Kolkata Metro: Purple Line services to go up from 18 to 40
Times of India | 3 May 2025
Kolkata: Metro Railway will increase the number of daily services on the Joka-Majerhat section of the Purple Line from 18 to 40 from Monday.
"A total of 40 services (20 in each direction) will be run at an interval of 22 minutes from this Monday... There will be no service on Saturdays and Sundays," read a Metro Railway statement on Friday. The first train from Majerhat will leave at 8.27 am and from Joka, at 8.30 am. The last trains from Majerhat will depart at 3.28 pm and from Joka at 3.28 pm.
The new frequency follows the introduction of the communication-based train control signalling system. tnn