Good news for all Carnival goers! Kolkata Metro will operate additional services on the North-South corridor today. The special services will be in operation till midnight on Friday. The move comes after the West Bengal government has requested the city’s rapid transit system to run services to facilitate the people to see the famous Durga Puja Carnival to be held o­n the day o­n Red Road.

Additional services:-

The country’s oldest metro network will run 252 services on the Blue Line instead of 234 services. 

First Service :

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  • At 06:50 hrs from Kavi Subhash  to  Dakshineswar
  • At 06:50 hrs from Dumdum to Kavi Subhash
  • At 06:55 hrs from Dumdum to Dakshineswar
  • At 07:00 hrs. from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash

Last Service:

  • At 22:58 hrs from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash (instead of 21:28 hrs)
  • At 23:00 hrs from Kavi Subhash to Dakshineswar (instead of 21:30 hrs)
  • At 23:10 hrs from Dumdum to Kavi Subhash (instead of 21:40 hrs)
  • At 23:10 hrs from Kavi Subhash to Dumdum (instead of 21:40 hrs)

Lists of stations on the North-South corridor:-

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There are 24 stations on the Blue line  – Dakshineswar, Baranagar, Noapara, Dum Dum, Belgachia, Shyambazar, Shobhabazar Sutanuti, Girish Park, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Central, Chandni Chowk, Esplanade, Park Street, Maidan, Netaji Bhavan, Jatin Das Park, Kalighat, Rabindra Sarobar, Mahanayak Uttam Kumar, Netaji, Masterda Surya Sen, Gitanjali, Kavi Nazrul, Shahid Khudiram, and Kavi Subhash.

Kolkata Metro rake maintenance during Durga Puja 2023:-

The maintenance of Metro rakes has played an important role in the smooth operations of Kolkata Metro during the Durga Puja. Presently, a total of 16 Medha rakes, 13 ICF rakes and 1 Dalian rake are in operation in the North-South Metro corridor. Their maintenance is being done at Metro Carshed at Noapara. The metro staff and officers with their sheer and utmost dedication and sincerity executing the complex duty of rake maintenance.