Belgachia (otherwise known as Theism Belgachia for sponsorship reasons) is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is located at Belgachia.
History
Belgachia Station was commissioned by the Kolkata Metro as part of the first transit line of the metro system, commonly known as the North-South corridor. The station was the penultimate stop before Dum Dum, which, until the opening of the Noapara stop, was the terminal station on the railway system. The station became the first underground station on the northern side and continues to be one of the shallowest, lying at a depth of only 5 metres below Belgachia Road.
As part of the drive to increase non-fare revenue of the Kolkata Metro, the station was leased for branding and semi-naming rights to Kolkata-based conglomerate, Theism Group, rebranding it as Theism Belgachia officially. It was redecorated and rebranded by the corporate organization to become India's first health station.
Station layout
Connections
Auto
Autos ply on Belgachia-Lake Town and Belgachia-Bangur Avenue routes.
Bus
Bus route number 3B (Paikpara), 3C/1, 3C/2, 3D (Paikpara), 3D/1 (Paikpara), 30C, 30D, 47B, 79B, 91, 91A, 93, 211A, 215/1, 219 (Paikpara), 219/1 (Paikpara), 227, DN18, KB16, S160 (Mini), C11, T8, AC40 etc. serve the station.
Train
Kolkata railway station, Patipukur railway station and Tala railway station are located nearby.
Gallery
Entry/Exit
See also
Kolkata
List of Kolkata Metro stations
Transport in Kolkata
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation
Kolkata Suburban Railway
Kolkata Monorail
Trams in Kolkata
Belgachia
List of rapid transit systems
List of metro systems
References
External links
Official Website for line 1
UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.