Dakshineswar metro station

Dakshineswar is the elevated northern terminal metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in , , .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: metro station in Kolkata, West Bengal
  • Also known as: “Dakshineshwar”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Dakshineswar railway station and Dakshineswar Kali Temple.

Railway station
Photo: Souravdas1998, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dakshineswar is a railway station on the Sealdah–Dankuni line in . The Dakshineswar metro station is adjacent to . It serves the local areas of in in , India.

Hindu temple
Photo: Bibek Raj Pandeya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Hindu navaratna style temple in , Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on the eastern bank of the . The presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini, a form of Mahadevi or Parashakti Adya Kali, otherwise known as Adishakti Kalika. is situated 640 metres west of Dakshineswar metro station.

Bridge
Photo: Jonoikobangali, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a multi-span extradosed bridge spanning the , connecting Bally, with , . It runs parallel to and about 50m downstream of the old , opened in 1932. is situated 1 km west of Dakshineswar metro station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dakshineswar and Dunlop.

Suburb
Photo: Sukanta Pal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Northern Suburbs of cover the large urbanised industrial area to the north of the city, which includes Baguiati, Baranagar, Belgachia, Birati, Chitpur, Cossipore, , Dum Dum, Lake Town, Nagerbazar, Paikpara and Sinthee.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in of in the state of . It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.

is an industrial town on the western bank of the Hooghly River, in the Hooghly district of . Close to , 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

Latitude
22.65403° or 22° 39′ 15″ north
Longitude
88.36375° or 88° 21′ 50″ east
Operator
Metro Railway, Kolkata
Network
Kolkata Metro
Open location code
7MJCM937+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10036655361
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q63092256
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Dakshineswar metro station” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণেশ্বর মেট্রো স্টেশন”
  • French: “Dakshineswar”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिणेश्वर”
  • Urdu: “دکشنیشور میٹرو اسٹیشن”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: LAB-O-AID and Panchavati Park.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Dakshineshwar and Dakshineshwar.

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