Kolkata Metro carried 800,000 passengers on chaturthi, it was 762,000 last year

On Chaturthi, the Kolkata Metro carried more than 800,000 people - the figure an all-time record for the city's transport lifeline. It was the Durga Puja and metro was a boon for pandal hoppers because the road above was choked with traffic snarls and vehicles literally crawled.
The corresponding figure of metro passengers last year was 762,000 and the hot spot was Kalighat station because that was the gateway for a whole lot of many big-ticket pujas.
Incidentally, around 600,000 people on average travel by the Metro on weekdays.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 7 October 2016.

The increase in numbers led to serpentine queues at many stations, the queues even stretching to the roads above. The trains were overcrowded and, at times, doors refused to close and RPF men had to request people to get off and take the next train.
The number of people disembarking at Kalighat was far more than those boarding the train.


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