Noapara metro station and depot

Station

Layout

Depot

Connections

References

External links

History

Bus

Auto

Location
	Noapara Location within Kolkata Metro Noapara Noapara (Kolkata)

Route map
	Legend
	Chord link Line
	to Dankuni
	Eastern Line
	to Ranaghat
	Eastern Line
	to Bongaon
	Circular Line &
	Sealdah South
	← to Howrah Maidan
	to Teghoria →
	Circular Line &
	Sealdah South
	Sealdah South
	to Sealdah
	Sealdah South
	to Namkhana
	Legend
	Eastern Line
	to Sealdah
	Kavi
	Subhash
	Eastern Line
	to Hasnabad
	Eastern Line
	to Bongaon

Noapara

নোয়াপাড়া
Noapara; নোয়াপাড়া
General information
Location	A.K Mukherjee Road, Noapara, Baranagar, West Bengal 700090; India
Coordinates	22°38′23″N 88°23′38″E / 22.639673°N 88.393978°E
System	Kolkata Metro station (interchange and terminus)
Owned by	Metro Railway, Kolkata; Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Operated by	Kolkata Metro
Line	Blue Line Yellow Line
Platforms	2 side platforms, 1 island platform
Tracks	2 for Blue Line (operational); 2 for Yellow Line (operational)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	KNAP
History
Opened	10 July 2013; 12 years ago
Services
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Chord link Line
	to Dankuni
	Eastern Line
	to Ranaghat
	Eastern Line
	to Bongaon
	Circular Line &
	Sealdah South
	← to Howrah Maidan
	to Teghoria →
	Circular Line &
	Sealdah South
	Sealdah South
	to Sealdah
	Sealdah South
	to Namkhana
	Legend
	Eastern Line
	to Sealdah
	Kavi
	Subhash
	Eastern Line
	to Hasnabad
	Eastern Line
	to Bongaon
Location
Location
	Noapara Location within Kolkata Metro Noapara Noapara (Kolkata)

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.^[1] It opened on 10 July 2013.^[2] The station is an interchange where it hosts Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro till Jai Hind via Dum Dum Cantonment.^[3]^[4]

This interchange station includes two side and an island platform with lengths of 182 meters, unlike other Kolkata Metro stations.^[5] 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.^[6] The Kolkata Metro owns a 147-acre depot for maintenance and storage of rakes immediate east of the station.^[7] 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.^[8]^[9]

Noapara track layout

Legend

Station with two tracks, one island and one side platforms

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L1	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
	Platform 4 Northbound	Towards → Jai Hind next station is Dum Dum Cantonment →
	Platform 3 Southbound	Towards ← Train Terminates Here
	Island platform \| P3 & P2 doors will open on the left
	Platform 2 Southbound	Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Dum Dum
	Platform 1 Northbound	Towards ← Dakshineswar next station is Baranagar Change at the next station for Pink Line
	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
L2

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.

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

Bus route number 34C serves the station.^[10]

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

^ Gupta, Jayanta (21 November 2012). "March 2013 date for Noapara Metro". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
^ "Milestone". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Next week, PM to launch 3 Metro stations; Noapara to get direct airport link". The Indian Express. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
^ "Kolkata's Yellow Line Opens Doors To Culture, History, And Connectivity". outlooktraveller. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
^ Gupta, Jayanta (25 May 2013). "Noapara metro opening expected by month's end". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
^ Banerjee, Tamaghna (11 March 2013). "Noapara Metro from April". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 May 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
^ Chakroborty, Ajanta (25 December 2012). "From April, fly to Naoapara from Garia in 54 mins flat". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
^ "'Efforts on to open 3 new metro lines next week'". The Times of India. 12 August 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
^ "3 new stretches of Kolkata metro likely to open by August end". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
^ "Bus Services".

P4 to Dum Dum Cantonment

P3 to Train Terminates Here

P2 to Dum Dum

P1 to Baranagar Pink Line

Kolkata/Baranagar travel guide from Wikivoyage
Old official Website for Blue Line
UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
"Noapara metro station" (Map). Google Maps.

[1] Gupta, Jayanta (21 November 2012). "March 2013 date for Noapara Metro". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.

[2] "Milestone". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[3] "Next week, PM to launch 3 Metro stations; Noapara to get direct airport link". The Indian Express. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.

[4] "Kolkata's Yellow Line Opens Doors To Culture, History, And Connectivity". outlooktraveller. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.

[5] Gupta, Jayanta (25 May 2013). "Noapara metro opening expected by month's end". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.

[6] Banerjee, Tamaghna (11 March 2013). "Noapara Metro from April". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 May 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[7] Chakroborty, Ajanta (25 December 2012). "From April, fly to Naoapara from Garia in 54 mins flat". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.

[8] "'Efforts on to open 3 new metro lines next week'". The Times of India. 12 August 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 August 2025.

[9] "3 new stretches of Kolkata metro likely to open by August end". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 August 2025.

[10] "Bus Services".

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