Tag: Kolkata Metro

Kolkata’s Joka-Esplanade Metro completes final tunnel breakthrough at Victoria

August 13, 2026 admin

The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) ‘Divya’ successfully achieved breakthrough at Victoria Metro Station on August 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The long-delayed Joka-Esplanade metro in Kolkata has seen a breakthrough as the final lap of tunneling work was completed on Tuesday (August 11, 2026). This is the second and final tunnel in this line, the…

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Man Jumps In Front Of Moving Metro In Kolkata, Services Partially Disrupted

December 22, 2024 admin

Truncated services continued between Central-New Garia and Dumdum-Dakshineswar till 4:45 pm. (File) Kolkata: A man jumped in front of a moving train at Sovabazar station of Kolkata Metro Railway on Sunday, partially disrupting services on the Dakshineswar-New Garia corridor, an official said. The incident took place around 4:10 pm, prompting the motorman to apply the…

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Woman Confronts Bengali Passenger In Kolkata Metro

November 25, 2024 admin

The non-Bengali woman continued to challenge the Bengali passenger. A woman took issue with a Bengali passenger, who spoke her native language instead of Hindi, on a Kolkata Metro train. “This is not Bangladesh,” she was heard telling the Bengali woman in a video that has since gone viral. “You are in India,” the woman…

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Kolkata Metro Train Stranded At Tollygunge Station After Power Failure

July 16, 2024 admin

A Kolkata Metro train was stranded on the older North-South corridor due to power failure Kolkata: A Dakshineswar-bound Kolkata Metro train was stranded at Tollygunge Station in the older North-South corridor due to power disruption on Tuesday morning. The movement of trains was regulated along the route in the busy morning hours till power was…

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PM Narendra Modi Travels In India’s First Underwater Metro In Kolkata With Students

March 6, 2024 admin

Kolkata underwater metro: PM Modi inaugurated India’s first underwater metro line in Kolkata today New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated India’s first underwater metro line in Kolkata and took a metro ride with school students. In a video shared by the BJP on its official X account, PM Modi was seen interacting with…

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