With this, commuters will be able to travel between Sealdah and Howrah stations in just eleven minutes in air-conditioned Metro coaches, saving around 90 minutes daily.

The Esplanade area in Kolkata is undergoing significant changes to accommodate the Joka-Esplanade Metro terminal station. This transformation involves road blockages, dismantling of existing ...

The Kolkata PWD has also approved Rail Vikas Nigam Limited’s (RVNL) proposals for the Esplanade metro station. However, construction of the Purple Line’s terminal station cannot commence until ...

A successful trial run has been conducted through the Bowbazar tunnel. This marks the first experimental metro run between Esplanade and Sealdah on the East-West Metro corridor The first trial run ...

“We have finally mitigated the challenges posed by the Bowbazar tunnelling crisis and successfully connected Sealdah and Esplanade Metro stations. The electrical works related to the aluminium ...

The trial began at 11:20 am from Sealdah Metro station and reached Esplanade Metro station at 11:31 am, with Reddy present in the motorman’s cabin.

Incidentally, MR's Green Line is India's first underwater Metro link. It passes under River Hooghly/Ganga between Mahakaran and Howrah station (part of the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade stretch).

The general manager was in the motorman’s cabin during the trial run which began at 11.20 am from Sealdah Metro station, reached Esplanade Metro station at 11.31 am. Reddy congratulated everyone ...