FOOTFALL ON THE HOWRAH MAIDAN TO ESPLANADE STRETCH OF EAST-WEST METRO CROSSES SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND ON THE SECOND DAY
Kolkata, Date: 17.03.2024
Commercial Metro services on the Howrah Maidan to Esplanade stretch of Green Line have started from 15.03.2024(Friday). On the very second day, i.e. 16.03.2024 (Saturday) footfall on this stretch has crossed the sixty-seven thousand mark. The total footfall registered on this stretch has been 67,240. The maximum footfall (24,724) was registered at Howrah Metro station. Howrah Maidan Metro station registered footfall of 24,058 passengers. Mahakaran and Esplanade Metro stations registered 8,977 and 9,481 footfall respectively on the second day.
Commuters from different areas of Kolkata, Howrah, and suburbs travelled in this Metro to save time and see this engineering marvel. Their joy and celebrations were visible.
Metro staff worked tirelessly in order to provide a smooth and memorable travelling experience to them.
Commuters also found it convenient to switch corridors at Esplanade and Kavi Subhash Metro stations with integrated tickets. Metro staff also helped them to find their respective Metros.
Adequate counters were opened and Smart Cards, Tokens, Paper Based QR Tickets were also made available in order to facilitate seamless and smooth journeys for the commuters.
Metro Authorities have provided commuters with a very cheap, fast and traffic woes-free journey which is going to be the ultimate traffic solution for Kolkata and its suburbs.
