Kolkata Durga Puja Important Update: Metro to extend services till 4 am on THESE days, Check key details Here
For Durga Puja, the trains in the North-South corridor will run until 4 am on three major festival days: October 10 (Saptami), October 11(Ashtami), and October 12 (Navami), PTI reported quoting an official.
Durga Puja 2024: Durga Puja is across the corner and the City of Joy Kolkata is all set to welcome the goddess. To cater to the increased demand from late-night commuters, the Kolkata Metro Railway authorities have extended the timings of its services and products. The Kolkata Metro will operate 248 services and products till Four am on the first three days around the globe the puja, officials said.
On usual days, Kolkata Metro plies from 7 am to around 10 pm at night. For Durga Puja, the trains around the globe the North-South corridor will run until Four am on three major festival days: October 10 (Saptami), October Eleven(Ashtami), and October 12 (Navami), PTI reported quoting an official.
Here are the timings and details for specific routes:
Durga Puja 2024: Kolkata Metro timings
‘Sasthi’ (October 9): The official said that Kolkata Metro will run 288 services and products from 6:50 am till dead night.
Saptami, Ashtami and Navami: Trains on the Dakhineswar-New Garia stretch will run from 12:Fifty five pm to 1:02 am.
Meanwhile, trains on the return route for the Dakshineswar-New Garia stretch will run from 3:38 am to Four am.
Dashami(October 12):174 services and products will operate from 1 pm to dead night, the official was once quoted as saying by PTI.
Durga Puja 2024: Green Line Metro alterations
Green Line – 1 (Sector V to Sealdah): The Kolkatta Metro authorities will run sixty four services and products on ‘Saptami-Ashtami/Navami’, forty eight services and products on ‘Dashami’ and 106 services and products on ‘Sasthi’.
Green Line – 2 (Howrah Maidan to Esplanade): The official said that 118 services and products will operate on ‘Saptami-Ashtami/Navami’ and Eighty services and products on ‘Dashami’.
On ‘Sasthi,’ the Kolkata Metro will run 118 services and products around the globe the corridor, parts of which may perhaps maybe be under the River Ganga.
Moreover, the West Bengal government has announced that it will deploy around 1,000 additional traffic police officers on the streets from Sunday, October 6. Moreover, special administrative center-time traffic arrangements will likely be implemented between October 7 and 9.
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