Salt Lake Stadium metro station

Salt Lake Stadium metro station (also known as IFA Salt Lake Stadium metro station[3]) is a station of Kolkata Metro Line 2. It serves the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan and Kadapara area. The station is situated over EM Bypass, 800 m away from the Bengal Chemical metro station.


Salt Lake Stadium
Kolkata Metro station
General information
Other namesIFA Salt Lake Stadium[1]
LocationSalt Lake Stadium, Kadapara, Kolkata, West Bengal 700054
Coordinates22.573082°N 88.403024°E / 22.573082; 88.403024
Owned byKolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated byMetro Railway, Kolkata
Line(s) Green Line 
PlatformsSide platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational
History
Opened13 February 2020 (13 February 2020)[2]
Electrified2018 (750V DC)
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station
Bengal Chemical
towards Salt Lake Sector-V
 Green Line Phoolbagan
towards Howrah Maidan
Location
Salt Lake Stadium
Location within Kolkata

The station

This is the last elevated station on this Line. After this, the line bends almost 90° and enters into the tunnel beside Subhash Sarovar.

Layout
Salt Lake Stadium track layout
to Phoolbagan
to Bengal Chemical
Station with two tracks and two side platforms
G Street level Exit/Entrance
L1 Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines
L2 Side platform | Doors will open on the left
Platform 1
Eastbound		 Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Bengal Chemical
Platform 2
Westbound		 Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is Phoolbagan
Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

References
  1. "Report: IFA take up branding rights of Salt Lake Stadium metro station, set to change name". Khel Now. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. "অবশেষে চলার পথে, ১৩ ফেব্রুয়ারি থেকে শুরু ইস্ট-ওয়েস্ট মেট্রো" (in Bengali). Kolkata: eisamay.indiatimes.com. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. "Metro station named after Indian Football Association in Kolkata". the-aiff.com. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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