Salt Lake Sector-V and IT Centre metro stations
Salt Lake Sector-V IT Centre সল্ট লেক সেক্টর-V আইটি-সেন্টার   | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kolkata Metro station (interchange and terminus) | ||||||||||||||||
 Salt Lake Sector V metro station of Green Line on left and IT Centre metro station of Orange line on right. | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sector – V, Bidhannagar, West Bengal 700091 India | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°34′53″N 88°25′47″E / 22.581318°N 88.429822°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Kolkata Metro | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Salt Lake Sector-V: Green Line IT Centre: Orange Line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Green 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 for Green Line (Salt Lake Sector-V) 2 for Orange Line (IT Centre) | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated, Double track | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | Salt Lake Sector-V: 13 February 2020[1] IT Centre: 2025 (expected) | |||||||||||||||
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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 track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
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| 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
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| L2 | ||
IT Centre track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
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| Southbound | Towards →Kavi Subhash→ next station is Nalban→ | |
| Northbound | →Towards ←Jai Hind← next station is Nabadiganta← | |
| Side platform doors will open on the left
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| L2 | ||
See also
References
- ^ "অবশেষে চলার পথে, ১৩ ফেব্রুয়ারি থেকে শুরু ইস্ট-ওয়েস্ট মেট্রো" (in Bengali). Kolkata: eisamay.indiatimes.com. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Metro Railway Kolkata / Indian Railways Portal". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Tech hub to mass-transit interface". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Trial runs for new East-West Metro rakes to start in May". The Times of India.
