Maidan metro station
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 Maidan metro station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Middleton St, Chowringhee Road Kolkata, West Bengal 700071 India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°32′58″N 88°20′57″E / 22.54936°N 88.34906°E | ||||||||||
| System | Kolkata Metro | ||||||||||
| Operator | Metro Railway, Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Line | Blue Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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| Station code | KMDI | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 24 October 1984 | ||||||||||
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Maidan is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[1][2][3] It is located on Chowringhee Road at Middleton Street. It is named after Maidan, the largest urban park in Kolkata.
History
In 2024, Kolkata Metro began replacing the steel third rail on the Blue Line with a highly conductive aluminum rail. This upgrade, the first in 38 years, aims to cut energy loss by 84%, saving approximately ₹1 crore per kilometer annually. The initial shipment from Germany covers about 5 kilometers, with a total of 35 kilometers planned over two years. The aluminum rail will reduce voltage drops, leading to faster travel times, more frequent services, and lower operational costs, while also cutting carbon emissions by 50,000 tons over its lifetime.[4]
Station layout
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| L1 | Mezannine | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops, crossover |
| L2 | Platform 2 | Towards Shahid Khudiram (Rabindra Sadan) → |
| Island platform, Doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 1 | ← Towards Dakshineswar (Park Street) | |
Entry/Exit
- 1 - Victoria Memorial, Brigade Parade Ground
- 2 - Jeevan Deep, Middleton St
- 3 - Kanak Building, Chowringhee Rd
See also
References
- ↑ "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Kolkata Metro Blue Line Upgrade: Replacement of Steel Third Rail with Aluminum begins to slash carbon emissions". MSN. FE Online. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
External links
Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage- Kolkata/Maidan 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.
- "Maidan station" (Map). Google Maps.
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