Green Line to have commercial services all days a week
The Statesman | 24 August 2025
Becoming a crucial mode of connectivity for the people of the three cities of Howrah, Kolkata and Salt Lake, the East-West Metro corridor is to be operated seven days a week.
Like the Blue Line, which serves as the lifeline for the people of Kolkata’s southern and northern fringes, the Green Line also is headed towards becoming one of the choicest modes of transport for the people living on the other side of the Hooghly river. Since its commencement last evening, the Green Line has seen a considerable crowd within a few hours of commercial operations.
To cater to the huge crowd, the Metro authorities have decided to run commercial services in the Green Line throughout the week. Unlike the Orange and Yellow Lines, that do not have commercial operations on Saturdays and Sundays, the Green Line is to have a good number of commercial services on these two days.
As learnt from the city Metro office, the East-West corridor is to have a total of 186 services including 93 services each in the up and down directions from Howrah Maidan to Salt Lake Sector V from Monday to Saturday daily. The revenue services are to be operated at 8 minutes intervals in both directions.
Even on Sundays, a total of 104 services, including 52 services each from Howrah Maidan and Salt Lake Sector V would be run in this stretch. However, the commercial services on Sundays are to be operated at 15 minutes intervals in both directions instead of the eight minutes gap applicable on weekdays.
According to the recent most updated time table of Kolkata Metro Railway, on Sundays, the first service in The Green Line is to start at 9 a.m. from Howrah Maidan to Salt Lake Sector V instead of 6.30 a.m. On the other side, the first service is to be run at 9.02 a.m. from Salt Lake Sector V to Howrah Maidan instead of 6.32 a.m. The timings of the last Metro, however, has been kept unchanged as 9.45 p.m. from Salt Lake Sector V to Howrah Maidan and as 9.47 p.m. from Howrah Maidan to Salt Lake Sector V.