Kolkata, Metro Railway officials conducted a trial run on the extended section of Orange Line from Ruby Crossing to Beleghata station along the EM Bypass here on Saturday.
A Metro Railway Kolkata spokesperson said the trial run, conducted from 11.22 am to 12.35 pm, was supervised by senior officials.
This extended section of the Orange Line, from Hemant Mukhopadhyay station in the south to Beleghata in the north, stretches for 4.39 km.
During the trial run, two round trips were conducted on both the up and down lines, in which various parameters like track fitness emergency brakes, power supply, proper docking of rakes and response of station staff were carefully checked, the spokesperson said.
Currently, commercial services cover a distance of 5.4 km between New Garia and Ruby Crossing and consist of five stations – Kavi Subhash Satyajit Ray, Jyotirindra Nandi, Kavi Sukanta and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay.
With the extension to Hemant Mukhopadhyay, passengers will now have the facility to interchange from Blue Line (Dakshineshwar-New Garia) to Orange Line and vice versa at Kavi Subhash station.
Recently, the Commissioner of Railway Safety inspected this section and made several suggestions regarding improvements in the infrastructure.
A Metro Railway Kolkata spokesperson said the trial run, conducted from 11.22 am to 12.35 pm, was supervised by senior officials.
This extended section of the Orange Line, from Hemant Mukhopadhyay station in the south to Beleghata in the north, stretches for 4.39 km.
During the trial run, two round trips were conducted on both the up and down lines, in which various parameters like track fitness emergency brakes, power supply, proper docking of rakes and response of station staff were carefully checked, the spokesperson said.
Currently, commercial services cover a distance of 5.4 km between New Garia and Ruby Crossing and consist of five stations – Kavi Subhash Satyajit Ray, Jyotirindra Nandi, Kavi Sukanta and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay.
With the extension to Hemant Mukhopadhyay, passengers will now have the facility to interchange from Blue Line (Dakshineshwar-New Garia) to Orange Line and vice versa at Kavi Subhash station.
Recently, the Commissioner of Railway Safety inspected this section and made several suggestions regarding improvements in the infrastructure.
