Kolkata Metro to run slightly fewer services on EidKolkata Metro will reduce the number of services on the North-South and Sealdah-Sector 5 routes on March 31 for Eid-ul-Fitr. The North-Sout...
29 Mar, 2025, 09.34 PM IST
Kolkata Metro halts Sunday services on East-West Corridor for system testingMetro Railway, Kolkata, will suspend East-West Metro corridor services every Sunday from March 23 for testing the CBTC system. This follows...
19 Mar, 2025, 08.49 PM IST
Kolkata Metro plans to shut this line for 45 days. Check full shutdown dates and other key proposalsKolkata Metro Howrah Sealdah: The East-West Metro in Kolkata may be shut for four days from January 30 to February 2 for dynamic rake tests...
14 Jan, 2025, 11.40 AM IST
Kolkata: Commercial services in newly-launched Metro railway sections to start in 7-10 daysModi inaugurated on Wednesday Kolkata Metro Railway's Howrah Maidan-Esplanade, Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay and the Taratala-Majerhat ...
08 Mar, 2024, 10.57 AM IST
Kolkata Metro to adopt Automatic Train Operation (ATO) System between Salt Lake Sector V to Sealdah stretchThe ATO System includes automatic braking, motoring, coasting, and stopping of the train within the specified speed profile. “When opted fo...
12 Jan, 2024, 10.16 PM IST
Kolkata Metro: Joka-Taratala Purple Line metro services to double from May 1. Check new timings hereKolkata Metro: From May 1, first Metro from Taratala will be available at 09.20 hrs and last service from Taratala will be available at 16....
20 Apr, 2023, 12.59 PM IST
East-West Metro corridor construction likely to be over by year-end: Official"All the arrangements have been made to address the issue and work at Bowbazar will be over by December, 2023," the Metro official said.
16 Apr, 2023, 09.49 PM IST
Metro rake runs under river for first time in India, reaches Howrah from KolkataThis is a "revolutionary step" in providing a modern transport system to the people of Kolkata and its suburbs, the official said.
12 Apr, 2023, 07.37 PM IST
Kolkata Metro to test run India's first under-water sections on April 9Kolkata in India is set to test the country's first underwater Metro on the Hooghly River with two six-coach trains undergoing a trial run ...
07 Apr, 2023, 08.14 PM IST
Kolkata Metro to run 278 services on Republic Day; Know the schedule, routes and moreThe Kolkata Metro Authority on Monday announced that on Republic Day 188 metros will run north-south (Blue Line) and 90 will run east-west ...
25 Jan, 2023, 12.51 PM IST
India's first-ever underwater metro likely to be completed by June 2023The train is like to reduce the travel time for commuters significantly. Currently, the Green Line in Kolkata covers a small distance of 6....
08 Aug, 2022, 08.49 PM IST
After 35 yrs of wait, Kolkata’s now a city of joy with 2nd metro lineMinister for railways, commerce and industry, Piyush Goyal, inaugurated the first phase of the Rs 8,575-crore East-West Metro corridor that...
14 Feb, 2020, 03.06 PM IST
East-West metro faces huge cost overrun: Babul SupriyoThe East-West metro, which is being executed by Kolkata Metro Rail, is facing a huge cost overrun from Rs 4,875 crore to over Rs 8,000 cror...
07 Nov, 2015, 07.54 PM IST
Ropeway to clear traffic congestion in KolkataThe wait may get over soon as a company is all set to introduce Curvo, the world's first non-linear aerial ropeway, for second tier urban c...
01 Jul, 2015, 11.41 AM IST
Jute mill workers blockade at Titagarh disrupts EMU serviceThe blockade, put up at Titagarh has affected daily commuters travelling in suburban trains from Naihati, Ranaghat and Kalyani stations to ...
27 Jan, 2014, 11.53 AM IST
- Kolkata Metro may manage new corridor
Kolkata Metro Railways may execute and manage the proposed Rs 4,000-crore East-West metro corridor that will connect New Das Nagar in Howra...
14 Sep, 2006, 12.33 PM IST
- Minister doesn't envy his neighbour
Union railway minister Laloo Prasad Yadav has just managed to wrong-foot Mamata Banerjee. Ms Banerjee had introduced about a dozen new trai...
06 Jul, 2004, 11.55 PM IST