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| Location | Howrah railway station,Howrah,West Bengal 711101 India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°35′04″N88°20′26″E / 22.584454°N 88.340578°E /22.584454; 88.340578 | ||||||||||
| System | Kolkata Metro station | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Railway, Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Kolkata metro | ||||||||||
| Line | Green Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island Platform and side platforms[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Howrah | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Depth | 34 m (112 ft)[1] | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 4 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes [citation needed] | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes [citation needed] | ||||||||||
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| Status | Operational | ||||||||||
| Station code | HWHM | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opening | 6 March 2024; 20 months ago (2024-03-06) | ||||||||||
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Howrah metro station is ametro station onKolkata Metro'sGreen Line inHowrah, India.[3] Built underneathHowrah railway station's new and old complex, the metro station allowsinterchanging with other zones of Indian Railways as part of the Howrah stationtransport hub.[1] It is the deepest metro station in India.[1][2] To the east, the station connects to Mahakaran station inKolkata through India's biggest under-river metro tunnel beneath theHooghly river;[4][5] whilst to the west the adjacent station isHowrah Maidan.[6]
The master plan had already identified the East-West corridor back in 1971.[7] It was planned to connect Howrah Railway Station with theSalt Lake region.[8] As per the feasibility investigation for the corridor conducted by Pacific Consultant International Group in January 2004; their plan report proposed the route and tubular structures to be beneath theHooghly River.
TheKolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRC) was formed, to execute the operations of this line.
After extensive work, theEsplanade–Howrah Maidan section of Green Line was inaugurated on 6 March 2024.[9][10] This station solely serves as a tourist attraction due to theunderwater tunnel segment underHooghly River, indicative of denseblue LED lights encompassing the segment.[11][12][13]
Howrah track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one island and two side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| P1 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |
| Platform 1 Eastbound | Towards →Salt Lake Sector-Vnext station isMahakaran | |
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 2 Westbound | Towards ←Howrah Maidannext station isHowrah Maidan | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
Passengers can travel through theKolkata Metro via interchanges on the rest ofGreen Line. The station is directly connected to bothHowrah railway station complexes (being in middle of those complexes), allowing passengers to access both suburban, regional and long-distance services offered byEastern Railway andSouth Eastern Railway via a subway leading to the complexes.[12]
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