Esplanade is a place in Central Calcutta. This is not a conventional Esplanade in the sense that the place is not exactly situated alongside a waterbody. However, the river Ganges - which is called river Hooghly here - is just a few minutes walk away.

This Esplanade is right at the heart of the city and one of the busiest portions.

The Esplanade is also a major station in the underground Calcutta Metro Railway.In fact, it was one of the first stations to start working when the underground railway system started functioning in Calcutta.

Location

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The Esplanade area has probably shifted its original historical position. At present the area may be defined starting from the crossing of C.R.Avenue and Lenin Sarani extending southwards through J.L.Neheru-S.N.Banerjee road crossing up to... some distance.

Again Esplanade East is the portion to the east of the area described.

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