Noapara metro station and depot

Noapara is the largest elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Noapara, Baranagar, West Bengal, India. It opened on 10 July 2013. The station is an interchange where it hosts Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro till Jai Hind via Dum Dum Cantonment.

Station

This interchange station includes two side and an island platform with lengths of 182 meters, unlike other Kolkata Metro stations. It serves the localities of Noapara, Tobin Road and Bonhooghly. The station has 2 stories, with 6 escalators and 4 elevators. There are also 31 CCTV cameras for increased security. The Metro Railway, Kolkata owns a depot for maintenance and storage of rakes immediate east of the station. This elevated metro station for the serves both Blue Line and Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro, the latter being opened on 22 August 2025 as a part of Noapara–Jai Hind extension.

Layout

L2Side platform, Doors will open on the left Platform 4 Train towards () →Platform 3 ← Alighting onlyIsland platform, Doors will open on the left cross-platform interchangePlatform 2 Train towards () →Platform 1← Train towards ()Side platform, Doors will open on the left L1ConcourseFare control, station agent, metro card vending machines, crossoverGStreet levelExit/Entrance

Depot

This is the oldest and biggest metro depot in India. It serves the Blue Line and Yellow Line. This depot can hold maximum 40 rakes at a time. Newly received rakes are also tested here, and the old ones are kept here. The depot is connected to the Kolkata Chord line, so that newly manufactured rakes can directly be brought via train.

History It was opened in 1984. Before that, it was a Railway yard and a track extended till Texmaco Rail & Engineering manufacturing unit.

Connections Bus Bus route number 34C serves the station.

Auto Autos are available towards Dunlop via Bon-Hooghly, Tobin Road, Mathkal via Promodnagar Bazar.

Noapara metro station and depot

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