Finally, on 24 October 1984, Calcutta got its memorable Diwali gift, as the 75th city in the world and as the first city of India to have a commercially active underground tube line of 3.4 km covering only five stations: Esplanade, Park Street, Maidan, Rabindra Sadan and Bhawanipur.
As a part of the celebration of 40 years of Kolkata Metro Railway, a heritage run of an NGEF rake was organised by the carrier today.
As part of the planned maintenance activities at Vishwavidyalaya Metro station on the Delhi Metro's Yellow Line (Samaypur Badli – Millennium City Centre Gurugram), train services on the Line will be briefly regulated in the early morning hours of October 11 till 6:25 am.
The victim has been identified as 28-year-old Devendra Kumar, a resident of Tijara in Alwar district, Rajasthan.
The Kolkata Metro Railway has decided to decrease the number of services on 17 September following the holiday for ‘Vishwakarma Puja.’
The Supreme Court has directed that no trees be felled or transplanted for the Metro rail project in Kolkata’s eco-sensitive Maidan area. Environmentalists see this as a major shot in the arm.
Carrying an enormous passenger count, the city Metro yesterday earned more than Rs 1.33 crore from passenger fares.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday announced the early commencement of train services from August 25 on the Phase-3 corridors of the network on Sundays.
Three Metro stations of South Kolkata are soon to operate sans any ticket booking counters. The Kolkata Metro Railway has decided to launch a new system of “No Booking Counter Station” in Purple and Orange Lines.
In what should come as good news to city commuters, the Kolkata Metro Railway has decided to run special services on the Blue Line on an experimental basis at night from today.
