Esplanade এসপ্লানেড
Kolkata Metro station
Gate no. 5 of the station
General information
Location	Esplanade, Kolkata
Coordinates	22°33′54″N 88°21′06″E / 22.564942°N 88.351699°E / 22.564942; 88.351699
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line Green Line Purple Line
Platforms	6   Blue Line : 1 island platform   Green Line : 1 island & 2 side platforms
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double track
Depth	28 m (92 ft)[1]
Platform levels	3
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	KESP
History
Opened	1984[2][3][4]
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Chandni Chowk towards Dakshineswar Blue Line Park Street towards Kavi Subhash Sealdah towards Salt Lake Sector-V Green Line Mahakaran towards Howrah Maidan Future service Park Street towards Joka Purple Line Terminus
Location

Esplanade is an underground interchange metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line and on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.^[2][3][4] The station is located in the Esplanade neighbourhood of Kolkata, at the northern end of Chowringhee Road/Jawaharlal Nehru Road near New Market and the Oberoi Grand hotel. It opened in 1984 as part of what is now Kolkata Metro Line 1. The station is being re-designed to be the largest station of the metro and will function as the interchange station between Line 1, Line 2 and Line 3.

Station layout

Blue Line

Esplanade track layout
Legend
to Chandni Chowk P1 P2 to Park Street Purple 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 Subhash next station is Park Street Change at the next station for Purple Line
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Chandni Chowk

Green Line

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, tickets, station agent, shops
P	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform # Eastbound	Towards → Salt Lake Sector-V next station is Sealdah
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1 Westbound	Towards ← Howrah Maidan next station is New 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 → Train Terminates Here
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform # Southbound	Towards ← Joka next station is Park Street
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
P