METRO TO RUN ADDITIONAL SERVICES ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS BEFORE PUJA
Anticipating heavy rush on weekends before the upcoming Durga Puja, Kolkata Metro Railway has decided to run on Saturdays and Sundays in the Blue Line from 14 September.
Anticipating heavy rush on weekends before the upcoming Durga Puja, Kolkata Metro Railway has decided to run on Saturdays and Sundays in the Blue Line from 14 September.
Citizens would be able to plan their day in advance as the integrated tickets have a validity of 12 hours.
Carrying an enormous passenger count, the city Metro yesterday earned more than Rs 1.33 crore from passenger fares.
In a major boost to the rail network in the state, the budgetary allocation for railways in West Bengal for the financial year 2024-2025 has been announced as Rs 13,941 crore, which is Rs 131 crore more than the amount announced during the interim budget.
Commuters availing services in the city Metro are soon to enjoy a cashless ticketing facility.
In a bid to enable commuters to switch from Blue Line to Green Line, Kolkata Metro Railway authorities have opened a new entry gate for Green Line from Blue Line in the underground subway connecting these two corridors.
Notably, three truncated stretches between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade, Kavi Subhash to Hemanta Mukhopadhyay and Taratala and Majerhat were opened for commercial services on 15 March.
Commuters travelling on the Sealdah to Salt Lake Sector V stretch of the East-West Metro would now be able to enjoy faster services.
ning of the project, the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, the implementing agency of the Mominpur-Esplanade stretch of the Kolkata Metro’s Purple Line is now gearing up for the construction of the diaphragm wall of Victoria station.
A day after an inspection by the chief commissioner of railway safety, Janak Kumar Garg, the Hemanta Mukhopadhyay to Beleghata stretch of Kolkata Metro’s Orange Line ran into a blame game over delays between the Kolkata Metro Railway and the city police.
