# Nalban metro station

Nalban (Also known as Nicco Park) is a station of Orange Line of the Kolkata Metro. It is situated at just beside of Nicco Park. It will serve the area of Nalban, Salt Lake Sector IV and surrounding areas in Bidhannagar, Kolkata. The station is named after its adjacent locality, Nalban.

## Location

This station is located beside Nicco Park on the Salt Lake Bypass branch of Biswa Bangla Sarani at Nalban. The main elevated structure of the station in the middle of Biswa Bangla Sarani with footover bridges on either side othe road. It is geographically located at 22°33′40″N 88°24′53″E﻿ / ﻿22.5610117°N 88.4147441°E﻿ / 22.5610117; 88.4147441. The previous station of the station is Gour Kishore Ghosh metro station at a distance of 1.5 km (0.93 mi) and the next station is IT Centre metro station at a distance of 1.5 km (0.93 mi).

## History

This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years. The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore. It will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of Kolkata to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. In October 2011, RVNL awarded Gammon India Limited, the tender for the construction of the metro corridor from VIP Bazar Metro Station to Nicco Park (Nalban metro station), including stations, as part of Package-II of Orange Line. In early 2020s, the construction of the metro station along with the metro line started. The station is still under construction after structural work completion. It is slated to be completed in March 2025. Alongside, there were several delays in filling viaduct gaps between Beleghata and Gour Kishore Ghosh. These delays were caused due to road blocks as these gaps span over busy Eastern Metropolitan Bypass and Chingrighata crossing. Currently, a 366 m (1,201 ft) viaduct gap between Chingrighata crossing and Gour Kishore Ghosh metro station is still left to be filled, with current completion target set for March 2025. The station is expected to be operational by mid-2025.

## Station
### Structure

Nalban Metro Station is an elevated metro station and has a total of 3 levels. Station entrances and exits begin or end at the first level or ground level. Second-level or L1 or intermediate level houses station fare control, station agents, metro vending machines, crossovers, etc. The third level or L2 or the final level houses the platforms and rail tracks. The station is 200 meters long and 25 meters wide.
The station has four entrances and exits. The station is being built with state-of-the-art technology. In addition to staircases, it will be equipped with lifts and escalators. The station also has drinking water and toilet facilities.

### layout

Nalban track layout :
Legend :
Station with two tracks and two side platforms :
Layout :
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| L2 | Side platform doors will open on the left | Side platform doors will open on the left |
| L2 | Southbound | Towards →Kavi Subhash→ next station is Gour Kishore Ghosh→ |
| L2 | Northbound | →Towards ←Jai Hind← next station is IT Centre← |
| Side platform doors will open on the left ||
| L2 | | |

## Power and signal systems

Like other stations and lines of Kolkata Metro, this station has 750 volt DC powered third rail. The electricity system will be used to operate the train.
Train movement at this station will be managed by communication based train control signaling system. With this signal system, trains can be operated at intervals of 90 seconds.

## Services

Services have not started from this station. Currently the station is under construction and is set to be opened in 2025.