Integrated ticketing system at Metro stations till 3.30pm
The commercial services in the newly-added lines, including the underwater stretch between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade are to start tomorrow.
The commercial services in the newly-added lines, including the underwater stretch between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade are to start tomorrow.
Come Friday and commuters would be able to enjoy a comfortable commute from the Western fringes at Howrah Maidan to the Eastern flanks of the city at Ruby at just 50 rupees.
Enjoying the title of first Metro network of the country for 40 years, the Kolkata Metro Railway added another jewel in its crown today when Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first underwater Metro corridor between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade.
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.
According to the city Metro railway office, the mass carrier has decided to run 60 services on 7 March in the north-south line.
The Electronic Interlocking work started last night after the service hours and was completed successfully this morning before services started, and was done without hampering commercial services on the Blue Line.
The Chennai Metro Phase-I extension was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 14 last year.
Similarly, the SER has nominated Howrah-Mumbai CSMT Mail for the event and the train is to be flagged off by family members of freedom fighters on 20 July.
The rush hour in the morning the incident took place at Kalighat Metro Station when the middle-aged man attempted suicide in front of the Metro rake.