Kolkata, Oct 30 Kolkata Metro services on a stretch of the North-South corridor will remain suspended for nine hours on Sunday due to maintenance work, an official statement said.
The service will not be available between Shahid Khudiram and Maidan stations for the period on November 1, it said.
According to a press release issued by Kolkata Metro Railway on Friday, a traffic and power block will be imposed between Netaji and Mahanayak Uttam Kumar stations from 9 am to 6 pm on Sunday to facilitate maintenance work.
During this period, Metro services will operate only between Dakshineswar and Maidan stations, with the first train leaving Dakshineswar at 9 am and Maidan at 9.15 am.
Metro services across the entire Blue Line are expected to resume after 6 pm, subject to completion of the maintenance work, it said.
The last services from Shahid Khudiram and Dakshineswar will operate as per the usual Sunday schedule.
Services in the Yellow Line connecting Noapara with Kolkata airport and in the Green Lines between Howrah Maidan and Salt Lake Sector V will operate normally.
As Sunday is a non-operational day for the Purple and Orange lines, no services will be available on these corridors.
(PTI News)
