Dakshineswar

Dakshineswar is the northern terminus of the Blue Line, opened on 23 February 2021. It sits next to the famous Dakshineswar Kali Temple on the Hooghly River — a 19th-century Bhavatarini temple visited by millions every year and famously associated with Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa.

The station is elevated and connects the temple complex directly to central Kolkata via a single metro ride. A foot-bridge from the station leads to the temple's entrance.

The station has open plazas on both the temple side and the river side, with views of the Vivekananda Setu bridge.

Dakshineswar is the northern end of the Blue Line and the reason a great many people ride it at all: the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, the riverside shrine associated with Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, sits a few minutes from the exit and draws pilgrims in numbers that make this one of the busiest stations of the network at weekends and on festival days. The station itself is recent — it opened to passengers on 23 February 2021, the day after the short extension was inaugurated, from Noapara, which finally put the temple within about half an hour of Esplanade instead of an hour in traffic. It is elevated, with two side platforms.