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As a step further to bring dreams into reality for the residents of Kolkata & its adjoining areas, three new stretches of Metro Railway will be commissioned shortly for the people. A total of about 14 KM Metro stretch is going to be inaugurated which is unprecedented in volume. These stretches are Sealdah to Esplanade (2.45 KM), Noapara to Jaihind Bimanbandar (6.77 KM) and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay to Beleghata stations (4.39 KM). The inception of these new sections, will enhance the interchangeability between Kolkata Metro network and Eastern Railway suburban network in both Howrah & Sealdah divisions. As Beleghata Metro station joined with Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, the stretch of entire Beleghata to Kavi Subhash Metro line is connected with Sealdah South network through adjacent New Garia station of Eastern Railway so that the passengers by riding in this Metro network can easily access Eastern Railway’s suburban trains.
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The Sealdah – Esplanade section will no doubt cut down the journey time between Sealdah & Howrah from about one hour by road transport to 11 minutes only by Metro Railway establishing a thorough link between Sealdah & Howrah Metro station and henceforth both major terminals of Eastern Railway i.e. Howrah & Sealdah stations are brought to the accessibility through Metro Railway services. As Howrah & Sealdah stations of Eastern Railway deals with more than a million suburban passengers every day the passengers arriving at Howrah & Sealdah can easily arrive at central business districts of Kolkata through a comfortable & fast Metro ride.
There is already one existing interchangeability point at Sealdah & Dum Dum Jn between Metro Railway network and Eastern Railway suburban network and another is going to be established at Dum Dum Cantt.
Commissioning of Noapara to Airport Metro line will also bring down the journey time to reach Kolkata Airport from central business area like Esplanade through interchangeability points of Eastern Railway suburban network. The Railway network reducing the journey time from Esplanade to Airport considerably through Sealdah Suburban network & Metro Railway interchangeability points.
The newly commissioned Metro sections with seamless integration to Eastern Railway suburban section will invariably a Puja Gift bonanza to the people of West Bengal as Pandal hopping will no longer require tiresome & prolonged road transport journey with comfortable Railway route available to them.
With this a new history is going to be created at Kolkata with commissioning of about 14 KM Metro Railway section length to revolutionise the transport scenario in & around Kolkata. This will empower millions of commuters who travel seamlessly for an improved quality of life. Citizens of Kolkata, the City of Joy who now enjoy the bustling network of Metro Railway will henceforth get more mobility with seamless urban rail transport connectivity.
