Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- The Kolkata Metro will run night-long services on the Blue and Green lines during Durga Puja to facilitate pandal-hoppers. While overnight services on the Blue Line have been a Puja fixture, this will be the first such operation on the Green Line. Special services have also been planned on the Yellow and Purple Lines.
On the Blue Line (Dakshineshwar-Shahid Khudiram), trains will run from 1 pm to 4 am on Saptami (September 29), Ashtami (September 30) and Navami (October 1), with 246 services daily at intervals of 6 to 7 minutes. On Panchami (September 27), 262 services will run between 8 am and 11 pm, and on Sasthi (September 28), 246 services will be available between 9 am and 11 pm. Dashami (October 2) will see 132 services from 1 pm to 10 pm at 8-minute intervals.
The Green Line (Howrah Maidan-Salt Lake Sector V) will also operate overnight from Saptami to Navami. Between 1.30 pm and 4.18 am, 192 services will run at intervals of 8 to 20 minutes. On Panchami, 225 services will operate between 7.30 am and 11.16 pm, and on Sasthi, 184 between 9 am and 11.28 pm. On Dashami, 74 services will run from 1.30 pm to 10.32 pm at 15-minute intervals.
On the Yellow Line (Noapara-Airport), trains will run from 3 pm, continuing up to 10.35 pm on Panchami and Sasthi, till 10.50 pm from Saptami to Navami and till 9.20 pm on Dashami, at 15-minute intervals. The Purple Line (Joka-Majerhat) will operate 38 services daily between 3 pm and 10.55 pm at 25-minute intervals from Panchami to Dashami. No services will be available on the Orange Line (Kavi Subhash-Beleghata) during this period.
Metro officials said the extended hours were planned to manage the festive footfall and provide a safe mode of late-night travel. "Commuters are requested not to overcrowd trains or block doors. Please wait for the next train so that services can run smoothly," a Metro official said.
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