Dakshineswar metro station
Dakshineswar is the elevated northern terminal metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Photo: Monish700061, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: metro station in Kolkata, West Bengal
- Also known as: “Dakshineshwar”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dakshineswar railway station and Dakshineswar Kali Temple.
Dakshineswar railway station
Railway station
Photo: Souravdas1998, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dakshineswar is a railway station on the Sealdah–Dankuni line in Dakshineswar. The Dakshineswar metro station is adjacent to Dakshineswar railway station. It serves the local areas of Dakshineswar in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India.
Dakshineswar Kali Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Bibek Raj Pandeya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dakshineswar Kali Temple or Dakshineswar Kalibari is a Hindu navaratna style temple in Dakshineswar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River. Dakshineswar Kali Temple is situated 640 metres west of Dakshineswar metro station.
Nivedita Setu
Bridge
Photo: Jonoikobangali, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nivedita Setu is a multi-span extradosed bridge spanning the Hooghly River, connecting Bally, Howrah with Dakshineswar, Kolkata. It runs parallel to and about 50m downstream of the old Vivekananda Setu, opened in 1932. Nivedita Setu is situated 1 km west of Dakshineswar metro station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dakshineswar and Dunlop.
Dakshineswar
Photo: Sukanta Pal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dakshineswar is a suburb north of Kolkata, in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Considered the twin of Varanasi by locals, the suburb is famous for the riverside Kali temple.
Dunlop
Suburb
Dunlop is a neighbourhood in Baranagar of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
Uttarpara
Uttarpara is an industrial town on the western bank of the Hooghly River, in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. Close to Kolkata, Uttarpara was a major automobile hub with India's first car factory, and although the city faced decline from the 1990s till the 2020s, it has been revived as a major manufacturing hub for metro vehicles in India.Dakshineswar metro station
- Categories: elevated station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Barrackpur II, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.65403° or 22° 39′ 15″ northLongitude
88.36375° or 88° 21′ 50″ eastOperator
Metro Railway, KolkataNetwork
Kolkata MetroOpen location code
7MJCM937+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 10036655361OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q63092256
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Hindi—“Dakshineswar metro station” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণেশ্বর মেট্রো স্টেশন”
- French: “Dakshineswar”
- Hindi: “दक्षिणेश्वर”
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