweb.com/metro.shtml |archive-date=21 November 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="urbanrail-archive">{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanrail.net/as/kolk/kolkata.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-06-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132602/http://urbanrail.net/as/kolk/kolkata.htm |archive-date=29 June 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>
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| electrified = 750 V DC [[Third Rail]]
| ADA = Yes {{access icon}}
| code = KESP
| owned = [[Kolkata Metro]]
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| map_type = India Kolkata
| map_size = 300
| map_dot_label = Esplanade
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The '''Esplanade metro station''' is a station of the [[Kolkata Metro]].<ref name="kolmetro-archive" /><ref name="calweb-archive" /><ref name="urbanrail-archive" /> The station is located in the [[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]] neighbourhood of [[Kolkata]], at the northern end of [[Chowringhee Road|Chowringhee Road/Jawaharlal Nehru Road]] near [[New Market, Kolkata|New Market]] and the [[Grand Hotel (Kolkata)|Oberoi Grand]] hotel. It opened in 1984 as part of what is now [[Kolkata Metro Line 1]]. The station is being re-designed to be the largest station of the metro and will function as the [[interchange station]] between [[Kolkata Metro Line 1|Line 1]], [[Kolkata Metro Line 2|Line 2]] and [[Kolkata Metro Line 3|Line 3]].

==The station==

===Structure===
Esplanade is underground interchange metro station for the [[Kolkata Metro Line 1|Line 1]], [[Kolkata Metro Line 2|Line 2]] and [[Kolkata Metro Line 3|Line 3]] of [[Kolkata Metro]].

=== Layout ===
{{RouteBox|Line 1|Kolkata Metro Line 1|NAVY|WHITE|bold=yes}}
{| border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
| width="50" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''G'''
| width="100" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Street Level
| width="390" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Exit/Entrance
|-
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''M'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Mezzanine
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
|-
| rowspan="3" width="50" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''P'''
| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |'''Southbound'''
| width="390" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" | → toward [[Kavi Subhash metro station|Kavi Subhash]] ([[Park Street metro station (Kolkata)|Park Street]])
|-
| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |[[Island platform]], doors open on the right {{access icon}}
|-
| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''Northbound'''
| width="390" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" | ← toward [[Dakshineswar metro station|Dakshineswar]] ([[Chandni Chowk metro station (Kolkata)|Chandni Chowk]])
|}

{{RouteBox|Line 2|Kolkata Metro Line 2|green|WHITE|bold=yes}}
{| border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
| width="50" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''G'''
| width="100" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Street Level
| width="390" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Exit/Entrance
|-
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''M'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Mezzanine
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
|-
| rowspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;text-align:center;" |'''P'''
| colspan="2" style="border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |[[Side platform]], doors open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |'''Eastbound'''
| width="390" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" | → toward [[Salt Lake Sector V metro station|Salt Lake Sector V]] ([[Sealdah metro station|Sealdah]])
|-
| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |[[Island platform]], doors open on the right {{access icon}}
|-
| width="100" |'''Westbound'''
| width="390" | ← toward [[Howrah Maidan metro station|Howrah Maidan]] ([[New Mahakaran metro station|New Mahakaran]])
|-
| 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;" |[[Side platform]], doors open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|}
{{RouteBox|Line 3|Kolkata Metro Line 3|#8A2BE2|White|bold=yes}}
{| border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
|'''G'''
|Street Level
|Exit/Entrance
|-
|'''M'''
|Mezzanine
|Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
|-
| rowspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;text-align:center;" |'''P'''
| colspan="2" style="border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |[[Side platform]], doors open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
| width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |'''Northbound'''
| width="390" style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" |Terminus
|-
| colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |[[Island platform]], doors open on the right {{access icon}}
|-
| width="100" |'''Southbound'''
| width="390" | → toward [[Joka metro station|Joka]] ([[Park Street metro station (Kolkata)|Park Street]])
|-
| 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;" |[[Side platform]], doors open on the left {{access icon}}
|}

== See also ==
* [[Transport in Kolkata]]

==Other Wikimedia projects==
{{Commons category|Esplanade metro station}}
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/Esplanade}}
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/Maidan}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070820234733/http://www.kolmetro.com/ kolmetro]
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Esplanade/@22.5642588,88.3505259,723m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x3a02770855b41fdd:0x5cd9a856691f686b!8m2!3d22.5626387!4d88.3507298?dcr=0|title=Esplanade station}}

{{Kolkata Metro}}
{{Rapid transit in India}}
{{Rapid transit in Asia}}

[[Category:Kolkata Metro stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1984]]

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