Kolkata, Jul 24 (UNI) For the convenience of the Kolkata Metro commuters, Metro Railway
has been decided to add 12 more Metro services (UP & DN) from July 26 .
Metro will run 220 (110 UP & 110 DN) daily services instead of 208 services from Monday
to Friday. Out of these 220 services, 150 services (75 UP & 75 DN) will run in between Kavi
Subhash and Dakshineswar. Metro services will run at an interval of 6 minutes during morning
and evening peak hours, an official said.
The first trains will start from Dakshineswar and Dum Dum to Kavi Subhash at 7:30AM instead
of 8AM. From Kavi Subhash and Dum Dum the commuters will get their first train to Dakshineswar
at 7:30AM instead of 8AM. The last service from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash will be same i.e. 7:48PM. Commuters will get last train from Dum Dum to Kavi Subhash and from Kavi Subhash to Dakshineswar at 8PM.
On Saturdays, 104 numbers ( 52 UP & 52 DN ) Maintenance Special Services will be run only for essential staff from 08.00 hrs to 11.30 hrs and 15.30 hrs to 19.30 hrs between Kavi Subhash and Dakshinewar. There will be no services on Sundays
East–West Metro services will remain unchanged. Those who have smart cards can avail the
service only. No tokens will be issued.
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