Girish Park metro station
Girish Park is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro which is close to Girish Park in Jorasanko, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Metro station
- Description: metro station in Kolkata, India
- Also known as: “Girish Park Metro Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jorasanko Thakur Bari and Howrah Bridge.
Jorasanko Thakur Bari
Museum
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
Jorasanko Thakur Bari is a Haveli in Jorasanko, North Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. It is the birthplace of poet Rabindranath Tagore and the host of the Rabindra Bharati University campus. Jorasanko Thakur Bari is situated 470 metres southwest of Girish Park metro station.
Howrah Bridge
Photo: rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0.
The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the both sides of cities of Kolkata. Howrah Bridge is situated 1½ km west of Girish Park metro station.
Star Theatre
Movie theater
Photo: Jonoikobangali, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Star Theatre, is a theatre in Hatibagan, Kolkata. It was built in 1883. Initially situated in Beadon Street, the theatre later moved to Cornwallis Street - now called Bidhan Sarani. Star Theatre is situated 1¼ km northeast of Girish Park metro station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Girish Park and Shobha Bazar.
Girish Park
Suburb
Girish Park is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. it is named after famous Bengali Theatre personnel Girish Chandra Ghosh.
Shobha Bazar
Suburb
Shobhabazar is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Jorasanko
Suburb
Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jorasanko is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. It is so called because of the two wooden or bamboo bridges that spanned a small stream at this point.
Girish Park metro station
- Categories: underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.58715° or 22° 35′ 14″ northLongitude
88.36294° or 88° 21′ 47″ eastOperator
Metro Railway, KolkataNetwork
Kolkata MetroOpen location code
7MJCH9P7+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 5421546475OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q5564298
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Malayalam—“Girish Park metro station” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “গিরিশ পার্ক মেট্রো স্টেশন”
- French: “Girish Park”
- Hindi: “गिरीश पार्क मेट्रो स्टेशन”
- Malayalam: “ഗിരീഷ് പാർക്ക് മെട്രോ സ്റ്റേഷൻ”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sikar Bhavan and Hari Ghost Street.
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