Salt Lake Sector-V and IT Centre metro stations

Salt Lake Sector-V
IT Centre

সল্ট লেক সেক্টর-V
আইটি-সেন্টার

Kolkata Metro station (interchange and terminus)
Salt Lake Sector V, Green Line metro station complex
General information
LocationSector – V, Bidhannagar, West Bengal 700091
 India
Coordinates22°34′53″N 88°25′47″E / 22.581318°N 88.429822°E / 22.581318; 88.429822
Owned byMetro Railway, Kolkata
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated byKolkata Metro
Line(s)Salt Lake Sector-V: Green Line
IT Centre: Orange Line
PlatformsGreen Line (Salt Lake Sector-V):
Side platform
Platform-1 → Train Terminates Here
Platform-2 → Howrah Maidan
Orange line (IT Centre):
Side platform
Platform-1 → Nalban
Platform-2 → Nabadiganta
Tracks2 for Green Line (Salt Lake Sector-V)
2 for Orange Line (IT Centre)
Construction
Structure typeElevated, Double track
AccessibleYes Disabled access
History
OpenedSalt Lake Sector-V: 13 February 2020; 4 years ago (13 February 2020)[1]
IT Centre: under construction
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Kolkata Metro. Kolkata Metro Following station
Terminus Green Line Karunamoyee
Nalban
towards Kavi Subhash
Orange Line Nabadiganta
towards Jai Hind
Location
Salt Lake Sector-V IT Centre is located in Kolkata Metro
Salt Lake Sector-V IT Centre
Salt Lake Sector-V
IT Centre
Location within Kolkata Metro

Salt Lake Sector-V (also known as Bandhan Bank Salt Lake Sector-V) and IT Centre are the metro stations serving Sector-V, Bidhannagar. The Salt Lake Sector-V station of Green Line and the IT Centre station of the upcoming Orange Line are located beside each other,[2] and connected by means of an over-bridge[3] forming an elevated interchange between the Green and Orange Lines of Kolkata Metro.

Salt Lake Sector-V is the terminal metro station on the Green Line. It was completed and inaugurated in February 2020.[4] IT Centre on the Orange Line is still under construction as of November 2024.

The metro stations are located diagonally opposite Wipro Infotech Ltd, Salt Lake and right opposite Salt Lake RTO office. Prominent buildings in proximity to Sector- V Metro Station is TCS Gitobitan, RS Software, PS Srijan Techpark, Merlin Infinite, Merlin Matrix, Rang De Basanti Dhaba, Bandhan Bank, RS Software. Prominent educational institutes near Sector-V metro station are IIHM, EIILM, IEM UEM, Red Apple Learning, Techno India University.

Structure

Salt Lake Sector-V and IT Centre metro station complexes
Salt Lake Sector-V track layout
P2
P1
to Train Terminates Here
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

Green Line

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 Disabled access
Platform 1
Eastbound
Towards → Train Terminates Here
Platform 2
Westbound
Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is Karunamoyee
Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2
IT Centre track layout
P2
P1
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

Orange Line

Layout
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 Disabled access
Southbound Towards →Kavi Subhash→ next station is Nalban
Northbound Towards ←Jai Hindnext station is Nabadiganta
Side platform doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2

See also

References

  1. ^ "অবশেষে চলার পথে, ১৩ ফেব্রুয়ারি থেকে শুরু ইস্ট-ওয়েস্ট মেট্রো" (in Bengali). Kolkata: eisamay.indiatimes.com. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Tech hub to mass-transit interface". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Trial runs for new East-West Metro rakes to start in May". The Times of India.