Travelling in a bustling city like Kolkata during peak hours is very tiring. To ease this journey, the city of joy got a new metro route between Salt Lake Sector V and Sealdah just some days back. This new route on the East-West corridor was inaugurated on 14 July 2022. This new beginning is a massive help for the commuters to transport, especially during rush hours. Travelling from this new metro route will save time by at least 40 minutes.
Kolkata’s New Metro Route:
Commuters can now easily save a good chunk of time every day and travel through the new metro from Sealdah unveiled very recently. The journey in this metro route begins from Sealdah till Salt Lake Sector V and Phoolbagan. It is also said that the route will get an extension in the near future. To connect this route with Howrah, it will get an extension of 2.33 km from under the Hooghly river.
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There Is An Additional Safety Gate On This Route:
In the first metro route of Kolkata, there is no such concept of any safety gates. There is only one gate and it is the gate of the metro compartment. But on this new establishment, there will be additional safety with 2 gates. Like earlier, one gate is of the metro compartments and the other is the platform gate this time. As the ride will enter the station, both the gates will open so that the commuters can enter and get down conveniently.
Commuters travelling on this route are very with this project. As the rides are fully air-conditioned, have a lot of space, are fast, are a modern way of transportation, and most importantly affordable, people are very happy with this.
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This route is accessible to the public since 14 July 2022. Still, there is more work pending for this whole infrastructure. After the entire project of this East-West corridor comes to an end, Sealdah is going to be the 7th station in this route. According to the plan, the extension of the route to Howrah will be over by the year 2023. This connection between Howrah and Salt Lake Sector V will make transportation easier and will help the commuters in saving more time than now.