Sealdah (also known as DTDC Sealdah for sponsorship reasons) is an important underground metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro, located in Sealdah, Kolkata. The underground station adjoins with Sealdah railway station of the Indian Railways on its eastern side. The Sealdah Court is on the west side of the station, the Sealdah Flyover (Vidyapati Setu) is on the northern side of the station. There is a pedestrian subway linking the metro station with the railway station.
Inauguration In March 2022, the Commissioner of Railway Safety gave his approval for the commencement of commercial operations at this station and the station was likely to be inaugurated on the occasion of Poila Baisakh on 15 April 2022. However, the inauguration on the Poila Baisakh could not happen as some issues pointed out by the Commissioner of Railway Safety, were yet to be fixed. After missing a few deadlines, the Station was ultimately inaugurated by the Union Minister Smriti Irani on 11 July 2022, with the commercial run beginning on 14 July 2022. The station was connected to Esplanade on 22 August 2025.
Layout GStreet levelExit/EntranceL1 Concourse Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shopsL2Platforms 1A / 1B Train towards () → Island platform, Door will open on both sides Platforms 2A/2B ← Train towards ()
Connections Rail It is directly connected to the Sealdah railway station.
Gallery More photos on :commons:Category:Sealdah_metro_station
See also Transport in Kolkata List of Kolkata Metro stations East West Metro Tunnel Kolkata Metro
References
External links
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site) UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.