Kolkata, Oct. 8 -- The Metro Railway, Kolkata will run special night-long services during the Puja days to cater the pandal hoppers across its network in the city.
Keeping the huge rush of people during the Puja days, the special services will be provided from Saptami (October 17) till Navami (October 20).
According to Metro authorities, from Saptami to Navami, 248 services will be provided between Dakshineswar and Sahid Khudiram, including 124 services on each of the Up and Down line. The services during the Puja days will start from 1 pm with peak hour frequency of six minutes from major Metro stations like Sahid Khudiram, Gitanjali, Mahanayak Uttam Kumar, Dakshineswar, Noapara, Dum Dum and Shyambazar. The last services on the Blue Line will start from around 3:46 am from Dakshineswar, Dum Dum, Sahid Khudiram and Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Metro stations.
On the Green Line, Metro Railway will run 240 services starting from 1:30 pm. The last services from both Salt Lake Sector V and Howrah Maidan will be available at around 3:52 am from both ends. On the Yellow line, there will be 72 services, including 36 Up and 36 Down, between 3 pm and 10:30 pm.
This apart, 84 services, including 42 Up and 42 Down, will be provided during the core Puja days on the Purple line. The first services will start from both ends around 6:40 am while the last services both ends will commence from around 9:05 pm. However, on the Orange line the Metro services will remain completely suspended between Saptami and Dashami.
Metro authorities have advised the people to use the Aamar Kolkata Metro App to book tickets in advance to avoid large queues at the Metro stations.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.