Salt Lake Sector-V (also known as Bandhan Bank Salt Lake Sector-V) is the elevated eastern metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro close to Nabadiganta Industrial Township, Salt Lake City, Kolkata. This station was completed and inaugurated in February 2020.[2]
Salt Lake Sector-V সল্টলেক সেক্টর-৫  | |||||||||||||
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| Kolkata Metro station | |||||||||||||
 Sector V, Metro Station | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Other names | Bandhan Bank Salt Lake Sector V | ||||||||||||
| Location | Sector – V, Salt Lake Bidhannagar, Kolkata – 700091 | ||||||||||||
| 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) | Green Line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform Platform-1 → Train Terminates Here Platform-2 → Howrah Maidan | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated, Double track | ||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 13 February 2020 (line 2)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | 750 V DC Third Rail | ||||||||||||
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This metro station is 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.
IT Centre metro station of the upcoming Orange Line will be located beside this station, allowing for interchange between the two lines.[3] The two stations will be connected by means of an over-bridge.[4]
Structure edit
Salt Lake Sector-V track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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| 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 | ||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "অবশেষে চলার পথে, ১৩ ফেব্রুয়ারি থেকে শুরু ইস্ট-ওয়েস্ট মেট্রো" (in Bengali). Kolkata: eisamay.indiatimes.com. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Trial runs for new East-West Metro rakes to start in May". The Times of India.
- ^ "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.
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