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 prime minister inaugurated the metro virtually from Kolkata while Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged it off from Taj Mahal Metro Station.
On the other hand, the extended arm of the Joka-Esplanade Metro corridor between Taratala and Majerhat is likely to run between 9am to 5pm at intervals of 20 minutes.
The upcoming truncated stretch of the East-West Metro, passing below the Hooghly for 520 meters, includes an elaborate fire fighting system.
Gearing up to handle increased passenger count and the more rakes, the city Metro has set up a separate maintenance shed at Kavi Subhash Car shed.
If all goes as planned, the Taratala to Majerhat stretch of the city metro could see the green light soon. The mandatory inspection of the newly built Majerhat Metro station by the chief commissioner of railway safety (CCRS) was conducted today.
