Kolkata, Oct 12 Kolkata Metro will curtail services on its Orange Line by two hours from Tuesday to conduct more trial runs on the Beleghata-IT Centre stretch, an official statement said.
Under the revised schedule, trains will run on the Orange Line from 8.40 am to 8.18 pm, instead of the existing 7.40 am to 9.08 pm, it said, adding this would continue till the completion of testing formalities.
The trial runs on the stretch between Beleghata metro station off EM Bypass and IT Centre metro station in Salt Lake Sector 5 began on October 10 and will continue in the coming days in accordance with prescribed safety standards, it said.
The partial curtailment of commercial services during early morning and late evening hours is necessary to facilitate the testing process and expedite the commissioning of the stretch, the statement added.
(PTI News)
