Kalighat metro station

Kalighat
General information
Location	Rashbehari Avenue, Kalighat Kolkata, West Bengal 700029 India
Coordinates	22.516652°N 88.346003°E / 22.516652; 88.346003
System	Kolkata Metro
Operator	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line	Blue Line
Platforms	2 (1 island platforms)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	No
Other information
Station code	KKHG
History
Opened	29 April 1986 (1986-04-29)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Jatin Das Park towards Dakshineswar Blue Line Rabindra Sarobar towards Shahid Khudiram
Route map Chord link Line to Dankuni Dakshineswar Pink Line to Barrackpore Baranagar Eastern Line to Ranaghat Noapara depot Noapara Keshtopur Canal Yellow Line to Barasat Eastern Line to Bongaon Dum Dum Belgachia Circular Line & Sealdah South Circular Canal Shyambazar Sovabazar Sutanuti Girish Park Mahatma Gandhi Road Central Chandni Chowk Green Line ← to Howrah Maidan to Teghoria → Purple Line to Eden Gardens Esplanade Park Street Purple Line to Diamond 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 Line to Jai Hind Sealdah South to Sealdah Kavi Subhash New Garia depot Sealdah South to Namkhana
Location

Kalighat is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro at Rashbehari Avenue in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezannine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops, crossover
L2	Platform 2	← Train towards Shahid Khudiram (Rabindra Sarobar) →
	Island platform, Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← Train towards Dakshineswar (Jatin Das Park)

Entry/Exits

• 1 – Kali Temple, Kalighat Post Office, Catholic Church, Nirmal Hriday Orphanage
• 3/4/5 – Tollygunge P.S., Muktangan, Southern Ave., P.S.C. Building, Lake Market, Lake Mall, Charu Chandra College, Deshapriya Park, Gariahat Crossing, Rashbehari Ave.
• 8 – Chetla Central Rd., Keoratala Burning Ghat, Pratapaditya Rd.
• 9/10 – Gurudwara, Chetla Boys' School, Sadananda Rd.

Connections

Tram

Tram route number 24/29 serves the station.

Shrine of Mother Kali at the station

See also

• Kolkata
• List of Kolkata Metro stations
• Transport in Kolkata
• Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
• Kolkata Suburban Railway
• Kolkata Monorail
• Trams in Kolkata
• Tollygunge
• E.M. Bypass
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of metro systems

External links

• Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Old official website for Blue Line
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• "Kalighat station" (Map). Google Maps.