Nalban metro station

Nalban নলবন
Kolkata Metro station
General information
Location	HM Block, Sector IV, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106 (Beside of Nicco Park)
Coordinates	22°34′24″N 88°25′16″E / 22.5732216°N 88.4211529°E / 22.5732216; 88.4211529
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line(s)	Orange Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	2025 (expected)[1]
Electrified	750 V DC third rail
Previous names	Nicco Park
Services
Preceding station Kolkata Metro Following station Gour Kishore Ghosh towards Kavi Subhash Orange Line IT Centre towards Jai Hind
Route map Legend Sealdah South New Garia Depot Kavi Subhash Blue Line Blue Line (Line 1) Sealdah South Satyajit Ray Jyotirindra Nandi Panchanangram Canal Kavi Sukanta Rashbehari Avenue Hemanta Mukhopadhyay VIP Bazar Ritwik Ghatak Storm Water Outlet Canal Barun Sengupta Beleghata Captain Bhery Eastern Metropolitan Bypass Gour Kishore Ghosh Nalban 3rd Avenue Green Line (Line 2) IT Centre Green Line Nabadiganta Keshtopur Canal Nazrul Tirtha Swapnabhor Biswa Bangla Convention Centre Keshtopur Canal Shiksha Tirtha Mother's Wax Museum New Town Depot Eco Park Mangaldeep City Centre-2 Chinar Park Rajarhat Road Green Line (Line 2) VIP Road Green Line Yellow Line (Line 4) Jai Hind Yellow Line Airport Depot Yellow Line (Line 4)
Location

Nalban (Also known as Nicco Park)^[2] is a station of Line 6 of the Kolkata Metro.^[3][4][5] It is situated at just beside of Nicco Park. It will serve the area of Nalban, Salt Lake Sector IV and surrounding areas in Bidhannagar, Kolkata.^[6][7] The station is named after its adjacent locality, Nalban.^[8][9]

This station is located beside Nicco Park on the Salt Lake Bypass branch of Biswa Bangla Sarani at Nalban.^[10][11] The main elevated structure of the station in the middle of Biswa Bangla Sarani with footover bridges on either side othe road.^[12][13] It is geographically located at 22°33′40″N 88°24′53″E / 22.5610117°N 88.4147441°E / 22.5610117; 88.4147441.^[14][15] The previous station of the station is Gour Kishore Ghosh metro station at a distance of 1.5 km (0.93 mi) and the next station is IT Centre metro station at a distance of 1.5 km (0.93 mi).^[16][17]

This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years.^[18][19] The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore.^[20][21] It will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of Kolkata to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.^[22][23] In October 2011, RVNL awarded Gammon India Limited, the tender for the construction of the metro corridor from VIP Bazar Metro Station to Nicco Park (Nalban metro station),^[24][25] including stations, as part of Package-II of Line 6.^[26][27][18] In early 2020s, the construction of the metro station along with the metro line started.^[28][29] The station is still under construction after structural work completion.^{[30][31][32][33]} It is slated to be completed in March 2025.^[34][32][35] Alongside, there were several delays in filling viaduct gaps between Beleghata and Gour Kishore Ghosh.^[36][37] These delays were caused due to road blocks as these gaps span over busy Eastern Metropolitan Bypass and Chingrighata crossing.^[38][39][40] Currently, a 400 m (1,300 ft) viaduct gap between Captain Bhery Lake and Chingrighata crossing is still left to be filled, with current completion target set for March 2025.^[41][42][43] The station is expected to be operational by mid-2025.^[44][45]

Nalban Metro Station is an elevated metro station and has a total of 3 levels.^[46][47] Station entrances and exits begin or end at the first level or ground level.^[48][49] Second-level or L1 or intermediate level houses station fare control, station agents, metro vending machines, crossovers, etc.^[50] The third level or L2 or the final level houses the platforms and rail tracks. The station is 200 meters long and 25 meters wide.^{[16][32][51][17]}

The station has four entrances and exits. The station is being built with state-of-the-art technology. In addition to staircases, it will be equipped with lifts and escalators. The station also has drinking water and toilet facilities.^{[16][32][51][52]}

Nalban track layout
Legend
to IT Centre P2 P1 to Gour Kishore Ghosh
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

Layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform doors will open on the left
	Southbound	Towards →Kavi Subhash→ next station is Gour Kishore Ghosh→
	Northbound	→Towards ←Jai Hind← next station is IT Centre←
	Side platform doors will open on the left
L2

Like other stations and lines of Kolkata Metro, this station has 750 volt DC powered third rail. The electricity system will be used to operate the train.^[53]

Train movement at this station will be managed by communication based train control signaling system. With this signal system, trains can be operated at intervals of 90 seconds.^[54]

Services have not started from this station. Currently the station is under construction and is set to be opened in 2025.^[44][34]

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