Netaji Bhavan is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Bhawanipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. [1] [2]
This name is from Netaji Bhawan, the nearby memorial hall and museum of Subhas Chandra Bose ("Netaji"). Scenes of the Netaji's life are painted inside the station.
History
editIn 1984, when the Metro opened in Kolkata (then Calcutta), it was the southern most station. The station at that time was "Bhawanipore". Later the name was changed to Netaji Bhawan.
Station layout
editNetaji Bhavan track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform
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| G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| P | Platform 2 Southbound |
Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Jatin Das Park |
Island platform | Doors will open on the right 
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| Platform 1 Northbound |
Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Rabindra Sadan | |
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ^ "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
External links
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Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage- Official Website for line 1
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- "Netaji Bhavan station" (Map). Google Maps.
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