Esplanade
Main building ofGreen Line station (top) and Gate no. 5 of theBlue Line station (below)
General information
Location	Esplanade, Kolkata,West Bengal India
Coordinates	22°33′54″N88°21′06″E / 22.564942°N 88.351699°E /22.564942; 88.351699
System	Kolkata Metro station
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Lines	Blue Line Green Line Future: Purple Line
Platforms	4  Blue Line : 1island platform  Green Line : 1 island & 2side platforms
Tracks	2 for Blue Line (operational) 2 for Green Line (operational) 2 for Purple Line (under construction)
Construction
Structure type	Underground,Double track
Depth	28 m (92 ft)[1]
Platform levels	3
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	KESP
History
Opened	Blue Line :1984; 41 years ago (1984)[2][3][4]  Green Line :15 March 2024; 20 months ago (2024-03-15)[5][6][7]
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Chandni Chowk towardsDakshineswar Blue Line Park Street towardsKavi Subhash Sealdah towardsSalt Lake Sector-V Green Line Mahakaran towardsHowrah Maidan Future service Park Street towardsDiamond Park Purple Line Eden Gardens Terminus
Route map Legend Chord link Line toDankuni Dakshineswar Pink LinetoBarrackpore Baranagar Eastern Line toRanaghat Noapara depot Noapara Keshtopur Canal Yellow LinetoBarasat Eastern Line toBongaon Dum Dum Belgachia Circular Line & Sealdah South Circular Canal Shyambazar Sovabazar Sutanuti Girish Park Mahatma Gandhi Road Central Chandni Chowk Green Line ← toHowrah Maidan to Teghoria → Purple LinetoEden Gardens Esplanade Park Street Purple LinetoDiamond Park Maidan Rabindra Sadan Netaji Bhavan Jatin Das Park Kalighat Tollygunge Rabindra Sarobar Circular Line & Sealdah South Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Tollygunge depot Netaji Masterda Surya Sen Gitanjali Kavi Nazrul Shahid Khudiram Orange LinetoJai Hind Sealdah South toSealdah Kavi Subhash New Garia depot Sealdah South toNamkhana Show Blue Line route map Legend Orange LinetoJai Hind Teghoria Raghunathpur Baguiati Kestopur Krishnapur Salt Lake Sector-V Orange LinetoKavi Subhash Karunamoyee Central Park Central Park depot City Center Bengal Chemical Salt Lake Stadium Phoolbagan Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Eastern Line toDum Dum Circular Canal Sealdah South toBallygunge Sealdah Blue Line Esplanade Purple Line Purple Line Mahakaran B.B.D. Bag onCircular Line Hooghly River Howrah Eastern Line &Howrah– Barddhaman chord line Howrah Maidan South Eastern Line toKharagpur Show Green Line route map Legend Eden Gardens Green LinetoHowrah Maidan Blue LinetoDakshineswar     Green LinetoTeghoria Esplanade Park Street Blue LinetoKavi Subhash Victoria Tolly Canal Khidirpur Mominpur Majerhat Taratala Behala Bazar Behala Chowrasta Sakher Bazar Thakurpukur Joka Joka depot Diamond Park IIM-Joka Show Purple Line route map
Location Esplanade Location within Kolkata Metro

Esplanade is an underground interchange metro station on the North–South corridor of theBlue Line and on the East–West corridor of theGreen Line ofKolkata Metro.^[2][3][4] This station, which is the biggest in the city, is located in theEsplanade neighbourhood ofKolkata, at the northern end ofChowringhee Road/Jawaharlal Nehru Road nearNew Market and theOberoi Grand hotel. It opened in 1984 as part of what is now the Blue Line. The station is re-designed to be the largest station of the metro system and will function as theinterchange station between Blue, Green and Purple Lines.^[8] The Line-2 complex, built below the Line-1 complex (requiring modification to Line-1 station) was completed and inaugurated on 6 March 2024, with connections toSealdah on 22 August 2025.^{[5][8][9][10][7]} The Line-2 complex is designed with world class amenities andmurals that depict theculture,tradition,sports,monuments, important structures, etc. in them.^[11][12][13]

Blue Line

Esplanade track layout
Legend
toChandni Chowk P1 P2 toPark StreetPurple Line
Station with two tracks and one Island platform

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards →Kavi Subhashnext station isPark StreetChange at the next station forPurple Line
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ←Dakshineshwarnext station isChandni Chowk

Esplanade track layout
Legend
toSealdah P1 P2 toMahakaran
Station with two tracks and one island and two side platforms

Green Line

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
UM	Upper Mezzanine	Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops, Crossovers
P	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Eastbound	Towards →Salt Lake Sector-Vnext station isSealdah
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ←Howrah Maidannext station isNew Mahakaran
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
P

Purple Line

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform # Northbound	Towards →Eden Gardensnext station isEden Gardens
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform # Southbound	Towards ←Diamond Parknext station isPark Street
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
P

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  Metro rake flagged off from Esplanade metro station
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  Interior of Metro Rake at Esplanade metro station
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  Esplanade metro station platform
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  Esplanade metro signage
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  Esplanade metro construction gate
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  Esplanade metro station
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  Weighing Machine at Esplanade
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  Concourse Area
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  Platform level
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  Esplanade metro station blue-green line interchange from Blue line Complex
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  Artists Conception of East west metro at Esplanade
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  Train enters Esplanade
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  Esplanade metro station blue-green line interchange from Green line Complex
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  Diaphragm wall installation at purple line Esplanade metro complex

• Transport in Kolkata

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• Kolkata/Esplanade travel guide from Wikivoyage
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• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• "Esplanade station" (Map).Google Maps.

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